Literature Relating to Staten Island 6i 



lications are, and it possesses a local value which should appeal 

 to every patriotic Staten Islander. 



A. H. 



On the Structure and Affinities of Two New Conifers and 

 A Fungus from the Upper Cretaceous of Hokkaido 



(Yezo)io 



In this paper the author states that " the study of the fossil 

 plants, whose structure and affinities are given in the following 

 pages, is based on a part of the materials collected by Professor 

 Fujii in 1906, in Hokkaido (Yezo), a northern island of Japan." 

 The species described are Ahiocaulis yezoensis, Cryptomeriopsis 

 mesosoica and Pleosporites Shirainus. 



It might seem rather a far call from Japan to Staten Island, 

 but the geological horizon in which these plants were found is the 

 equivalent of that to which the Kreischerville clays belong, and 

 several identical and other clearly allied species occur at both of 

 these widely separated localities. In this connection the author 

 refers to the paper by Hollick and Jeffrey on " Affinities of Cer- 

 tain Cretaceous Plant Remains Commonly Referred to the Genera 

 Damara and Brachyphyllum " (Amer. Nat. 40: 189-216. 1906), 

 which was based upon material collected at Kreischerville. 



F. H. K. 



Some Remarks on the Cretaceous Fossil Flora and the 

 Causes of Extinctions^ 



This paper begins with a preliminary statement to the effect 

 that it is intended to supplement the paper by Dr. Y. Suzuki (see 

 preceding review), "and at the same time to give some remarks 

 on the Cretaceous fossil plants in general, with which we are 

 concerned." 



Comparisons are made between the Cretaceous floras of Japan 



^'' Y. Suzuki. Botanical Magazine, 24: 181-196, pi. 7, and figs. 1-3 in text. 

 (Tokyo, September, 1910.) 

 " K. Fujii. Botanical Magazine, 24: 197-220. (Tokyo, September, 1910.) 



