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Paee. 

 On some fossil and recent Lithothamnieae of the Panama Canal Zone. 



By Marshall A. Howe 1 



Introduction 1 



Descriptions of species 2 



Archaeolithothamnium episporum 2 



Lithothamnium vaughanii 6 



isthmi 8 



Litlioporella melobesoides 11 



Explanation of plates 11 



Index i 



The fossil higher plants from the Canal Zone. By Edward W. Berry. . . 15 



Introduction 16 



Correlation 16 



Botanical character 18 



Tertiary ecology 21 



Flora of the Canal Zone 22 



Systematic paleobotany 23 



Descriptions of species 23 



Fern fragments of Acrostichum 23 



Palm rays 24 



Palmoxylon palmacites 24 



Ficus culebrensis 26 



Guatteria culebrensis 27 



Myristicophyllum panamense 29 



Taenioxylon multiradiatum 30 



Inga oligocaenica 32 



Cassi culebrensis 34 



Hiraea oligocaenica 35 



Banisteria praenuntia 35 



Hieronymia lehmanni 36 



Schmidelia bejucensis 37 



Mespilodaphne culebrensis 38 



Calyptranthes gatunensis 39 



Melastomites miconioides 40 



Diospyros macdonaldi 41 



Rondeletia goldmani , 42 



Rubiacites ixoreoides 43 



Explanation of plates 44 



Index i 



The smaller fossil Foraminipera of the Panama Canal Zone. By Joseph 



Augustine Cushraan 45 



Introduction 45 



List of material 45 



'For the most part the papers in this volume have individual indexes following the plates at the end of 

 the^paper, and the Explanation of plates at the end of each paper gives a full description of the plates. 



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