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occurrence in Pleistocene deposits from those of the Don Valley 

 in Canada to Alabama. Fragments of the leaves are among the 

 commonest forms in the present collection. 



Order RAN ALES 



Genus Liriodendron Linnaeus 



LiRiODENDRON TULIPIFERA Linnaeus 



This common mesophile forest type ranges from New England 

 to northern Florida and southern Alabama and Mississippi. 

 Previous fossil records are based on fruits and leaves from Ala- 

 bama and upon abundant leaves from the Wicomico formation 

 near Weldon, North Carolina. 



Fig. I. Juvenile leaf of Liriodendron tulipifera L., from the Talbot Pleistocene of 



Indian Head, Md. 



The present record is based upon the characteristic juvenile 

 leaf figured. 



Order GENTIAN ALES 



Family OLEACEAE 



Genus Fraxinus Linnaeus 



Franinus ameriqana Linnaeus 



The white ash is found in rich rather moist woods from Canada 



to northern Florida, central Alabama and Mississippi. Both 



large and small leaflets occur in the present collection. It does 



not appear to have been recorded heretofore from the Pleistocene. 



Johns Hopkins University. 



