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a triple-veined appearance (perhaps they should be termed lateral 
primaries, although they are much finer than the moderately stout 
midrib) ; next pair of secondaries branching at a less acute angle 
a considerable distance above the base, 1/3 to 1/2 the distance to 
the apex. Tertiary venation typically Lauraceous. (PLATE 24, 
FIGURES I-9.) 
The anomalous leaf of this species shown in Fic. 4 hasa deeply 
retuse apex, giving it the appearance of a Lirtodendropsis, which is 
belied by its association with the normal leaves and by the char- 
acter of its venation and texture. 
This species is markedly distinct from the species of Laura- 
ceous leaves hitherto described in its rounded base, the only genus 
of this family with such a character being Cinnamomum and the 
present species being possibly liable to be confused with C. Heert 
when only the basal part of the leaf is found. The general pro- 
portions and characters of the whole leaf, are, however, perfectly 
distinct. 
The genus J/alapoenna has more than one hundred existing 
species, chiefly of the oriental tropics, and is well represented in 
the fossil state from the Dakota and Magothy formations upward. 
It is especially well represented in the Paleocene of Europe and 
the Shoshone Group of America. There are two species in the 
Dakota Group of the west, one of which reappears in the Tusca- 
loosa formation at Cottondale, Ala., and the other in the Magothy 
formation of New Jersey. 
OccurrENCE: Horrell Landing, Corbits (Old Union) Bridge, 
Parker Landing, Tar River (?). 
PRIMULALES 
MyrsINE BOREALIS Heer, FI. Foss, Arct. 37: 113. 
Pe BAF i 23. 3678 
This is a widespread and characteristic species of the lower 
part of the Upper Cretaceous, with a range extending northward 
to Greenland (Atane beds) and southward to Alabama (Tusca- 
loosa formation). 
OccurrENCE: Rockfish Creek near Hope Mills ; Court House 
Bluff, Cape Fear River. 
