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CarpoUthus sp. 2. 



Plate XL, figure 1. 



A coriaceous valve of a capsule or pod, 

 laterally compressed, oval, and acuminate at 

 both ends. About 1.5 centimeters in length 

 and 8 millimeters in maximum width, in the 

 median region. Represented by a single speci- 

 men in the Woodbine sand at Arthurs Bluff, 

 Tex., and of unknown botanic affinity. Sug- 

 gestive of a valve of some coriaceous, single- 

 seeded legummous form. 



Carpolithus sp. 3. 



Plate XL, figures 2-4. 



A rhomboidal or ohovate object with a some- 

 what transversely wrinkled, broadly rounded 

 apex and a cuneate base, marked below the 

 transversely striated apical arc by ascending, 

 closely spaced, acutely forking subparallel 

 veins. Of unknown botanic afhnity, probably 

 bracteate in character. Represented by three 

 specmiens in the Woodbine sand at Arthurs 

 Bluff, Tex. 



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