Berry : A Ficus confused with Proteoides 329 



southern border m Alabama, and on the shores across the Medi- 

 terranean sea of that period, from Nebraska and Kansas. Les- 

 quereux in 1892 described a large leaf of the same type as a new 

 species of Fiais (J, e,, K proteoides), thus recognizing its true rela- 

 tions as well as its resemblance to the supposed species of Proteoides, 

 I have not had any opportunity to examine the leaves of this 

 species from Alabama or from the Cheyenne sandstone of Kansas, 



but as both 



Ward I have no 



doubt that they are not distinct from the other^leaves referred to 

 this species of Proteoides, 



Ficus 



fully belong, these leaves find their affinity in the group which in- 

 cludes, among others, such species s.s Ficus elongata Hosius, Ficus 

 Berthoudi Lesq., Ficus suspecta Velen,, Fictis Kransimta Heer, etc. 

 The accompanying plate will give a good idea of the character 



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by the writer. It will be noticed that the examples of eastern 

 leaves show the venation much more clearly than do the western 

 specimens. 



Following is the synonymy and distribution : 



Ficus daphnogenoides (Heer) 



Proteoides daphnogenoides Heer, Phyll. Cret. d. Nebr. 17. //, 

 /./. g,io. 1866. — Lesq. Cret. Fl. 85. //. iS- f. t, 2. 1874; Fl. 

 Dak. Group 90. 1892. — Hollick, Trans. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 11 : 98. 

 pi' 3. f. I, 2. 1892; 12: 16. pi. 2. f. 4, g, ij. 1893; Bull. 

 Torrey Club 21 : 52. //. lyy. f. i. 1894; Ann. N. Y. Acad. 

 Sci. II : 420. //. j6, f. i-j. 1898. — Smith, Geol. Coastal Plain 

 of Ala. 348. 1894. — Newberry, Fl. Amboy Clays 72. pi. ij. f. 8, 

 9; pi, 32. f. II, IJ, i^ ; pi jj, / J ; pi. 4j, f. IJ. 1 896. — Gould, 



Am. Journ. Sci. IV. 5: 175. 1898.— Berry, Bull. N. Y. Bot. 

 Card. 3 : 74. ^/. J/. / ^_p. 1903. 



Ficus proteoides Lesq. Fl. Dak. Group yy. pi. 12. f. 2. 1892. 



Dakota Group : Nebraska and Kansas. 



Raritan formation : New Jersey. 

 Cret 



aceous 



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»ve Point, Maryland. 



Mill Creek series : Mill Creek. British N. W 



