422 Berry: Mesozoic FLORA OF ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN 
phyllaceae is represented by the characteristic and widely dis- 
tributed Brachyphyllum macrocarpum Newberry, the last survivor 
of an ancient Mesozoic line. The order Pinales is represented by a 
species of Pinus of modern aspect, by the characteristic remains 
of the widely distributed Sequoia Reichenbachii (Geinitz) Heer, by 
Cunninghamites elegans (Corda) Endlicher (?), and by the wide- 
spread Moriconia americana Berry. The subfamily Cupresseae is 
certainly represented by Widdringtonites subtilis Heer, based upon 
' both foliage and obscure cones, the identification of which is 
rendered certain by abundant attached cones from the Tuscaloosa 
formation in western Alabama. 
The Monocotyledones are represented by five species: a Pota- 
mogeton, an Arundo, a Phragmites, and a Carex, all aquatic or 
strongly mesophytic types, and by the fragmentary remains of a 
large palmettolike fan palm which is one of the earliest representa- 
tives of this family of plants. Turning to the Dicotyledones, we 
find the amentiferous families represented by nine species: a Ju- 
glans, two characteristic species of M yrica, four of Salix, and two 
of Quercus. The Urticales are one of the most abundant orders 
in the South Carolina Cretaceous, easily the most abundant in 
point of numbers of individual specimens. A single doubtful 
species is referred to the modern warm-temperate genus Momisia. 
The figs number five species, four of which are lanceolate-leaved 
species and the other a palmately veined form. The former-are 
exceedingly abundant at a number of localities and show a marked 
tendency toward the development of characteristic “dripping 
points,” which are wanting in these forms in the northern part 
of their range. This peculiarity is shared by a number of other 
genera belonging to this flora. The family Proteaceae, in the 
existing flora largely and almost exclusively developed in the 
southern hemisphere, is represented by two species of Proteoides, 
so called from their close affinity with the modern species of 
Protea. 
The order Ranales, which at the present time has received 
such undue prominence through the phylogenetic speculations of 
Wieland, Arber, and others, is represented by six species: a De- 
walquea of remarkable and striking appearance, which occurs also 
in the Tuscaloosa formation of Alabama, by a new species of 
