Fig. 41. Some Fossil Leaves and Pods of tiie Red bud (About ^ 

 Natural Size) 



1, 2. Leaf and pod of Ccrcis antiqua Sap. from the Oligocene of France. 

 3, 4. Leaf and pod of Ccrcis virgi liana Mass. from the upper Miocene of 

 Italy. 



5, 6. Leaves of Ccrcis tournoucri Sap. from the upper Oligocene of France. 



7. Leaf of Ccrcis wilcoxiuna Berry from the lower Eocene of Tennessee. 



8. Leaf of Cercis canadensis Linn, from the Pleistocene of North Carolina. 



9. 9 a. Leaf and pod of Cercis s Hi quasi rum Linn, from the Pleistocene of 

 France. 



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