DESCRIPTIONS OF SPECIES. 39 



In view, therefore, of these conflicting facts and opinions, I have thought it advis- 

 able, until more definite evidence may be available, to include all of these scale-like 

 organisms under one generic name and to regard them, at least tentatively, as belong- 

 ing with the Coniferales. In this connection I have introduced, for comparison, the 

 type figures of Dammara (?) cliffwoodensis Hollick,'' which, together with the speci- 

 mens recognized under D. borealis Heer and the two species next described, give a 

 complete representatidn of these organisms thus far found in our vicinity. The 

 specimens identified as D. cliffwoodensis by Berry ^ I am inclined to consider as 

 more properly referable to the smaller forms of D. borealis. 



Fmally may be noted the scales described and figured by Knowlton from the 

 Judith River beds of Montana, under the name Dammara acicularis," which differ 

 from most of our specimens merely in the possession of a relatively long awu at the 

 apex. This feature, however, is not altogether wanting in some of ours, as may be 

 seen in PL II, fig. 27a, and it is possible that it may have been present in the others 

 but was not preserved, and as a matter of fact it is not indicated m Knowlton's fig. 3, 

 which, if taken by itself, would unquestionably be regarded as a small specimen of 

 D. borealis. 



Locality: Gay Head, Marthas Vineyard, PI. II, figs. 2-11 in part, 12, 15-22 (figs. 

 2-11 in part, 15-20, 22 collected by David Wliite, specimens in U. S. Nat. Mus.; 

 figs. 12, 21 collected by Edward Hitchcock). 



Chappaquiddick, Marthas Vineyard, PI. II, fig. 13. Collected by Arthur Hollick. 

 Specimen in Mus. New York Bot. Gard. 



Tottenville, Staten Island, PI. II, fig. 14. Collected by Arthur Hollick. Speci- 

 men m Mus. Staten Island Assn. Arts and Sci. 



Glen Cove, Long Island,' PI. II, figs. 23, 24. Collected by Arthur Hollick. 

 Specimens in Mus. New York Bot. Gard. 



Woodbridge, N. J., PI. II, figs. 25, 26 in part, 27a. Specimens in Mus. New 

 York Bot. Gard. 



Dammaea northpoetensis Hollick. 



PI. II, figs. 33, 34. 

 Dammara Northportensis HoUick, BuD. New York Bot. Gard., vol. 3, 1904, p. 405, pi. 70, figs. 1, 2. 



This species, at the time it was origmally described, was thought to be pecuhar 

 to the clays at Northport, Long Island, where it was first found, but recently speci- 

 mens have been identified from the Cretaceous clays of New Jersey, and what 

 may be the same species from those of Kreischerville, Staten Island, where it is 

 quite abundant. These latter discoveries, however, were made too late for detailed 

 investigation and inclusion in this work. The only other coniferous remams found 

 associated with them at Northport are leafy branches of Brachyphyllum macrocar- 

 pum Newb., but at the other localities mentioned a number of other coniferous 

 genera also occur. 



Locality: Little Neck, Northport Harbor, Long Island. Cohected by Arthur 

 Hollick. Specimens in Mus. New York Bot. Gard. 



a Trans. New York Acad. Sci., vol. 16, 1897, p. 128, pi. 11, figs. 5-8 (see PI. II, flgs. 29-32). 

 !i Bull. New York Bot. Gard., vol. 3, 1903, p. 61, pi. 48, flgs. 8-11. 

 cBull. U. S. Geol. Survey No. 257, 1905, p. 134, pi. 15, flgs. 2-6. 



