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9. DIOSPYROS BRACHYSEPALA, Al. Br. in Leonh. et Bronn, Neues Jahrb. fur Mineral. 



1845, p. 170. 



D. foliis elliptico-dblongis, apice obtuse vel acute angustatis vel acuminatis, basi cuneatis 

 vel obtusis> subcoriaceis vel submembranaceis, integerrimis, petiolatis, penninerviis, nervis secun- 

 dariis atternantibus, remotiusculis, sub angulo acuto Vel recto egredientibus, curvatis ramosis, 

 ipsis et ramis dorsalibus marginem Versus arcuato-conjunctis, brochiodromis ; calyce quadrifido, 

 media cicatrice annulari impressd notato, lobis brevibus, late ovatis vel rotundis, apiculatis; 

 baccd exsuccd, semipollicari. 



IJng. Blatt Swoszowice in Nat. Abh. Gesamm. t. XIV. f. 15 (1849) ; Heer, Miocene Baltische 

 Flor^ p. 84. n. 65. t. xxvil. fig. 16; t. xxvm. f. 1. (1869), FL Tert. Helvet. III. t. en. fig. 

 114 (1859), Fl. Foss. Arct. p. 117. t. xv. f. 1012, t. xViI. f. 5 h, i, t. XLVII. fig. 4 b, c, d> 

 57 (1868), Braunk. Bornstadt in Abh. Nat. Halle, t. ill, fig. 7, 8 (1869), Phil. Trans, vol. 

 159. pt. n. p. 475. n. 48. t. L. f. 13, t. LV. f. 8 (1870) ; Sismonda, Pal. Pidm. p. 55. t. XI. 

 f. 6, t. xvi. f. 5, t. xix. f. 3 (1865) ; Ettingsh. Foss. FL Bilin, in Denkschrift. Akad. Kais. 

 Wissensch. Math.-Naturw. Bd. xxvm. p. 232. t. xxxvill. f. 28, t. xxxix. 1 (1868); 

 Schimp. Pal. V<%. II. p. 949. n. 18 (1872). 



Tetrapteris Harpyiarum, Ung> Foss. Fl. v. Sotzka, p. 46, t xxix. fig. 9 (1850), in Denkschr. 

 Bd. n. t. L (1851). 



Getonia petrceceformis, Ung. Foss. Fl. v. Sotzka, t. xxxlll. f. 2 4, in Denkschr. Bd. ll, 

 t. Lrv. (G. petrcecefolia ex Schimp. I. c.) 



G. macroptera, Ung. Foss. Fl. v. Sotzka, t. xxxlll. fig. 8, in Denkschr. Bd. II. t. LfV. 



G. truncata, Goepp. Tert. Fl. v. Schossnitz, p. 37. t. xxv. fig. 11 (1855). 



D. lancifolia, A. Br. ex Bruckm. Fl. Oening. Foss. in Jahr. Ver. Nat. Wiirtemb. p. 232 

 (1850), non Lesq. 



D. langifolia, "Al. Braun" ex Stizenb. Verst. Baden, p. 83 (1851). 



Arbutus diospyrifolius, Massal. Lett. Scarab, p. 29. n. 203 in Ann. Sc. Nat. Bologn, 

 (1854); Fl. Foss. Senigall. p. 296. t. xxvi xxvu. f. 3, t. XLV. f. 7 (1859). 



D. longifolia, "Stiz." ex Heer, Fl. Tert. Helvet. in. p. 11 (1859), non Spruce. 



D. latifolia, "Al. Br." ex Schimp. Pal. Veg. n. p. 949 (1872). 



Upper middle and lower Miocene formations; North Greenland, W. Prussia, France, 

 Switzerland, Italy. 



Leaves 1^ 5 in. long by |-^2 & in. wide ; petioles ranging up to f in. long. Calyx \ in. 

 in diameter. 



10. DIOSPYROS PARADISIACA, Ettingsh. Foss. Fl. Bilih in Denkschrift. Akad. Wissensch. 



Math.-Naturw. XXVIIL p. 234. t. xxxvm. fig. 2931, 34 (1868). 



D. foliis lanceolatis, utrinque angustatis, basi acutis, integerrimis membranaceis, petiolatis, 

 nervo primario distincto recto, nervis secundariis tenuibus, inferioribus sub angulo 45, mediis 

 et superioribus sub angulis obtusioribus, arcubus laqueorum maculis externis instructis, nervis 

 tertiariis tenuissime dictyodromis ; baccd ovided, exsuccd ; calyce 5-partito, patente, deciduo, 

 ladniis linearibus obtusis, nervoso-striatis, vix semipo licaribus. 



