438 CONIFERALES INCEBTAE SEDIS [CH. 



points out, bear a close resemblance to species of Moriconia (cf. 

 fig. 760). The branches are distichously arranged and the opposite 

 lateral leaves are stout, falcate, and decurrent while those on the 

 upper and lower faces are represented by scales on the middle 

 line of the phylloclades. 



The same author describes specimens from beds in North 

 Carolina 1 referred to the lower half of the Upper Cretaceous as 

 Androvettia carolinensis. 



DACTYOLEPIS. Hollick and Jeffrey. 



Dactyolepis cryptomerioides Hollick and Jeffrey. The generic 

 name 2 was instituted for some detached, cuneate, cone-scales from 

 the Cretaceous beds at Kreischerville in Staten Island, approxi- 

 mately 4 mm. long, composed of an upper and a lower segment. 

 The upper portion is divided distally into as many as seven 

 irregular short finger- like processes and the lower part is entire. 

 Each of the processes possesses a single vascular bundle ' completely 

 surrounded by a cordon of transfusion-tissue, thus betraying its 

 Araucarineous relationship.' The scales which are without seeds 

 are compared with those of Voltzia. There is, however, no proof 

 that Voltzia had double scales. The view that Dactyolepis is 

 Araucarian may fairly be said to rest on an insufficient basis. 



RARITANIA. Hollick and Jeffrey. 



The name Raritania*, after the Raritan formation, was given 

 to some Cretaceous fossils from Kreischerville identical with New 

 Jersey specimens described by Newberry as Frenelopsis gracilis* 

 on the ground that they belong to a type distinct from Frenelopsis 

 as generally understood. 



Raritania gracilis (Newberry). The specimens so named con- 

 sist of slender, dichotomously branched, axes bearing minute 

 leaves resembling Psilotum triquetrum and in the form of the 

 branching the leaves of Baiera Lindleyana (Schimp.). The dis- 

 tinguishing feature is the occurrence of the prickle-like leaves 

 (fig. 807, B) invisible to the unaided eye (fig. 807, A). A small 



1 Berry (10 4 ) p. 183, PL xix. 



2 Hollick and Jeffrey (09) B. p. 52, PL x. figs. 12, 13. 



3 Ibid. (09) B. p. 26, Pis. vi., ix., x., xx. 



4 Newberry and Hollick (95) p. 59 r PL xn. figs. 13 a. 



