Berry : Fossil flora from Cliffwood, New Jersey 45 



Sequoia^ It is almost twice as large as the similar remains of this 

 species from Spitzbergen figured by Heer * and the scales are 

 narrower. The same author, however, figures {loc, cit. f. ^) a 

 larger detached cone which is even larger than our specimen. 



The Cliffwood remains are also considerably more robust than 

 are the staminate cones of either of the two living species o{ Sequoia. 



Undetenniiied cone. 



Plate i, figure i 



This cone terminates a large branch 7 mm. in diameter. It 

 is much incrusted and obscured with pyrites and shows large 

 thick pointed scales. There is some resemblance to the large 

 cone (/". 4) which Heer {Joe, cit.') referred to Sequoia Reichen- 

 baclii (Gein.) Heer, and also to cones which have been referred 

 to Qmninghaifiites^^ although the scales in our specimen are 

 apparently thicker, but this may be due to incrustation. The 

 twig to which it is attached, by reason of the leaf-scars, is certainly 

 comparable with Sequoia or Cunninghamitcs. Unusual interest 

 attaches to this specimen as it is from a much higher horizon than 

 that at Cliffwood, it being from near the top of what the New 

 Jersey Geological Survey designates as Clay Marl No, 2 between 

 the towns of Matawan and Hazlet, N. J. 



PiNUS Andraei Coem. (?). Plate i, figures 4, 5 and 6 



Coemans, M6m. Acad. Roy. Belg. 36 : 12. //. 4,/. 4; pL j. f. i. 1867. 



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The plate shows remains of another species of doubtfully de- 

 termined cones, this locality being remarkable for the abundance 

 of coniferous remains of all kinds which it has furnished. 



These cones seem somewhat lax, and all are considerably dis- 

 torted. They may be referable to Cunninghamites^ the larger 

 (/. 6) showing considerable resemblance to the cone from Nieder- 

 schoena, Saxony, which Ettingshausen referred to Cumiinghamites 

 Oxycedrus Sternb., but it is not certain that this species is cor- 

 rectly identified by Ettingshausen. 



Our larger specimen in its general appearance and character 

 of its scales is very close to if not identical with Coemans* species, 

 and I am inclined to the opinion that these somewhat lax cones 

 during the time that they were being covered received much sedi- 



^Heer, Fl. Foss. Arct. 32 : X^T, pl.jbf. j, 3b, 1874. 



'{•Compare for instance with Ettings. Sitz. Akad. Wiss. 55 : //. /./- 4^ 1S67. 



