254 Berry : Mesozoic flora of the coastal plain 



formation of Maryland. Professor Newberry was somewhat un- 

 certain as to its relationship with Magnolia and compared it with 

 Aristolochia, Polygonwn, and Toxylon. The latter is the only 

 genus which is at all suggestive and it furnishes no instances of 

 auriculate bases, while this character of a base prevails in more 

 than one modern species of Magnolia, . The outline, consistency, 

 and venation are all in accord in pointing to Magnolia as the proper 



generic reference. 



Unfortunately, the specific name auriculata had been previously 

 used by both Lamarck and Desvaux in 1783 and 1789, so that the 

 fossil species may well be renamed in honor of Dn Hollick, who 

 has done so much in the elucidation of the Cretaceous floras in 



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the vicinity of New York. 



Occurrence : Woodbridge. 

 Collections : N. Y. Botanical Garden. 



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Magnoll\ Boulayana Lesq. 



Magnolia Boulayana Lesq. Fl. Dakota Group 202. //. 60. f. 2. 



1892. 



Magnolia glancoides Hollick, Bull, Torrey Club 21 : 60. //- //j. 



+ 



/. /, 7. 1894. — Newb. Fl. Amboy Clays 74.//. 57- f- ^-4- 



1896. 



Leaves narrowly elliptical, usually uniform in size and shape, 

 8.5-13 cm. in length and 3.5-4.5 cm. in breadth. Apex usually 

 bluntly rounded, sometimes acute. Base similar to the apex. Peti- 

 ole moderately stout, 3-4 cm. in length. Midrib moderately 

 stout. Secondaries slender, often obsolete, about 1 1 pairs, equi- 

 distant, parallel, camptodrome, branching from the midrib at an 

 angle of about 40V Tertiaries, when seen, transverse. Texture 

 coriaceous. 



This species was described originally from the Dakota group 



of Kansas. Professor Newberry described the Raritan remains, 



which are abundant at the Woodbridge locality, as a new species 



and it has been kept distinct by Hollick, who recognized however, 



its practical identity with the Dakota group plant. There can be 



no question but that they belong to the same species, which is also 



recorded from Marthas Vineyard and Long Island and from the 



Woodbine formation of Texas and the Tuscaloosa formation of 



Alabama, 



