VON Ettingshausen. — Fossil Flora of New Zealand. 278 



right angle : these latter are strong, bent hither and thither, 

 they have branches and form a loose prominent net of meslies, 

 in \Yhich possibly a very delicate net may have existed, which, 

 however, has been lost. The margin of the fossil leaf is 

 partly destroyed, but it is possible to conclude that it had no 

 serrations. ' The remains of the charred substance on the 

 stronger nerves indicate a firm leathery substance. 



MoNIMIACEiE. 



Hedycarya prsecedens, sp. nov. 



Plate XXVII., fig. 19. 



R. foliis coriaccis, lanceolato-ohlongis, utrinquc angustatis, 

 innrgine dcntatis ; nervatione brochidodroma, iiervo j^'i'ifnario 

 Jirmo, recto, versus apiccm attenuato ; ncrvis secundariis sub 

 angnlis 50^-60° orientibus, distinctis, arcuato-Jlexuosis, ramosis, 

 laqueos margiuales 1-2 seriatos formantibzis ; vervis tertiariis 

 angido subrecto cxeuntibus tcnuibus, rix consjncuis. 



Locality: Shag Point (Canterbury Museum). [Ex Coll. 

 N.Z. Geol. Surv., Eep. 1872; v. Haast, I.e.] 



This agrees well with the living species HcdTjcarija austral- 

 asica, DC, on the one hand, and on tlie other witli H. curopcea, 

 Ett. ("Tertiary Flora of Bihn," ii., vol. xxviii., p. 191, pi. 30, 

 figs. 3, 4), which has so far been found only in the polished 

 slate of Kutschlin, near Bilin. The fossil leaf before me 

 may be perfected to an elongated or almost lanceolate leaf, 

 which has probably attained a length of 15cm. and a width of 

 5cm. The lamina narrowed towards both ends ; the edge 

 shows rather large serrations, which stand closely together, 

 and the points of which are turned outwards. The primary 

 n-^rve is strongly pronounced, but it is less strong than in 

 H. etiropaa. The secondary nerves start at a distance of 

 lOmm.-lGmni. from each other, while there are fewer in the 

 species named. The meshes at the edge and the tertiary 

 nerves are only indistinctly perceptible, in consequence of the 

 unfavourable nature of the rock. 



Laueine^. 

 Cinnamomum intermedium, sp. nov. 



Plato XXVJI., figs. 20-22. 



C. foliis pctiolatis, coriaccis, ohlongis, basi acntis vcl angu^- 

 taio-productis, margine integerrijnis ; nervatione acrodrovia, 

 ncrvo priviario valido, recto ; nervis secundariis proviincnlibvs, 

 infimis s^qjrabasilaribus curvatis, clongatis, a margine renwlis, 

 reliquis sub angulis 45'^-6(F orientibus, nervis tertiariis trans- 

 i>ersis, inter se remotis. 

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