356 LL, Lesquereux on Fossil Fruits of Brandon, Vt. 
No. 1. Carpolithes Brandoniana, sp. nov. Capsule thick- 
walled, oval or nearly round, flattened, obtuse at both ends, val- 
vate. Valves obscurely pointed, opening from the base to half 
the length of the capsule. 
Var.«, elongata. Fig. 111 to 113. 
Var. 8, obtusa. Fig. 114 to 117. 
Specimens figured 111 to 117 are certainly various forms of 
the same species and I think that those of 118, 119 and 124 
ought to be referred to the same genus. 
No. 2. Carpolithes fissilis, sp. nov. (Fig. 118, 119 and 124) 
Capsule, a little flattened, ovate, lanceolate, obtuse or rounded at 
one end, pointed at the other, obscurely tencostate, irregularly 
tri-valved, dehiscent or closed. In this species as in the former, 
the size of the fruit varies from one to two inches in length and 
from half an inch to one inch or a little more in breadth. 
Nothing like the fruits of these two species has been before 
capsule contained originally some seeds that have escaped by 
the dehiscence of the valves, as Prof. E. Hitchcock remarks} 
but the total absence of seeds, even within unopened specimens, 
led me to suppose that the thin pellicle which is seen within 
and matter have been destroyed by maceration. It is 
however to speculate on these fruits till something more 18 ets 
about their relation to some living species. Specimens of No. 
are extremely abundant at incl: 
These may be unopened and less flattened specimens of er 
same species as No. 2. They would compare well with so 
h ; 
No. 4. Carpolithes Grayana, sp. nov. (Fig. 122.) Fruit oval- 
elongated, obtuse at one end, sincteed by a sharp abrupt po a 
