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currence of Vitis pseudo-rotundifolia which is at Long Branch, 

 N. J. Mr. McAtee who kindly compared this seed with the 

 existing species reported that it was different from any of the 

 existing species of Vitis. 



Vitis cf. aestivalis Michx. 



The summer grape is widespread in the existing flora of eastern 

 North America ranging from southern New England to Florida 

 along the Atlantic coast. The specimens from the Pleistocene 

 near Long Branch, N. J., are seeds which agree fairly well with 

 the existing species with which they have been compared. 



Nyssa hiflora Walt. 



Holhck, Md. Geol. Surv. Pli. & Plelst, 235. pi. 69. f. 5. 1906. 



Berry, Torreya. 6: 90. 1906. Journ. Geol. 15: 345. 1907. 

 Amer. Journ. Sci. (iv), 29: 398. 1910. 



This species in the recent flora appears to be confined to the 

 coastal plain ranging from Maryland to eastern Texas. Accord- 

 ing to Coulter & Evans it occurs in New Jersey, and Sudworth 

 records it from the Piedmont plateau in Montgomery County, 

 Maryland. However, the botanical survey of Maryland which 

 has been completed recently failed to discover this species except 

 in the river swamps of the southern "Eastern Shore" which it 

 would seem marks its present northern limit. Britton & Brown 

 state that perhaps it intergrades with Nyssa sylvatica which ex- 

 tends northward to Maine and Canada, but in any case the 

 seeds are distinctive and it is upon the seeds that the present 

 record at Fish House, N. J., is based. Gum seeds have been 

 previously mentioned by the writer as frequent in the Fish House 

 clays but these have never been specifically identified. As a 

 fossil this species has been previously recorded from Maryland, 

 Virginia, North Carolina, and Alabama. 



Zizyphus sp. 



The remains consist of a flattened drupe with a smooth stone 

 from Long Branch, N. J. They are larger and more massive 

 than those of the existing Zizyphus obtusifolia of the southwestern 

 United States and differ from any of the existing species with 

 which they have been compared. There is room for some doubt 



