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abundant in the Raritan formation both in the lower and upper 



beds. 



Occurrence: Sayreville, Woodbridge, South Amboy. 

 Collections: U. S. National Museum: N. Y. Botanical 



Garden. 



Ficus ovatifolia nom. nov. 



Fiats ovata Nevvb. Fl. Amboy Clays Jo. pL 2^. f. i-j. 1896. 

 Not Don, 1802-03. 



Leaves ovate 8-13 cm. in length by 4-7 cm. in breadth, 

 petiolate. Apex extended, acute. Base rounded or somewhat 

 descending. Margins entire. Principal veins three, from the 

 base, the midrib being the stoutest and slightly flexuous. The 

 lateral veins diverge at an angle of about 45° and curve upward, 

 traversing somewhat more than the basal half of the leaf and con- 

 necting with branches from the lowest pair of camptodrome 

 secondaries, of which there are several alternating pairs, which 

 branch from the midrib at a wider angle. The laterals give off on 

 the outside 8- 10 camptodrome veins. Quadrangular areoles 



formed by nearly straight transverse nervilles fill all of the inter- 

 vening space. 



This species is very close to the same author's Ficus lVoo/som\ 

 wliich is a much less elongated, comparatively broader leaf, often 

 with a cordate base in consequence. 



The very appropriate name ovata is preoccupied, so that it be- 

 comes necessary to rename the Raritan species. It occurs also 

 in the Bladen formation of North Carolina. 



Occurrence : Woodbridge. 

 Collections : N, Y. Botanical Garden. 



Magnolia Hollicki nom, nov. 



Magnolia anriculata Hollick, Bull. Torrey Club 21 : 6\. pL ijg. 



f. d, 7. 1894. — Newb. Fl. Amboy Clays 75. //. jS. /. i-p, 



II (not y. id), 1896. Not M. auriadata Lamarck, 1783. 



Leaves orbicular-ovate, 4—10 cm. in length by 2—5.5 ^"^- ^^ 

 width, petiolate. Apex acute, slightly extended in one or two 

 specimens. Base rounded occasionally, usually pronouncedly 

 auriculate. Petiole and midrib stout. Secondaries few, 6 or 7 pairs, 

 subopposite, camptodrome. Texture smooth and subcoriaceous. 



This magnificent species is abundant and well preserved at 

 the Woodbrid9"e localitv and Marthas Vineyard and in the Masothy 



