280 MB HIERN, ON EBENACE^. 



Schimp. Pal. Veg. n. p. 946. n. 5 (1872). 

 Miocene; Tripoli de Kutschlin, Bohemia. 



Leaf .3J in. long or more by T 9 ff in. wide; petiole i in. long; calyx-lobes | -fin. long 

 by Jg | in. wide; fruit (?) fin. long. 



11. DIOSPTROS LOTOIDES, Ung. Syll. PI. Foss., pug. in., in Denkschrift. Kais. Akad. 

 . Wissensch. Math.-Naturw. xxv. p. 30. t. x. fig. 1 12 (1866). 



D. foliis lanceolato-oblongis utrinque attenuatis longe-petiolatis, margine plus minus undulato, 

 integerrimis plurinerviis, nervo primario valido, nervis secundariis crebris, sub angulo plus minus 

 acuto emissis, marginem versus arcu brevi conjunctis, apice se conjunctis, nervis tertiariis trans- 

 versalibus utplurimum dbsoletis vel parum conspicuis, cali/ce minima, 5-fido, patente, laciniis 

 rotundatis. 



Ung. Foss. Fl. d. alt. Braunk. d. Wetterau, p. 59 ; Schimp. Pal. Teg. II. p. 951. n. 20 (1872). 



Borraginites myosotiflorus, Ludw. Palseontogr. in Mey. Beitr. Naturg. Vorw. vin. p. 116 

 (I860). 



Miocene; lignite at Wetterau, Germany. 



Leaves 3 5^ in. long by If in. wide; petiole T |- Ijin. long. Apparently not Ebe- 

 naceous. Cfr. Juglans acuminata, Ludw. and J. ventricosa, Ludw. 



12. DIOSPVROS PRIM^VA, Heer, Phyll. Crdt. der Nebraska, p. 19. t, I. fig. 6, 7. 



D. foliis oblongo-ovalibus, apice obtusiusculis, integerrimis ; nervis secundariis serpentinis, 

 ramosis, camptodromis. 



Schimp. Pal. Vdg. n. p. 948. n. 14 (1872). 

 Upper cretaceous deposits (?) in Nebraska, N. America. 



D. anceps of the Miocene of Europe and D. alaskana of the molasse of North America 

 greatly approach this species from Nebraska. 



13. DIOSPTROS AURICULA, Ung. Gen. et Sp. PL Foss. p. 436 (1850), Syll. PI. Foss. in. 



p. 26. t. ix. f. 1 4. 



D. foliis ovatis utrinque attenuatis integerrimis membranaceis, nervo primario valido, 

 nervis secundariis subremotis, sub angulo acuto egredientibus, sursum repetito-arcuato-anasto- 

 mosatis, subarcuatis, apice ramosis; calyce quadrifido vel quinquefido deciduo patente, laciniis 

 suhquadratis emarginatis basi callosis striatisque semipollicaribus. 



Schimp. Pal. Teg. II. p. 947. n. 10 (1872). 



D. auriculata, Stiehler, Synops. Pflanz. Vorw. I. 147 (1861), non Wight. 



Eocene ; Croatia, in marly schist at Radoboj. 



Leaves somewhat narrowed at both ends, obtuse at apex, 3| 4f in. long by 1| IfJ in. 

 wide ; petiole $ -fa in. long ; calyx-lobes J in. long. The characters given agree with 

 Diospyros. 



