78 FLORA OF SOUTHEEN NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLAND. 



Sassafras hastatum Newberry? 



PI. XXIX, fig. 4; PI. XXX, fig. 12. 



Sassafras hastatum Newb., Mon. U. S. Geol. Survey, vol. 26 (Fl Amboy Clays), 1895 (1898), p. 88, pi. 27, figs. 

 4-6; pi. 28, figs. 1, 2; pi. 40, fig. 4; HoUick, Bull. New York Bot. Gard., vol. 3, 1904, p. 414, pi. 79, fig. 4. 



The resemblance of these specimens to this species is indicated rather than 

 expressed, and the absence of tlie bases in addition to the imperfect condition of the 

 lobes makes positive identification impossible. The divergent character of the lobes 

 is what has seemed to indicate identitj^ with hastatum rather than with any other 

 species of Sassafras, but it is quite possible that these specimens may belong with 

 some species of Aralia, such as A. gronlandica Heer," which is not uncommon in this 

 region. 



Locality: Gay Head, Marthas Vineyard, PI. XXIX, fig. 4. Collected by 

 Arthur HoUick. Specimen in Mus. New York Bot. Gard. 



Glen Cove, Long Island, PI. XXX, fig. 12. Collected by Arthur Hollick. 

 Specimen in Mus. New York Bot. Gard. 



Sassafras progenitor Newberry. 



PI. XXX, fig. 11. 



Sassafras progenitor Newb., Mon. U. S. Geol. Survey, vol. 26 (Fl. Amboy Clays), 1895 (1896), p. 88, pi. 27, figs. 

 1-3; HoUick, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, vol. 21, 1894, p. 53, pi. 174, fig. 1 ; Bull. Geol. Soe. Am., vol. 7, 1895., 

 p. 13; Berry, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, vol. 31, 1904, p. 78, pi. 1, fig. 3. 



This specimen, wliich is the only one in our collection, may appear to be some- 

 what too fragmentarjr for positive identification, but the bulging jnargins of the 

 lobes indicate relationship with this species rather than with any other. It is a 

 common species in the Amboy clays and somewhat doubtful specimens have been 

 found in the clay marl at Clifi'wood, N. J. 



Locality: Oak Neck, Long Island. Collected by Arthur Hollick. Specimen in 

 Mus. New York Bot. Gard. 



Malapoenna sp. 

 PI. XXXI, fig. 4. 



This specimen, obviously too fragmentary for satisfactory specific identification 

 or comparison, may belong with either Litsea falcifolia Lesq. '' or with L. cretacea 

 Lesq.," although it appears to be too large for the former and too delicate for the 

 latter, according to the only two jjublished figures of these species. A perfect 

 specimen of ours would apparently represent a form intermediate in appearance 

 between these two. 



Locality: Gay Head, Marthas Vineyard. Collected by David White. Speci- 

 men in U. S. Nat. Mus. 



11 Fl. Foss. Arct., vol. 6 (abth. 2), 1880, p. 84, pi. 38, flg. 3; pi. 39, fig. 1; pi. 46, flgs. 16, 17. 

 !>Mon. U. S. Geol. Survey, vol. 17 (Fl. Dak. Gr.), 1892, p. 97, pi. 11, fig. 5. 

 clbid., p. 96, pi. 15, flg. 2. 



