404 Berry: Mesozoic FLORA OF ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN 
dalensis Berry of the Tuscaloosa formation, with which it was 
confused by Ward (in Smith, Geol. Coastal Plain Ala. 348. 1894), 
by the shorter more conical lobes of the latter, its broadly rounded 
base and more crenate marginal teeth. 
Aralia Saportana as here restricted to the 5- or 6-lobed forms is 
very close to Aralia Wellingtoniana and may be regarded as an 
offshoot from it. The fact that the two are associated in the 
Dakota group only and not in New Jersey or Texas rather contro- 
verts regarding them as the variants of a single species; and 
suggests that at least geographic varieties are represented, par- 
ticularly as the trilobate form is so abundant at Arthurs Bluff 
that it is hard to conceive of trees with 5-lobed leaves growing 
in the vicinity whose foliage failed to be preserved. Furthermore, 
as the writer correlates the deposits, both the New Jersey Raritan 
and the Texas Woodbine at Arthurs Bluff are older than the 
Dakota sandstone in that area in Kansas from which Lesquereux 
described the 5-lobed forms, so that there is every reason for 
regarding Aralia Saportana as the direct descendant of Aralia 
Wellingtoniana. 
The present species is also very similar to Aralia decurrens 
Velenovksy* from the Cenomanian of Bohemia, which, however 
has relatively narrower and more elongated lobes, with coarser 
teeth and deeper sinuses. 
In reporting on a collection made by Vaughan at Arthurs Bluff 
and now in the U. S. National Museum, Knowltont mentions 
Aralia Wellingtoniana Vaughanii var. nov. as the most abundant 
form observed. This variety was distinguished from the type 
by its trilobate form, more slender lobes and entire margins. This 
variety is not contained in the present collection. 
CORNOPHYLLUM vETUSTUM Newberry 
Cornophyllum vetustum Newb. Fl. Amboy Clays 119. Pl. 19 f. 10- 
1896.—Berry, Bull. N. J. Geol. Surv. 3: 196. 191! 4 
This species has heretofore been known only in the wet? a 
middle Raritan beds in the New Jersey area, although it is preset 
in undescribed collections from +. 
* Velenovsky, FI. Béhm. Kreidef. 3: 11. pl. 4. f. 5 1884. 
t Knowlton, in Hill, Ann. Rep. U. S. Geol. Surv. oe 317. Ee 
