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Locality.—N. C. R. R. cut, south of York Haven. 
The Marquis Saporta described and figured,‘ under the name of 
Poacites, a considerable number of grass-like forms from the Mesozoic 
of Portugal, some of them from the Infralias, others from the upper- 
most Jura, and still others from the Lower Cretaceous. They were 
all supposed to represent portions of leaves and not culms. The plant 
discovered by Mr. Wanner closely resembles some of these, but the 
leaves are much longer than any obtained by M. Choffat from the 
Portuguese beds. If these leaves grew directly from a ceespitose base, 
as Mr. Wanner’s figures would imply, it is difficult to refer them to 
the grass family, but if Fig. 5 represents a short collection of culms 
giving off leaves from their upper nodes, this would not wholly nega- 
tive the idea of their belonging to the Gramines, as Mr. Wanner sup- 
poses. At any rate, the form is quite definite and extremely interesting. 
I therefore retain the generic name suggested by Mr. Wanner, which 
carries with it no systematic implications, and express the likeness of 
the plant to a grass by the specific name chosen. The systematic posi- 
tion given to the plant is, of course, merely conjectural. 
The following general remark by Professor Fontaine on Mr. Wan- 
ner’s collection and work may fittingly conclude this part of our 
subject: 
Mr. Wanner has succeeded in making a surprisingly good and varied collection of 
fossils. A number of them had not yet been found in the Trias of America. Some of 
them are apparently new. A number of splendid impressions of fossils previously 
described are found in his material. These are better specimens than those by which 
these fossils have been hitherto known. Mr. Wanner deserves great credit for his 
intelligent use of the opportunity afforded him for collecting from a region hereto- 
fore not known as yielding good plants. 
The plants in this collection seem to indicate a somewhat higher Mesozoic horizon 
than that of the Virginia, and even of the North Carolina beds, being more decidedly 
Bhetic in character. 
TRIASSIC PLANTS FROM MARYLAND. 
In 1883” Mr. P. Frazer, in treating the New Red Sandstone Region, 
makes passing mention ‘‘of a plant bed in Frederick County, Md.” 
At the meeting of the Geological Society of America on December 
30, 1890, in the course of the discussion of Dr. Williams’s paper on 
the Petrography and Structure of the Piedmont Plateau in Maryland, 
Mr. Charles S. Prosser called attention to the remark quoted above and 
asked Dr. Williams for further information.’ 
In reply, Dr. Williams said: 
Fossils have recently been found in two localities in the Triassic of Frederick 
County, Maryland: first, by Professor Philip R. Uhler, about 2’miles west of Fred- 
1 Flore Fossile du Portugal, Direction des Travaux Géologiques du Portugal, Lisbonne, 1894. 
2Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania, C4, 1883, p. 29. 
3 Bull. Geol. Soe. America, Vol. II, March, 1891, p. 318. 
