Canal near High Point contain scattered drops of amber ; and 

 here again it is not in immediate association with lignite, although 

 Hgnitic layers are near at hand. This locality is believed to be 

 the only one mentioned in this connection which is not new, it 

 having been described in 1830 by Morton, who records lignite 

 and teredo-bored logs and amber beneath sands with marine mol- 

 luscs, found during the digging of this canal. Farther south, 

 amber occurs in the Cretaceous near Blackmans Bluff on the 

 Neuse River and near Parker Landing on the Tar River, both 

 localities in North Carolina. At nearly all of these localities 

 charred wood seems to be present in more or less abundance, as 

 was noticed by Hollick in connection with the Staten Island 

 deposits. P^xtensive search in the Raritan Formation of New 

 Jersey during the past summer, while disclosing much lignite and 

 some charred wood, failed to yield any traces of amber, which 

 seems to be so common a feature of the overlying Magothy beds. 



Maryland Geolo;;ical Survey, 

 Baltimore, Md. 



SHORTER NOTES 



Two UXDESCRIBED SpECIES OF COMOCLADIA FROM JAMAICA. 



Comocladia cordata sp. nov. A tree, about 15 m. high, gla- 

 brous throughout. Leaves about 2 dm. long ; leaflets about 

 13, ovate to oblong-lanceolate, firm in texture, dull green, slightly 

 paler beneath than above, strictly sessile, entire-ma|;^ined, cordate 

 at the base, acute or short-acuminate at the apex, '5-9 cm. long, 

 2.5—4 cm. wide, the veins diverging from the midvein at nearly 

 right angles and curving upward ; lower leaflets smaller than the 

 upper ones, the pairs distant ; panicles as long as the leaves or 

 shorter, about 8 cm. broad, their branches very slender ; flowers 

 numerous, purple, 1.5 mm. wide ; pedicels filiform, 1—3 mm. long. 



Rocky wooded hill, Troy (Britton <5/o). Nearest to C. mteg- 

 rifolia Jacq. 



Comocladia velutina sp. nov. A tree, 6 or 7 m. high, the 

 young twigs, foliage and panicles densely brown-velutinous. 

 Leaves about 2 dm. long; leaflets about 13, oblong, rather firm 

 in texture, paler beneath than above, blunt and rounded at the 

 apex, truncate or subcordate at the base, slightly repand on the 



