(414) 
Surv. N. J., Rept. on Clay Deposits, 28-29. 1878), but as he 
says : ‘‘these specimens are few and poor, and therefore the deter- 
minations are not positively ascertained,” the proofs of its occur- 
rence in New Jersey are not satisfactory. 
Formation and locality: Cretaceous shale; Center Island, Oyster 
Bay, Long Island, N. Y. 
SASSAFRAS HASTATUM Newb. ? 
(PLATE 79, FIG. 4.) 
Sassafras see Newb. (Fl. Amboy Clays) Monog. U. S. 
Geol. Surv. 26: 88. pl. 27, f. g-6; pl. 28, f. 1,2; pl. go, f. 4. 
This specimen ae be referred to any one of several species of 
Aralia or Sassafras from the Cretaceous of this region, but the 
remains are too fragmentary for any but provisional determination. 
Comparisons may be made with Araka palmata Newb. (FI. 
Amboy Clays, 7. ¢. 117. fl. 39, f. 6, 7; pl. go, f. 3) and A. 
Grénlandica Heer, as figured by Newberry (Fl. Amboy Clays, Z. ¢. 
pl. 28, f. ¢), to both of which species Berry has referred fragmen- 
tary specimens from the Cretaceous of Cliffwood, N. J. (Bull. N. 
Y. Bot. Gard. 3: Al. 44; pl. 45, f- 4 1903). 
I am inclined, however, to regard our specimen as referable to 
the species described under the name Sassafras hastatum, as above 
quoted; but, without the base of the leaf, any definite conclusion is 
impossible. 
Formation and locality: Cretaceous shale, Glen Cove, Long 
Island, N. Y 
Phaseolites Manhassettensis sp. nov. 
(PLATE 78, FIGS. I, 2.) 
Leaf about 7.5 cm. long, including a petiole of 6 mm., entire, 
inequilateral, slightly falcate, one side abruptly rounded an 
broadest at the base and curving to the apex, the other broadest at 
about the middle and tapering unequally to the base and apex; 
midrib slightly flexuous and curved towards the narrow or concave 
side of the leaf; secondaries irregularly disposed, diverging from 
the midrib at varying, acute pe subparallel, curved upwards 
and camptodrome near the margin. 
Our specimens are ee at the apex, where they are bent or 
folded under, giving the appearance of emargination, as indicated 
in the figures, but with this exception they have such a close resem- 
blance to Phaseolites formus Lesq. (Fl. Dak. Gr., Monog. U. 5S. 
