VON Ettixgshausen. — Fossil Flora of Xew Zealand. 265 



-^ith the notches distant from each other. Some of the second- 

 ary nerves run along the edge toward the notches ; others end 

 before they reach the edge, in a short up'^-ard cm've. In the 

 larger leaves the lower secondary nerves are provided with 

 outer nerves, as in most alder-leaves ; in the same manner the 

 tertiary nerves stai-t at the outside of the secondary nerves at 

 acute angles, and run out either singly or in branches in order 

 to connect among each other. Eeticulation is not -s-isible ; it is 

 probable it was only faintly developed, as in most of the Alnus 

 species. 



CUPULIFEE^:. 



Quercus parkeri, sp. nov. 



Plate XXVI., fig. 23. 



Q. foliis snhmemhraiuiceis, petiolatis, oblo)igo-ellipticis, in 

 snpcriorc parte crenato-lohatis, lohis rotundato-obtusis integcrri- 

 mis, in inferiore profunde sinuato-lobatis, lobis 7indulatis vel 

 sublobatis obtusis ; nervation^e craspedodroma, nervo primario 

 promincntc recto ; nervis secundariis sub angulis 5(F-60^ orien- 

 tibus, rectis, simpiUcibus vel inferioribus extusramulis instructis ; 

 nervis tertiariis latere externa sub angulis acutis eg red lent ibu^, 

 in superiore parte fere transversis, inter se conjunctis, reticulo 

 ■obsoleto. 



Locality: Shag Point (Otago Museum). "£".1' Coll. Geol. 

 Sm-v. Otago, 1862 ; Hector.] 



An oak-leaf which belongs to a species of the section 

 Lepidobalanus, Endl., and to the group Eobur. The texture of 

 the leaf is thin, almost skin-hke, the shape is oblong-elhptic ; 

 the leaf has a stem 1cm. long, which springs from a stumpy 

 base. At the upper pai't of the leaf the edge is provided with 

 small lobes, which may be almost termed notches. From the 

 middle of the lamina the edge is sinuate and has pairs of lobes, 

 wliicli are at this part of the leaf wavy at the edge (or notched 

 and provided with lobes). The lobes at this pjirt of the leaf 

 are the largest, and are all bluntly rounded off. The nervation 

 shows altogetlaer the type of the lobate oak-leaves of the 

 group named, the comparison of whixih led me to three species, 

 the characteristics of which seem to be united in the fossil. 

 The species referred to are Quercus macranthera , Fisch. et Mey.. 

 Q. viongolica, Fisch., and Q.j^ubescens, Willd. Our fossil species 

 has, in common with the first-named, the larger number of 

 lobes which stand more outwards ; with the second species the 

 gi'eater number of lobes which are rounded, and also the ai"- 

 rangement of the smaller lobes at the upper and the larger 

 lobes at the lower part of the leaf ; our fossil and the third- 

 named species have in common the shape of the larger lobes 

 and the length of the stem of the leaf. Quercus 2^<^f'l''i^yi is 

 distinguished from the living species named as follows : From 



