﻿Ill] 
  Special 
  Repo 
  rt 
  No. 
  5 
  : 
  Fossil 
  Plants 
  285 
  

  

  AQUIFOLIACE^. 
  

  

  Ilex 
  ? 
  affinisi?), 
  Plate 
  44, 
  fig. 
  2. 
  

  

  Ilexf 
  affi.nis\^^s<\.,k.nvi.. 
  Rept. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Geol. 
  and 
  Geog. 
  Surv. 
  Terr., 
  

   Suppl. 
  1871, 
  (1872), 
  p. 
  8; 
  Tert. 
  Fl., 
  p. 
  270, 
  pi. 
  50, 
  

   figs. 
  2, 
  3. 
  

  

  Our 
  specimen 
  is 
  too 
  imperfect 
  for 
  accurate 
  comparison, 
  but 
  it 
  

   appears 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  Ilex 
  and 
  is 
  sufficientlj^ 
  near 
  to 
  Lesquereux' 
  

   species 
  for 
  at 
  least 
  provisional 
  reference. 
  

  

  In 
  red 
  sandstone, 
  % 
  m. 
  above 
  Coushatta, 
  La. 
  

  

  Ilex, 
  sp., 
  Plate 
  43, 
  figs. 
  2, 
  3. 
  

  

  The 
  two 
  fragments 
  figured 
  apparently 
  represent 
  a 
  leaf 
  related 
  

   to 
  the 
  genus 
  Ilex 
  or 
  perhaps 
  to 
  Celastrus, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  too 
  indefi- 
  

   nite 
  either 
  for 
  satisfactory 
  comparison 
  or 
  as 
  a 
  basis 
  for 
  the 
  

   description 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  species. 
  Figures 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  closely 
  

   resembling 
  ours 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  under 
  /. 
  longifolia 
  Heer., 
  Fl. 
  Foss. 
  

   Arct., 
  vol. 
  i 
  , 
  pi. 
  48, 
  figs. 
  3-6 
  and 
  /. 
  hibschi 
  Engelh., 
  Sitzb. 
  

   Isis, 
  Jahrg. 
  1891, 
  pi. 
  i, 
  fig. 
  i. 
  

  

  In 
  soft 
  clay, 
  Slaughter-Pen 
  bluff, 
  Shreveport, 
  La. 
  

  

  CELASTRACE^ 
  

  

  Celastrus 
  taurinensis 
  (?) 
  Plate 
  46, 
  fig. 
  r. 
  

  

  Celastrus 
  taurinensis 
  Ward, 
  Types 
  Laram. 
  Fl., 
  Bull. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Geol. 
  

   Surv. 
  No. 
  37. 
  p. 
  79. 
  pi. 
  34, 
  figs. 
  5, 
  6. 
  

  

  This 
  specimen 
  is 
  placed 
  provisionally 
  under 
  the 
  above 
  name 
  

   as 
  it 
  is 
  too 
  imperfect 
  for 
  accurate 
  identification. 
  That 
  it 
  belongs 
  

   in 
  the 
  genus 
  Celastrus 
  there 
  can 
  be 
  but 
  little 
  doubt 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  

   seen 
  by 
  comparison 
  with 
  the 
  figures 
  above 
  quoted 
  and 
  also 
  with 
  

   the 
  closely 
  allied 
  species, 
  C. 
  alnifolius 
  Ward, 
  ibid., 
  p. 
  80, 
  pi. 
  35, 
  

   figs 
  1,2, 
  and 
  C. 
  borealis 
  Heer, 
  Fl. 
  Foss. 
  Arct., 
  vol. 
  2, 
  Fl. 
  Foss. 
  

   Alask., 
  p. 
  37, 
  pi. 
  10, 
  fig. 
  4. 
  In 
  fineness 
  of 
  serration 
  it 
  more 
  

   nearly 
  resembles 
  the 
  latter 
  two 
  species 
  while 
  in 
  its 
  nervation 
  it 
  

   is 
  more 
  like 
  the 
  species 
  to 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  provisionally 
  referred, 
  

   especially 
  as 
  indicated 
  in 
  fig. 
  5 
  above 
  quoted. 
  

   In 
  red 
  sandstone, 
  % 
  m. 
  above 
  Coushatta, 
  La. 
  

  

  Celastrus 
  veatchi, 
  n. 
  sp,, 
  Plate 
  43, 
  figs. 
  4, 
  5. 
  

  

  Leaf 
  about 
  3 
  in. 
  long 
  by 
  i^^ 
  in. 
  broad 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  elliptical 
  in 
  outline, 
  

   tapering 
  about 
  equally 
  to 
  base 
  and 
  apex, 
  obtusely 
  or 
  crenately 
  toothed 
  or 
  

   the 
  lower 
  portion 
  merely 
  wavy, 
  with 
  a 
  blunt 
  tip 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  midrib 
  strong 
  

  

  