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and figured from the lignites of Fuveau (Provence), France, by Saporta 

 and Marion in their popular work, L'Evolution du Regne Vegetal, pub- 

 lished in 1885 (Phanerogames, tome ii, p. 37, figs. 114c, 114d), but has 

 never been adequately described. 



Occurrence. MAGOTHY FORMATION. Grove Point, Cecil County. 



Collection. Maryland Geological Survey. 



Order ARECALES 

 Family ARECACEAE 



Genus SABALITES Saporta 



[Etudes, tome ii, 1865, p. 77J 



SABALITES MAGOTHIENSIS (Berry) Berry 



Plate LVI, Figs. 4, 5 



Flabellaria magothiensis Berry, 1905, Torreya, vol. v, tf. 1, 2. 



Flabellaria magothiensis Berry, 1906, Ann. Kept. State Geol. of New Jer- 

 sey for 1905, pp. 139-141. 



Flabellaria magothiensis Berry, 1906, Bull. Torrey Bot. Glut), vol. xxxiii, 

 p. 170. 



Flabellaria magothiensis Berry, 1910, Ibidem, vol. xxxvii, p. 21. 



Sabalites magothiensis Berry, 1911, Ibidem, vol. xxxviii, p. 405. 



Description. Based on fragmentary remains of a large, palmetto-like 

 fan-palm. Eays numerous, broad, coriaceous, longitudinally striated by 

 thin veins, the stouter veins occurring at intervals of from 2 mm. to 4 mm. 



Remains of these large flabellate palm leaves are very common at several 

 localities in the Magothy formation from Earitan Bay in New Jersey to 

 the Severn Eiver in Maryland. They are invariably much broken, so that 

 they baffle precise description or determination. They are of great inter- 

 est, however, as being among the earliest known occurrences of undoubted 

 palms. They are associated in New Jersey with petrified palm wood 

 (Palmoxylon diffwoodensis Berry). 



Occurrence. MAGOTHY FORMATION. Deep Cut, Delaware; Grove 

 Point, Cecil County; Eound Bay, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. 



Collections. Maryland Geological Survey, U. S. National Museum. 



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