BERRY: MESOZOIC FLORA OF ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN 395 
in the Tuscaloosa formation on the eastern shore of the Cretaceous 
Mississippi embayment. 
RANALES 
MAGNOLIA SPECIOSA Heer 
Magnolia speciosa Heer, Neue Denks. Schw. Gesell. 23: 20. pl. 6. 
f.1; pl.9.f.2; pl. 10.f.1. 1869.—Knowlton, Ann. Rep. U.S. 
Geol. Surv. 217: 318. 1901. 
A single small leaf of this species is contained in the collections 
from Arthurs Bluff. Magnolia speciosa was described by Heer 
from the Cenomanian of Moravia, and subsequently it has been 
found to have a wide range in North America, being recorded from 
the Dakota group and from the Raritan and Magothy formations. 
along the Atlantic coast. In Alabama it is confined to the lower 
part of the Tuscaloosa formation, where it is abundant. It was 
reported by Knowlton (loc. cit.) in 1901 in a small collection from 
the Woodbine formation at Rhamey Hill, Denison, Texas, made 
by T. V. Munson of Denison. 
LIRIODENDRON QUERCIFOLIUM Newberry 
Liriodendron quercifolium Newb. Bull. Torrey Club 14: 6. pl. 62. 
f. 1. 1887; FI. Amboy Clays 81. pl. 51. f. 1-6. 1896.—Berry, 
pull, N. J. Geol. Surv. £) 3482 Wetec d.. 10th. 
This species was described a quarter of a century ago by 
Newberry from the middle Raritan of Woodbridge, N. J., to which 
locality it has been hitherto confined. It is a very characteristic 
leaf with a broadly emarginate summit and three or four pointed 
laterally directed lobes on each side, separated by relatively narrow 
“inuses. The venation is of the Liriodendron type with strong 
secondaries, 
While the present determination is based upon a single in- 
Complete specimen, it is undoubtedly a fragment of this species 
and is about as complete, as well as similar in outline and size, 
- Newberry’s Jig. 2. It shows the two upper lateral lobes of one 
Side of a leaf, separated by a sharp, not deep sinus, separated from 
a larger but similar basal lateral lobe by a deeper and broader 
Sinus, and js absolutely characteristic. 
Knowlton (loc. cit.) has recorded Liriodendron pinnatifidum 
“q-, doubtfully, and Liriodendron Snowii Lesq., positively, from 
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