278 MB HIERN, ON EBENACE^E. 



elliptical, obtuse, striate, f f in. long by \ in. wide. Leaves about 6 in. long. Of un- 

 certain family. 



5. DIOSPYRQS LlGNiTUM, Ung. Syll. PI. Foss., pug. iii., in Denkschrift. Kais. Akad. 

 Wissensch. Math.-Naturw. xxv. p. 30. t. IX. f. 9 (1866). 



D. foliis ovato-oblongis utrinque attenuatis petiolatis integerrimis merribranaceis, nervo 

 primario valido, nervis secundariis distantibus simplicibus ramosisque ; seminibus suborbiculari- 

 oblongis obtusis Icevibus compressis, chalazd parvd immersd. 



Anona Lignitum, Ung. I.e., pug. i. p. 25. t. X. fig. 1 7 (1861), Gen. et Sp. PI. Foss. 

 p. 441 (1850). 



Miocene ; lignite of Salzhausen in Wetterau and Frofajach in Styria. 



Leaves 7 in. long by If in. wide ; seeds f in. long by -fe in. broad. The seed is not 

 typical of the family. Not given by Schimper in his Traite" de PaUontologie vegttale among 

 the Ebenaceae. 



6. DIOSPTROS WEBERII, Massal. Syll. PI. Foss. Tert. Venit. p. 77 (1859). 



D. foliis (?) ovatis acutis subpetiolatis integerrimis, nervo primario valido, nervis secundariia 

 nullis ; calyce quinquelobo deciduo minima patente, laciniis apiculatis. 



D. Myosotis, Web. Tert. Fl. Niederrhein. Braunkohl. in Dunker et Meyer, Beitr. 

 Jfaturgesch. Vorwelt, Vol. II. p. 19. t. XIV. fig. 5 o (1852), non Ung. 

 In Tertiary formations, Italy, &c. 

 Calyx | in. in diameter. The leaves (at least) probably belong to Eoyena Myosotis, Ung. 



7. DIOSPTROS ALASKANA, Schimp. Pal. Teg. n. p. 949. n. 17 (1872). 



D. foliis elliptids utrinque acutis, subcoriaceis, nitidis, integerrimis, longe petiolatis, nervo 

 media valido, nervis secundariis subtilibus (validis ex Lesq.), superioribus alternantibus, 

 inferioribus oppositis, omnibus valde curvatis camptodromis sub angulo acuto egredientibus, 

 areis nervulis transversis obsoletis ramosis reticulatis. 



D. lancifolia, Lesquer. in Sill. Amer. Journ. ser. ii. vol. xxvil. p. 361. n. 13 (Maio, 

 1859) ; Heer, Foss. Pfl. v. Van Couver u. Brit. Columb. p. 8. t. L f. 1012, n. f. 13 ; 

 Fl. Foss. Alaskana, p. 35. t. HI. f. 12 (1869) ; non Al. Br. 



D. lanceolata, "Lesq." ex Schimp. I.e., non Poir. 



British Columbia and Neniltschik (Alaska) ; Billingham Bay, Washington Territory, 

 N. America. 



Leaf" 4 in. long by 1^ in. wide; petiole Jin. long. 



8. DIOSPYRQS INCERTA, Massalongo, Synops. Fl. Foss. Senigall. p. 76. n. 187 (1858). 



D. foliis ovato-lanceolatis utrinque attenuatis acuminatis petiolatis penninerviis integerrimis, 

 costd validissimd, nervis secundariis rectiusculis, sub angulo 45 50 exorientibus subcequi- 

 distantibus, subramosis, apice bifurcatis, arcuatim conjunctis, nervulia venisque subobsoletis. 



Massal. Fl. Foss. Senigall. p. 295. t. xxvi xxvn. fig. 6, 29 (1859). 

 Miocene ; Senigallia, Italy. 



Leaves 4 4| in. long (including petiole f ^ in. long) by 1^ in. wide. The specific 

 name is more suitable than the generic. 



