82 FLORA OF SOUTHERN NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLAND. 



Laurophtllum nervillosum n. sp. 



PI. XXVII, figs. 6, 7. 



Proteoides daphnogenoides Heer, Hollick, Annals New York Acad. Sci., vol. 11, 1898, p. 420, pi. 36, figs. 1, 3. 

 Leaves linear-elliptical in outline, about 1.5 decimeters long by 2.6 centimeters maximum width, entire, 

 narrowed to a long wedge-shaped base; secondary nervation close, fine, uniformly divergent from the midrib . 

 throughout, fiexuous, ultimately thinning out and merging into the tertiary nervation near the margin. 



These specimens were formerly regarded by me as probably belonging to Pro- 

 teoides daphnogenoides Heer, largely hj reason of their similarity to a specimen from 

 the Cretaceous of New Jersey, so identified by Newberry; " but I am now satisfied 

 that this reference was erroneous and that they represent a lauraceous species, not 

 unlike Laurofhyllum lanceolatum Newb.,* but possessing a remarkably well-defined 

 though deUcate system of nervation which is absent, or perhaps was not present, in 

 the specimens upon which the latter species was based. It is evident that the 

 distinction between this and the three species last described is more easily indicated 

 in the figures than expressed in words. 



Locality: Tottenville, Staten Island. Collected by Arthur Hollick. Specimens 

 in Mus. Staten Island Assn. Arts and Sci. 



Order ROSALES. 



Family PLATANACE^. 

 Platanus aquehongensis Hollick. 

 PI. XXXI, fig. 6. 

 Platanus Aquehongensis Hollick, Trans. New York Acad. Sci., vol. 12, 1892, p. 32, pi. 4. 



This species was based upon a single specimen, the original figure of which is 

 here reproduced. It is well defined and is totally unlike any other from this region. 

 The reference to the genus Platanus was questioned hj Dr. Lester F. Ward,'' who, 

 however, recognized its validitj^ as a new species, possibly belonging to Vitis or 

 Grewiopsis. 



Locality: Richmond Valley, Staten Island. Collected by Mr. Mesner. Speci- 

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



Platanus'? Newberryana Heer. 



Platanus? Newberryana Heer, Nouv. Mem. Soc. Helv. Sci. Nat., vol. 22, No. 1 (Phyll. Cr^t. Nebr.), 1867, 

 p. 16, pi. 1, fig. 4; Pollard, Trans. New York Acad. Sci., vol. 13, 1S94, p. 181. 



This species is listed by Pollard (loc. cit.) as occurring at Elm Point, Great 

 Neck, Long Island, but the specimen was not seen by me. 



iMon. U. S. Geol. Survey, vol. 26 (Fl. Amboy Clays), 1895 (1S96), pi. 32, flg. 14. 



!> Ibid., p. 87, pi. 17, figs. 1, 12. 



c Am. Jour. Sci., vol. 45, 1893, p. 437. 



