27ft KOSSll, I'LANl'S I'h'oM 'n:\.\S — I'ONIAINE. 



Tlic citiu' seems lo li;i\(> Iteeii l)n);i(ll\ elliptieiil in lorni, ;il>t»iil '_'J, eeiili 

 nieiers Ittiii;' iiiul - eeiil i meters I liieK. 'I'lie si on I si em. si 111 ill lathed to 

 (lie l»;ise oC (lie eoiie, does not show any of its exlenial siiilaee. so that 

 t lu' lea\ cs can not be made out. In size and shape it r«'minds one t»l" 

 Ahlcdlcs ((iifiKslictd'jiiis {){' Hie rotomaeor \' ii'uinia.'' 



PLANTS OF I'NCKU'rAlN Al'lMNirY. 



Williamsouia texana sp. uov. 

 IM. Mill, i'ios. 1. 2. 



The brads are arran.mMl in I w o aiternal ini^ \vh(»ils, foni' (»r live in 

 ea(di whorl, at Ihe snmniil ol' apiiarenlly a lai\m> woody stem. They 

 are laneel shaped lo nanowly oval(\ aboni l."» milliiiielers lonj;' and 4 

 inillimelers wide in I1h> widest pt»rl ion. smool h. and with no ner\<'s 

 a|)par«'iil. IMate \ l.lll. I''i,u. I, show s some of I h(> h'a\ «'s al the sum mi t of 

 a small si em. Plate \i,iil, I'Mji'. 2, shows a portion of both w horls sonu'- 

 what eontorted, wliih> Ihe stem is (tnl> partially ,iii\«Mi. 



This is apparently a new species of Williamsonia. It dilVers Irom 

 II', rii'ijinioisis of the Potomac of \ir.iiinia t in beinij' smaller. thinn»M' 

 in texture, smootlna'. and in not slutw iiiii haiis. 'Che shape (tf the 

 bracts is similar to that of the two forms i^iven by Schenk as found in 

 the Wernsdorf beds,]: and which \\o thinks are the male inlloreseenee of 

 some cycad. luil Ihe stem of tli(> lattei'. (>sp(H'iaIly its summit, is quito 

 ditlerent. This adds another lo the similar types of plants found at 

 CJIou Kos(> and the entrance to 'f rent's K'each in \ iriiinia. 



Carpolitlms obovatiis sp. no\ . 



\'\. \i 111. I'iu. :.. 



^^(n'eral specinuMis w'«m'(* f(>und. Tiiis s(>ed is somewliat a1t(M"ed from 

 maceration. It shows pretty slronii ridp's, but has been dectnt i»'ated^ 

 so that its original exterior can m>l now be made out. 'IMiere appears 

 ai its lower end an indication that it w as at la«'hed lo a strong stem. It 

 has an obovale shape, l)ein,ii widest near Ihe sninmil. w heic it seems 

 to liav«' borne a short ln'aU. In Ihe w i<b'sl ])orli(Ui it incisures 1 I mil 

 IJMieters. while the Icn.ulli is ;> ccnl imeters. II seems to liaso had a 

 laru'e amount ot woody tissue. 



CaipolithiKs Haiveyi sp. nov. 



ri. XI III. V'l'j,. :!. 



OuIn one specimen was found. The seed seems lo have had a smooth 

 surface and a larL;o amonni of wo(»dy tissue. s(> that Ihe «-nlii»' form is 

 now preseiNod in li;:nitc. lis sliapt> is cllipl ical, w it h one margin more 



' S.'<' M.Mio,iir:i|ili x\. r. S. Ccoliijiiciil Surv«>.\ , l':nl u. iilal.-. I'l. t xxxiii. I'is;. 1. 

 t Moiiomiiph \\. I . S. (Jcoloiiical Survey. Part I. t«\l, p. L'T::-. Tait II. pl;ih>s, PI. 

 exxxiii. I'ijjs. r> 7: I'l. ci.x\ . I'ly,. .*>. 



t l>io fosailt'n Plliiu/.cii dcr Worusdorfor Siliichloii. I'l. \ . Kins. ;>, 4. 



