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  Berry: 
  Contributions 
  to 
  Mesozoic 
  Flora 
  

  

  ARISTOLOCHIALES 
  

   Aristolochites 
  Heeri 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Leaves 
  of 
  medium 
  or 
  small 
  size, 
  markedly 
  inequilateral 
  in 
  

   general 
  outline, 
  with 
  a 
  deeply 
  cordate 
  or 
  auriculate 
  inequilateral 
  

   base 
  and 
  a 
  pointed 
  apex. 
  Margins 
  entire. 
  About 
  7.5 
  cm. 
  in 
  

   length 
  by 
  4 
  cm. 
  in 
  maximum 
  width, 
  which 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  basal 
  half 
  of 
  

   the 
  leaf. 
  Petiole 
  wanting. 
  Midrib 
  stout, 
  prominentj 
  curved. 
  

   Secondaries 
  stout, 
  diverging 
  from 
  the 
  midrib 
  at 
  wide 
  angles, 
  

   camptodrome; 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  pairs 
  of 
  reduced 
  caliber 
  diverge 
  

   fasciculately 
  in 
  the 
  ears 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  midrib. 
  

  

  This 
  characteristic 
  species 
  is 
  based 
  upon 
  scanty 
  and 
  fragmen- 
  

   tary 
  material. 
  The 
  genus 
  is 
  represented 
  in 
  the 
  Dakota 
  sandstone 
  

   of 
  the 
  West 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  Arctic 
  Cretaceous, 
  and 
  Aristolochia-llke 
  

   fruits 
  and 
  leaves 
  occur 
  from 
  the 
  Eocene 
  onward. 
  

  

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  Locality: 
  Court 
  House 
  Bluff, 
  Cape 
  Fear 
  River, 
  Bladen 
  

   County. 
  

  

  R^^NALES 
  (?) 
  

   Dewalquea 
  groenlandica 
  Hear 
  (?) 
  

  

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  5, 
  <5;^Z. 
  44,/. 
  71. 
  1882. 
  

  

  /. 
  

  

  The 
  North 
  Carolina 
  occurrence 
  is 
  based 
  upon 
  incomplete 
  

   material 
  collected 
  in 
  1906, 
  and 
  since 
  no 
  additional 
  material 
  has 
  

   been 
  discovered 
  I 
  have 
  queried 
  the 
  identification. 
  The 
  question 
  

   of 
  the 
  correctness 
  of 
  this 
  determination 
  is 
  at 
  best 
  of 
  little 
  signifi- 
  

   cance, 
  either 
  geological 
  or 
  biological. 
  There 
  Is 
  some 
  question 
  

   regarding 
  the 
  generic 
  identity 
  between 
  this 
  species 
  and 
  the 
  type 
  

   of 
  the 
  genus 
  Dewalquea 
  which 
  cannot 
  be 
  settled 
  until 
  better 
  

   material 
  is 
  discovered, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  also 
  wide 
  difference 
  of 
  opinion 
  

   regarding 
  the 
  botanical 
  affinities 
  of 
  Dewalquea, 
  some 
  students 
  

   seeing 
  resemblances 
  to 
  the 
  Ranunculaceae 
  and 
  others 
  to 
  the 
  

   Araliaceae. 
  

  

  Locality: 
  Blackmans 
  Bluff, 
  Neuse 
  River, 
  Wayne 
  County. 
  

  

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  CHENOPODIALES 
  

  

  PisONiA 
  CRETACEA 
  Berry 
  

  

  RANALES 
  

   AL^GNOLiA 
  Capellinii 
  Heer 
  

  

  