GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE TEERJTOEIES. 399^ 



Ficus coRYLiPOLius, Lsqx. 



Described from the lower station, the shale above main coal. Professor 

 B. r. Meek found iu this saurian-bed a fine leaf preserved entire. 



Laueus obovata, Web. Pal., YIII, p. 6Q, PI. iii, Fig. 4. 



Leaf coriaceous, entire, oblong-ovate, acuminate, narrowed to a 

 petiole, pinnately nerved, secondary veins very thin, the lowest ascend- 

 ing parallel to the borders. 



The lowest veins of this leaf only are discernible in the two leaves 

 found. These are slightly broader and shorter than the one figured as 

 marked above, and could be referred to Laurus henzoidea, Web., Fig. 5- 

 of the same plate, -but for the secondary veins on a more acute angle of 

 divergence and the narrower medial nerve. I believe, however, that 

 both these leaves of Weber represent the same species. 



Platanus Eaynoldsii, Xewb. 



A large fragment of this fine species. The borders are scarcely 

 dentate or less acutely toothed than in the normal form. The substance 

 of the leaves is evidently coriaceous. 



YrBUENUM DICHOTOMUM, sp. nOV. 



Leaf subcoriaceous, thickish ovate-oblong, obtusely pointed, round^. 

 slightly cordate to the petiole, sharply serrate from above the middle,, 

 pinnately nerved. 



The lowest secondary veins are opposite, at some distance from the 

 upper ones, emerging on an angle of 30° to So"^, branching thrice ,• the 

 upper secondary veins are alternate and dichotomous-like, in separating 

 from the medial nerve, two on each side ; the teeth of the borders are 

 entered either by the point of secondary vein or of their branches, as 

 in Viburnum marginatum, Lsqx., to which this species is allied. It 

 however differs by the greater thickness of the leaves, the smooth sur- 

 face, the form of the teeth, tvhose points are turned upwards, and 

 especially by the peculiar nervation. I have found a single well-pre- 

 served entire specimen of this form. Professor B. F. Meek has another 

 fragment of the same from the same locality. This species is, by its 

 leaves at least, intimately related to Vihurnum elUpticum^ Hook, of 

 Oregon. 



Black Butte, red haked shale. 



These shales form the top of small hills about at the same level as the 

 saurian-beds, and at a short distance to the east. They are as hard as 

 bricks, and of the same color. By disintegration they are parted iu thin 

 lamellae in the plane of stratification, but no good specimens can be 

 obtained by the hammer. 



Pheagmites Oeningensis, A1. Br. 



Fragments of roots and rootlets. 



Myeica Toeeeyi, Lsqx. 



Described already from the shale above the main coal of this locality. 



