132 TRANSACTIONS OF THE [jAN. 18, 



vii. fig, 6. Pefinite naming of such a fragmenrwould not, how- 

 ever, be advisable. 



Banksia pusilla Vel. 



(PL xiii. fig. 7.) 



Banksia pusilla Vel. Fl. Boehm. Kreidef. 7 [32], pi. i. [ix.] 

 figs. 14-17. 



Laurus plutonia Heer. 



(PL xiiL Figs. 5, 6.) 



Laurus plutonia Heer, FL Foss. Arct. vi. Abth. ii. 75, pi. xix. 

 figs. 1(Z, 2-4; XX. figs. 3a, 4-6; xxiv. fig. 66; xxviii. figs. 10, 11 ; 

 xlii. fig. 46. 



Sassafras acutilobum Lesq. (?) 

 (PL xiv. Fig. 13.) 



Sassafras acutilobum Lesq. Cret. FL 79, pi. xiv. figs. 1, 2. 



This small fragment is too imperfect for definite comparison, 

 but it may very well be a portion of a leaf of the above species. 

 These leaves vary gi-eatl^'^ in size and in the relative length of 

 the lobes, as may be seen by an examination of those figured by 

 Newberry in the Flora of the Amboy Clays, plate xxv. 



Aralia Towneri Lesq. (?) 

 (PL xiv. Figs. 11, 12.) 



Aralia Towneri Lesq. Hayden's Ann. Kept. 1804 [1896] 349, 

 pi. iv. fig. 1. 



As far as can be judged from such fragments these seem to 

 be referable to the above species, but I have not thought it advis- 

 able to so refer them without question. 



Acer paucidentatum n. sp. 



(PL xiv. figs. 2, 3.) 



Leaf trilobate ; lobes spreading at an angle of about 45 degrees, middle 

 one bhintly acuminate, sparingly crenate-dentate near the apex, lateral ones 

 shorter, entire, abruptly and rather bluntly acuminate. 



These two figures are counterparts of the same specimen and 

 are too fragmentary for complete description. The lower por- 

 tion is missing, but enough is represented to warrant placing it 

 in the genus Acer and to compare it with other described species. 

 So far as I have been able to ascertain it is distinct from any 

 previously described Cretaceous species, although several from 



