TERTIARY PLANTS FROM VENEZUELA BERRY 339 



though 10 of these are known from localities in adjoining regions. 

 Those from a single locality are distributed as follows: 1 each at 

 localities 1 and 2; 2 at locality 6; 4 at locality 4; 10 at locality 7; 

 and 5 at locality 8. The large number at locality T is due in part 

 to the larger total of species from there and to the presence of rare 

 things like the flower and small leaflets, which are in part due to 

 the finer matrix. Five of those recorded from thi,s locality have an 

 outside distribution. Eleven are recorded from two Venezuelan lo- 

 calities, and six of these have an outside distribution. Four are 

 known from three Venezuelan localities, and two of these have an 

 outside distribution. One is recorded from four Venezuelan locali- 

 ties, and this is found also in Colombia and northw^estern Peru. Two 

 species are present at five Venezuelan localities; one of these, Avona 

 gv-ppyi, is also present in Colombia, and the other, Trigonia variant, 

 is present also in Colombia and Peru. 



There seems to be no question but that these Venezuelan floras are 

 of Miocene age. Whether they are lovrer Miocene, as Dr. L. S. Ste- 

 phenson and others believe, or whether they are slightly younger and 

 possibly middle Miocene, as I have been inclined to think, or wdiether 

 all eight localities are of the same or different ages is impossible to 

 determine w^ith the present material. 



A glance at the accompanying table of distribution (table 1) shows 

 that only 14 of the 40 species have been found at but a single local- 

 ity. The other 26 occur at two or more Venezuelan localities, and 

 19 of them at localities outside of Venezuela. The details are given 

 in the table, but a summary may be useful : 



Eleven species are recorded from locality 1, and seven of these 

 are known from Trinidad, Colombia, Central America, Ecuador, 

 Peru, or Puerto Rico. Six species are recorded from locality 2, and 

 four of these are known from Colombia, Central America, Ecuador, 

 or Peru. Two species are recorded from locality 3, and both are 

 known from Colombia and one from Peru. Nine species are recorded 

 from locality 4, and three of these are knowai from Colombia and a 

 fourth from Trinidad. Two species are recorded from locality 5, 

 and one of these occurs in Colombia and the other at four Venezue- 

 lan localities. Twelve species are recorded from locality 6, and 

 eight are known from Colombia, Ecuador, Trinidad, Peru, or Puerto 

 Pico. Eighteen species are recorded from locality 7, and 11 of these 

 are known from Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, or 

 Puerto Eico. Seven species are recorded from locality 8, of which 

 five are peculiar to this region, one is also from localities 1 and 6, 

 and one occurs in Colombia and northwestern Peru. 



Locality 8, therefore, is the only one in Venezuela that might be 

 of different age from the other seven. My impression is, and in the 

 absence of more data it can not be considered other than such, that 



