80 FLORA OF SOUTHERN NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLAND. 



Laurus Hollae Heel'?. 



PI. XXVIII, fig. 11. 



Laurus Hollae Heer, Fl. Foss. Arct., vol. 6 (abth. 2), 1S82, p. 76, pi. 33, fig. 13; pi. 44, fig. 5b; pi. 45, fig. 3; 

 Hollick, Trans. New York Acad. Sci., vol. 12, 1892, p. 34, pi. 2, fig. 17; Berry, Bull. New York Bot. Gard., 

 vol. 3, 1903, p. 78, pi. 50, figs. 7, 8; pi. 52, figs. 7, 8. 



It is unfortunate that all of the specimens referable to this species which have 

 thus far been found in this region are mere fragments, too imperfect for more than 

 provisional identification. 



Locality: Kreischerville, Staten Island. Collected by Arthur Hollick. Speci- 

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



Laurus antecedens Lesquereux. 

 PI. xxvm, figs. 9, 10. 



Laurus antecedens Lesq., Mon. U. S. Geol. Survey, vol. 17 (Fl. Dak. Gr.), 1892, p. 92, pi. 11, fig. 3. 



Although our specimens are more rigid than the one figured by Lesquereux 

 (loc. cit.), the resemblance between them is too marked to be disregarded, and it is 

 evident, from the distorted condition of the margin, that Lesquereux's specimen 

 does not represent the normal characters of the species. 



Locality: Glen Cove, Long Island. Collected by David White. Specimens 

 in U. S. Nat. Mus. 



Laurus teliformis Lesquereux. 



PI, XXXI, fig. 3. 

 Laurus idiformis Lesq., Mon. U. S. Geol. Survey, vol. 17 (Fl. Dak. Gr.), 1892, p. 94, pi. 50, fig. 9. 



Our specimen is apparently identical with this species and differs from Les- 

 quereux's figure (loc. cit.) merely in its wedge-shaped instead of acuminate apex. It 

 is also strikinglj' like the leaf referred by Lesquereux to Cinnamomum Scheuchzeri 

 Heer, " except that in ours the midrib is more delicate. 



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

 men in U. S. Nat. Mus. 



Laurus plutonia Heer. 



PI. XXVII, figs. 9, 10; PI. XXVIII, figs. 1, 2. 



Laurus plutonia Heer, Fl. Foss. Arct., vol. 6 (abtt. 2), 1882, p. 75, pl. 19, figs. Id, 2-4; pi. 20, figs. 3a, 4-6; 

 pi. 24, fig. 6b; pl. 28, figs. 10, 11; pl. 42, fig. 4b; Newberry, Mon. U. S. Geol. Survey, vol. 26 (Fl. Amboy 

 Clays), 1895 (1896), p. 85, pl. 16, figs. 10, 11; Hollick, Bull. Geol. Soc. Am., vol. 7, 1895, p. 13; Trans. 

 New York Acad. Sci., vol. 16; 1897, p. 132, pl. 13, figs. 5, 6; Annals New York Acad. Sci., vol 11, 1«98, 

 p. 60, pl. 4, figs. 6, 7; Berry, Bull. New York Bot. Gard., vol. 3, 1903, p. 79, pl. 50, figs. 9-11; Bull. Torrey 

 Bot. Club, vol. 31, 1904, p. 77, pl. 3, fig. 1. 



This species has been made to include so many different forms that the reference 

 to it of these specimens requires but brief comment. Heer's figures alone (loc. cit.) 



aCret. Fl., 1874, pl. 30, fig. 2. 



