182 Berry: MEsozoic FLORA OF ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN 
and L. primaevum, as well as to Liriodendron simplex and to the 
genus Liriodendropsis, are more probably allied to the Legumi- 
noseae than to Liriodendron, and they are so considered in the 
present study. On the other hand, Liriodendron Meekii is re- 
stricted to include only such lobate forms as do not seem to be 
specifically distinct from the originally figured types, and with 
them are merged those forms usually referred to Liriodendron 
primaevum Newberry, which are simply variants of the type just 
mentioned with less prominently developed lobes. 
As here delimited the species is found in the Dakota sandstone 
in the Raritan formation, or possibly the Magothy formation 
(morainic material) on Staten Island, somewhat doubtfully in the 
_Atane beds of Greenland, doubtfully in the lower part of the 
Black Creek formation of North Carolina,* positively in the lower 
_ part of the Alabama Tuscaloosa, and doubtfully in’ the South 
American Cretaceous and in the Cenomanian of Saxony. 
OcCURRENCE: Big Railroad Cut; one mile southwest of Max- 
well Spur, Pike County. 
LIRIODENDRON QUERCIFOLIUM Newberry 
Liriodendron quercifolium Newberry, Bull. Torrey Club 14: 6. 
pl. 62.f.1. 1887; Fl. Amboy Clays, 81. pl. 51. f. 1-6. 1896. 
Leaves oblong in general outline, of large size, pinnately 
divided by narrow sinuses into from two to four lateral lobes. 
Apex emarginate. Base truncate to somewhat cordate. Length 
along the midrib 7-9 cm. and probably considerably greater in 
some specimens since one fragment measures 12 cm. in width. 
Width in perfect specimens about 9 cm. Lateral lobes ovate in 
outline with very acute tips, sometimes narrowed proximad giving 
them an almost obovate outline; intervening lateral sinuses narrow 
and deeply cut, in some instances reaching nearly to the midrib, 
rounded. 
. In some specimens only two main lobes are developed on 
each side, which are then quite similar to the typical moder 
leaf. In these cases, however, the upper lobes are divided by a 
shallow sinus into two sharp lobules. Other specimens show 
three lobes of equal magnitude on each side, while one of the best 
specimens has four nearly equal lobes on each side, the basal and 
* Berry, Bull. Torrey Club 34: 197. 1907. EN 
