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Eremophyllum fimbriatum Lesq. » 



Cret. Fl., p. 107, PL vn, Fig. 1. 



Ficus f fimbriata Lesq., A.m. Jour. Sci. and Arts, series 2, vol. 46, 1868, p. 96. 



Phyllites iLicrpoLius, sp. nov. 

 PI. X, Fig. 9. 



Leaf thick, coriaceous, entire, oblong lanceolate, rounded at base and 

 apex! (destroyed); median nerve very thick, disproportionally so in com- 

 parison to the lateral nerves; secondaries distant, straight and oblique to 

 above the middle, there abruptly ciu'ved upward, ascending parallel to the 

 borders, but at a distance from them, emitting from the back of the bows 

 oljlique or curved nervilles towai-d the borders. 



The conformation of the leaf is peculiar. Its preserved part, which is 

 10"" long and 5""' broad toward the base, has a median nerve 3°"" in diam- 

 eter in its lower part, above the short petiole, and six pairs of secondaries 

 diverging 50° to 60°, going straight up to a distance from the borders and 

 anastomosing in forming flat bows, a ' nervation similar to that of the leaves 

 of Hedycarya arborea J. et G. Forst, of New Zealand. 



The leaf has a distinct affinity to Ilex horecdis Heer, of which a leaf is 

 represented in PI. XXXV, Fig. 8. 



Habitat: Ellsworth County, Kansas. No. 208 of the collection of Mr. 

 R. D. Lacoe. 



Phyllites Lacoei, sp. nov. 

 PI. XLV, Fig. 6. 



Leaf very thick, petioled, flabelliform, enlarged on the side, broader 

 than long, subtruncate at base, crenulate all around ; primary nerve thick, 

 perciu'rent; secondaries inequidistant, parallel, seven pairs, the loAver oppo- 

 site, the upper alternate, craspedodi'ome with their few branches; areola- 

 tion very small, quadrate. 



Tiiis leaf has some likeness to that of PI. XLV, Fig. 2, described as 

 Protophylhun crassum, Ijut by its form only, for the nervation is pinnate, the 

 lower secondaries from the base of the leaf oblique, at an angle of diver- 

 gence of 40°, running straight to the borders, with few thinner branches, 

 all craspedodrome. 



Habitat : Kansas. No. 4156 of the collection of Mr. R. D. Lacoe. 



