262 Berry: Mesozoic flora of the coastal plain 



This species is of the same general character as the other Rari- 

 tan species o{ Andromeda, with which it is strictly congeneric. It 

 is a common form in the Lower Raritan, although most of the 

 specimens are imperfect. Elsewhere it is recorded from Glen 

 Cove, Long Island, but the material from the latter locality is not 

 very conclusive. The name given to this species by Newberry 

 was unfortunately preoccupied and the name here used is given in 

 honor of the late George H. Cook, whose work on the Raritan and 

 allied formations has furnished the basis for all subsequent studies. 



Occurrence: Sayreville, Woodbridge, Milltown. 

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



Myrsine Gaudini (Lesq.) comb. nov. 



Myrsinites? Gaudini Lesq. Fl. Dakota Group 115. p^- 5^- f- 4- 



1892. 

 Myrsine elongata Hollick, Bull. Torrey Club 21 : 54. //. iJJ^f- 2. 



1894. — Newb. Fl. Amboy Clays 122, //. 22, /. 1-3. 1896. 



Leaves oblanceolate or elongate-obovate, 5.5-7 cm. in length 

 by 1.9-2.5 cm. in greatest width. Margin entire. Apex obtusely 

 rounded. Base somewhat elongated, narrowly cuneate. Petiole 

 present, stout. Midrib stout below, rapidly diminishing in calibre. 

 Secondaries numerous, 8—10 pairs, alternate, branching from the 

 midrib at angles of from 40° to 45^, camptodrome. When 

 tertiary venation is distinctly preserved, the venation is more typical 

 than when only the secondaries are partially visible. 



This species is well distributed in the Raritan and has been re- 

 corded also from Long Island and Staten Island. The identifica- 

 tion of Myrsinites? Gaudini Lesq. with the eastern forms w^ith 

 which it is obviously identical extends the range eastward from 

 Kansas to Long Island. It may be readily distinguished from 

 the other Raritan species by its relatively narrow elongated form. 

 It is also present in undescribed collections of the writer from 



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North Carolina and Alabama. 



Occurrence : South Amboy, Milltown. 



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



Diospyros amboyensis nom. nov. 



PhyUites ellipticus Newb. Fl. Amboy Clays 130. //. 24./. g. 1896. 



Leaves eUiptical, large, 8 cm. long by 4-6 cm. broad. Margin 

 undulate. Apex rounded, almost retuse. Base broadly rounded, 



