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  Berry: 
  Contributions 
  to 
  Mesozoic 
  Flora 
  

  

  Carpolithus 
  bladenensis 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  A 
  smooth 
  hard 
  nutlet, 
  drupaceous 
  stone 
  or 
  seed, 
  almost 
  per- 
  

   fectly 
  elliptical 
  In 
  outline 
  when 
  viewed 
  from 
  either 
  the 
  front, 
  side 
  

   or 
  end. 
  Length 
  ii 
  mm., 
  width 
  5 
  mm., 
  thickness 
  2.3 
  mm. 
  

  

  Species 
  obviously 
  distinct, 
  based 
  upon 
  a 
  single 
  specimen 
  from 
  

   the 
  dark 
  clays 
  of 
  the 
  Black 
  River. 
  In 
  form 
  it 
  suggests 
  such 
  modern 
  

   stones 
  as 
  those 
  of 
  Cornus 
  fiorida 
  or 
  Nyssa 
  hiflora 
  but 
  the 
  dark 
  

   polished 
  surface 
  is 
  perfectly 
  symmetrical. 
  Botanical 
  affinity 
  

   unknown. 
  

  

  Locality: 
  Atlantic 
  Coast 
  Line 
  Bridge, 
  Black 
  River, 
  Sampson 
  

   County. 
  

  

  