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ever, presents certain differences even in external appearance, notable 
among which is the presence of leaves on the flat surface of the 
lamina of the phylloclads, which make it impossible to refer it to 
Protophyllocladus Berry,** even if the internal structure of the fossils 
in question did not remove them from any close relationship with 
the Podocarpineae of the present day. It seems for these reasons 
necessary to propose a new generic name for these remains, and as 
we owe much to the kindness and courtesy of the owner of the 
Androvette pit, it seems a not unfitting recognition to name the new 
genus in his honor. The specific name is given from its place of 
discovery, Staten Island. 
Locality: Androvette pit. Collected by E. C. Jeffrey and Arthur 
Hollick. Plate 3, figs. 1-5, specimens in Mus. Staten Island Assoc. 
Arts and Sci. Plate 7, figs. 1-8; Pl. 8, figs. 1, 2; Pl. 28, figs. 5-8; 
Pl. 29, figs. 1-6, specimens in Jeffrey collection, Cambridge, Mass. 
Genus RARITANIA gen. nov. 
Raritania gracilis (Newberry) comb. nov. 
Plate 6, figs. 4-7; Pl. 9, figs. 1-4; Pl. то, figs. 14-17; Pl. 19, figs. 3-6; Pl. 20, fig. 1 
Frenelopsis gracilis Newb. Monog. U. S. Geol. Surv. 26 (Fl. Amboy 
Clays): 59. pl. 12. f. 1-3a. 1895. 
Our specimens, depicted in figs. 4—7, Pl. 6, are undoubtedly spe- 
cifically identical with those described under the above name by 
Newberry from the Cretaceous of New Jersey; but he was clearly 
at fault in referring the species to the genus' Frenelopsis Schenk, 
which is characterized by articulated branches with opposite leaves,24 
whereas in his specimens, as well as in ours, the branches are not 
articulated and the leaves are as Newberry describes them, “ spirally 
arranged." They are so minute, however, that they are not visible 
to the unaided eye, and their exact arrangement is difficult to deter- 
mine satisfactorily from impressions alone, even with the aid of a 
hand lens. The dichotomously forked branches, together with the 
minute prickle-like foliar organs, give a superficial appearance almost 
? Bull. Torrey Club 30: 440. 
“Е. Hoheneggeri (Ettingsh.) Schenk, Paleontogr. 19': 13. pl. 4. f. 5-7; pl. 5. f. 2, 
2; pl. 6. f. 1-6; pl. 7. f. 1. 1871. (Culmites priscus Ettingsh.?, Abh. K. K. Geol. 
Reichsanst. 1%: No. 2, p. 24. pl. 1. f. 5; pL 3. f. 4-8; Thuites Hoheneggeri Ettingsh., ibid. 
26. pl. r. f. 6,7. 1851.) 
