216 The UrPER Cretaceous Floras of the World 



The Ripley formation, a scries of Littoral and marine shallow-water 



deposits with abundant faunas, contains a meager flora probably of 



Emscherian age. The following species have been recorded: 



Andromeda novw-cwsarew Hollick 

 Araucaria bladenensis Berry 

 Araucaria jeffreyi Berry 

 Cunninghamites elegans (Corda) Endlicher 

 Doryanthites cretacea Berry 

 Dryopterites stephensoni Berry 

 Eucalyptus angusta Velenovsky 

 Ficus georgiana Berry 

 Manihotites georgiana Berry 



ALABAMA * 



The presence of fossil plants in the Tuscaloosa formation of western 

 Alabama Avas announced by Winchell 2 in 1856. The formation was 

 described in detail by Smith and Johnson 3 in 1887. During the course 

 of their work large collections were made and forwarded to Washington, 

 and a brief list of species was drawn up in 1894 by Ward. 4 These col- 

 lections did not, however, receive critical study until the writer took up 

 the work in 1907. Large additional collections were made, resulting in 

 a complete account of this important flora. 6 A brief abstract was pub- 

 lished 8 in 1913. The following species are enumerated \ 



Abietites foliosus (Fontaine) Berry 

 Acerates amboyensis Eerry 

 Andromeda grandifolia Berry 

 Andromeda novcB-ccesarem Hollick 

 Andromeda parlatorii Hcer 

 Andromeda ivardiana Lesquereux 

 Androvettia carolinensis Berry 

 Aralia cottondalensis Berry 



1 Including scattered floras from Mississippi and Tennessee. 



2 Winchell, Alex., Proc. Amer. Assoc. Adv. Sci., vol. x, 1856, p. 92. 



3 Smith, E. A., and Johnson, L. C, Bull. U. S. Geo. Survey No. 43, 18S7. 



4 In Smith, E. A., Geology of the Coastal Plain in Alabama, 1894, p. 348. 



5 This is in course of publication by the U. S. Geol. Survey as a Professional 

 Paper, entitled Upper Cretaceous Floras of the Eastern Gulf Area. 



''■ Berry, E. W., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, vol. xl, 1913, pp. 567-574. 

 7 A considerable number of these will remain nomina nuda until after the 

 publication of the Professional Paper referred to above. 



