BERRY: FOSSIL FRUITS FROM THE ANDES OF COLOMBIA 67 
The fossils are exceedingly abundant and I have some 
hundreds of specimens from the lignite deposit at Guasca, in the 
Province of Cundinamarca. The only previously known fossil 
species of Cordia are based upon leaves and thus lack the cer- 
tainty of identification of the present species. They include an 
Upper Cretaceous species from southeastern North America,* 
Tertiary species from Tasmania,f two Eocene species fei 
southeastern North America,t a lower Miocene species from 
Chile,§ and a second from Bohemia,|| and an early Pleistocene 
species from Java.¥ 
The genus comprises about 250 existing species of shrubs or 
trees of the tropical and warmer extra tropical regions of both 
hemispheres. The majority are American and the genus is 
largely developed in northern South America, ranging through 
the Antilles to the Bahamas and Florida Keys and through 
Central America and Mexico to the valley of the Rio Grande. 
a E. W. U.S. Geol. Surv. Prof. Paper 112: 137. pl. 30, f. 7, & 
ee skjeshaiiice: C.v. Tertiarfl. Australia 34. pl. 5, f. 3-5. 1883. 
t Berry, a W. U.S. Geol. Surv. Prof. Paper 91: 345. pl. 106, f. II, 12; 
pl. 107, f. 1. 1916. 
+ Bupeiiiaiae H. Abh. Senck. Naturf. Gesell: 16: 659. pl. 6, f. 3. 1891. 
|| Ettingshausen, C. v. Foss. Fl. von Berlin 2: 221. pl. 37, f. 21. 1868. 
{ Schuster,-J. Abh. k. Bayer. Akad. a6: 28. $1, 23, f. 1,2. ort. 
