vol 



H<xt!''] rit(>('i':Ki)iN(;s ok tiik national MifSKiiM. 2(1!) 



IMic, Irjivcs of I Im- ( Jl<'ii l.'o.^r phiiil, cs[)(M'-i;illy IIm', l;i(,cr;il ones, an*. 

 jiaii(>v\, ariciilai', aii<l iiiciiivcd, all closrly <'I(»w(I«mI. 'I'lic/I'ivxas platif/K 

 a;ii«'<' «'.\actly willi sonic, ol" (he- Vir<;iriia, (onus,* n'Sniihliii^ iiiosi, (hose 

 willi 1 lie iiiosly (lcli< ale aiMJ riomird Ica.vrs. Some, oC Mic, s|i('<'iiiM'-iis 

 show iiii(l«'vrl<»|)<'(l IcaCy l)ii(ls, as iiiiiy be, seen in some, o(" I;1m'. \'ir;;iiiia- 

 (biins.i Thii S|)(M'iiii<'iis arc, few, probably Ix'caiisc, (lie parts oC (his 

 I>latit ('oiilil iio(' widislaiMl loii.^' iiniiKMsioii in waicr and (ranspoi la(ioii 

 to a (liH(an(;<;. 



PillUB h|HII(lH if 



IM. \,\.\vi, I'i;;. 11. 



The <'oll('('tifHi oC Cossils IVoiii (1 Icii IJosc, conlains a (cw scaitcK'd, 

 linear, oiiciicrvcd lea vcs, siicli as arc, show n in I'l. \ \ \ vi, l'"i^. I I . They 

 arc nioic aX(a,clicd, and arc always so broken l,ha(, only sliorl bi(s arc 

 visible, which never show the lips oC (lu", lca,V(;s. '^I'hcy have ii \vid(h 

 o(ab(»ii( U inillinicters, and (,he lon^esl, Hj»eciniens liav<', a Icnj^di oC 

 about o ccnljnic(,(;rs, '^Pheir' d(u;idiioiis cliai"ac,(<',r, narrow, rij^id Corni, 

 with only one jierve, indieatc (hat they are a, speci«;H of Piiiua wlii('li 

 can not be at j)i(',s(;nt more accural ely dc(,crniiiic(|. 



lirjv 



Brachypliylluin texeiibc h]i. 

 IM. xxxviii, l''i;;H. :!-5; I'l. .xxxix, Fi;;>i. 1, la. 



Trees oi- shrubs with iill,ernji(,c and pcnnlliinate, biaindies in one 

 plane, spi <';idiii;;' lalher widely. The, nltiniaic branches arc usually 

 Coi iiM^d by (h(5 dichotonious Corking, lit considciiabh^ inlcrvals, of the, 

 l»cnnltiiii{ite ones, but they Jir(i sonietiiiKjs sj)ar.sely distributed alttir 

 iiately towards tlie (crininations oCtlic latter. The ultiinale l)raiM;heK 

 arc short, stout,, <',yliiidrical in Ibrin, obtuse, not ta|»ercd towards their 

 tips. All the braiu;heH were coveied witli closely indjri(;at(!d, leathery, 

 thick, s(;ale-like leaves, wliich ha<l a dense, very duiable (Epidermis 

 that in its j)resciit condition looks like; enamel. The leaves vary a little 

 in shaj)(5 with a^<!. 1Mi<5 yoiin}^ leav<;H are broadly ellipti(;al, the older 

 ones l)roadly rhombic, h^ss commonly more or less roumh'd. Nearly 

 all t,lM5 leaves had their ends prolonged into the form of a suba(;ut(!, 

 lancet .shai)ed tip, whi(;li is usually iiKMUved in the la,t(;ral hiavcs. 

 They arc, sti'on^ly keeled towards their ends, and the ke(;l runsba(;k in 

 the body oC the, leaf some distance, l)ut (hxNS imt pass to its base. '^J'lic 

 leaves arc otl(;n (hiCUHHate, in foui' lows, but are somcjtimes s|)irally 

 arranj?e<l. 



1Mic probable coikjs are, narrowly oval to oblon^^, about, I centimeter 



/ Coiiiit.iro MoDognipli XV, U. 8, Geulo^^ical hJurvi-.y, J'jut ii, plates, PI, cxxxi, 

 t fhirl, ri. <xx,\r, Fi«. 1. 



