Fig. 40. Some Fossil Leaves and Fruits of the Sweet Gum (About | 

 Natural Size) 



1, 2, 3. Variously lobed leaves and fruit of Liquidambar europacum Al. Br., 

 from the late Miocene of Baden. 



4, 5, 6. Fruits of Liquidambar pliocaenicum Gejder from the upper Pliocene 

 Brown Coal of Germany. 



7,8. Yrmt din6.\ca.lol Liquidambar styraciflua'Lmn., from the Pleistocene of 

 North Carolina. 



187 



