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WIDDRINGTONITES SUBTILIS Heer. 
Pl. X, figs. 2-4. 
Widdringtonites subtilis Heer, Fl. Foss. Arct., Vol. III, Part II, p. 101, Pl. XXVIII, 
figs. 1, 1b; Vol. VI, Abth. IJ, p. 51, Pl. VU, figs. 13, 14. 
We have collected a large number of specimens of a peculiar and 
graceful conifer which is fairly represented in the figures given. Figs. 2 
and 8 are from South Amboy; fig. 4, from Cutler’s clay pit at Woodbridge. 
The branches of this conifer are numerous and slender and are completely 
invested by appressed, scale-like leaves. They closely resemble the plant 
described and figured by Heer (Fl. Foss. Arct., Vol. VI, Abth. II, p. 51, 
Pl. VI, fig. 13; Pl. XXVIII, fig. 4). On one of the specimens from South 
Amboy is a small cone, a centimeter or more in diameter, of which the 
structure is not plainly visible. This is apparently connected with the 
branches with which it is in contact, but that is not absolutely proven. 
More material will be needed before anything definite can be said in regard 
to the botanical relations of this plant, but as it is locally so abundant, 
there is little doubt that its fruit will ultimately be obtained in such a state 
of preservation as to permit of its analysis. 
The number of specimens obtained by Professor Heer is small, but 
they give very good views of the foliage, which is precisely that of the 
plant before us. 
Localities : Woodbridge, South Amboy. 
Wipprineronires Rercui (Ett.) Heer. 
Pl. VIII, figs. 1-5. 
Widdringtonites Reichii (Ett.) Heer, Fl. Foss. Arct., Vol. VI, Abth. II, p. 51, PI. 
XXVIII, fig. 5; Vol. VII, p. 13, Pl. LII, figs. 4, 5. 
Frenelites Reichii Ett., Kreideflora von Niederschoena, p. 246, Pl. I, figs. 10a—10c. 
This is one of the most common conifers in the Amboy Clays, where 
slabs a foot square are obtainable, covered with the delicate tracery of its 
slender branches. Figs. 2 and 3 are portions of such slabs. They were 
drawn with some care when first obtained, but the wood being replaced by 
o, it has been 
lignite that contained much water, thus shrinking and cracking, 
