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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM 

 Vol.83 Washington: 1936 No. 2988 



TERTIARY PLANTS FROM VENEZUELA 



By Edward W. Berry 



Johns Hopkins Vniversity, Baltimore, Md. 



In 1920 and 1921 I published brief papers on Tertiary Venezuelan 

 plants' that had been collected by Charles F. Bowen in 1919. Sub- 

 sequently I received collections from the same and additional locali- 

 ties made by Harold F. Crooks and R. A. Liddle in 1921, by Dr. 

 L.I W. Stephenson and Dr. James A. Tong in 1923 and 1925, and 

 by H. G. Kugler in 1925. These received preliminary study and 

 were reported upon at the time, but no mention of them has appeared 

 in print. Although they do not add greatly to the Tertiary floras 

 of Venezuela, they include a number of new and interesting forms, 

 and since large or well-preserved collections of fossil plants from 

 this region are not apt to be accessible in the near future, it is im- 

 portant that the known occurrences be available as an aid in solving 

 the problems of correlation in this and other regions in northern 

 South America and the Antilles. 



In the present paper fossil plants are discussed from localities 

 as follows : 



EOCENE 



In 1920 I described a remarkable fruit of Entada — the sea-bean — 

 from dark shales. This was collected by C. F. Bowen at Mesa Pablo 

 about 8 kilometers southwest of Escuque. Stat« of Trujillo. Beds 

 of similar age in the District of Sucre, State of Zulia, contain leaves 



1 Berry, E. W., Amer. Journ. Sci., vol. .50, pp. 310-313, fig. 1, 1920; Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., vol. 59, pp. 553-579, 4 figs., 3 pis., 1921. 



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