this variable plant are referred to a single species. The fossil however is such an extreme 

 form of G. scandens that it deserves a varietal name, and we therefore call it var. robustum. 

 It does not resemble any other of the living species. 



Male inflorescence thicker, more cylindrical, and more compact than in the living 

 varieties, nodes 8 + (specimen incomplete) separated by very short internodes, which 

 are but slightly more slender than the nodes. 



Length 8 mm., breadth 4 mm. Reuver. 



This appears to be the first record of the genus Gnetum in the fossil state. The 

 living species are mainly tropical; but G. scandens extends into the mountains of Yunnan, 

 where Dr. Augustine Henry found it in the forests between 4000 and 5000 feet. It is 

 a large climber, and has a wide range in India, China, and Burma, to Sumatra. 



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