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DESCRIPTION. 



T. — E. Wardiana Berry. 



Following is the original description : — 



Eucalyptus (?) dubia Berry, 1903, Bull. N.Y. Bot. Garden, vol. iii, p. 87, pi. lii, fig. 1 (non Ettings- 



hausen, 1887). 

 Eucalyptus Wardiana Berry, 1905, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, vol. xxxii, p. 47. 



Berry, 1906, ibidem, vol. xxxiii, p. 180. 



Berry, 1906, Rept. State Geol. of New Jersey for 1905, pp. 138, 139, 141. 



Berry, 1914, Prof. Paper U.S. Geol. Survey, No. 84, p. 57, pi. xiv, figs. 3, 4. 



Description. — Leaves linear-lanceolate in outline with a pointed base and a gradually narrowed, 

 acuminate tip. Length about 8 cm. to 10 cm. Maximum width about 1-3 cm. Margins entire. Texture 

 subcoriaceous. Midrib of medium size. Secondaries very numerous, equally spaced, at intervals of about 

 1 mm. ; they diverge from the midrib at angles of about 60°, and pursue relatively straight courses 

 to the immediate vicinity of the margins, where their ends are united by a straight aerodrome marginal 

 vein running close to and parallel with the margins. Tertiaries forming a double series of nearly 

 isodiametric four-sided or five-sided meshes in each interval between adjacent secondaries. 



This species greatly resembles some of the smaller forms that have been referred to Eucalyptus 

 Geinitzi, especially those with closely spaced secondaries. It is, however, quite different from the type 

 of that species, and may be distinguished by its thinner midrib, more numerous secondaries, straighter 

 marginal veins and more prominent tertiaries. It also greatly resembles Eucalyptus angusta Velenovsky 

 (Velenovsky, Fl. Bohm. Kreidef. Theil iv, p. 3, pi. iii, figs. 2-12, 1885) of the Cenomanian of Bohemia, 

 which species has been recorded by the writer from the upper Raritan of New Jersey and the late Upper 

 Cretaceous in North Carolina and Georgia. It is possible that the two species may be confused, since 

 much of the material is fragmentary. Eucalyptus Wardiana is, however, more elongated, straighter, with 

 more prominent tertiary arcolation, and with the secondaries diverging at a wider angle. It characterises 

 the Magothy formation from Raritan Bay in New Jersey to the Severn River in Maryland, and also occurs 

 in the Middendorf beds of South Carolina. 



Occurrence. — Magothy formation. Deep Cut, Delaware; Grove Point, Cecil County; Round 

 Bay, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. 



Collection. — Maryland Geological Survey. (Op. cit., p. 872.) 



This work (" Maryland Geological Survey, Upper Cretaceous," 1916) contains 

 a valuable resume, " The Upper Cretaceous Floras of the World," by Edward Wilber 

 Berry, pp. 183-313, which I have already quoted several times. The following notes 

 referring to reputed Eucalypts may be added. 



"... Among the characteristic species found in the Magothy of Maryland are Eucalyptus 

 Wardiana Berry." (p. 64.) 



" North Carolina ... In this and subesquent years fossil plants were discovered at numerous 

 localities, and were the basis of publication of several minor papers, which contain all that has been 

 printed regarding the Upper Cretaceous flora. This flora comes from the Black Creek formation, which 

 is fully described in the recent work on the Coastal Plain of North Carolina. The following species have 

 been determined : — 



E. altenuata Newberry, E. Geinitzi (Heer) Heer, *E. linearifolia Berry." (p. 211.) 



* Unknown to me. (Prof. Berry.) 



