216 The Upper Cretaceous Floras of the World 



The Bipley formation, a scries of littoral and marine shallow-water 



deposits with abundant faunas, contains a meager flora probably of 



Emscherian age. The following species have been recorded : 



Andromeda novm-cwsarew Hollick 



Araucaria bladenensis Berry 



Araucaria jeffreyi Berry 



Cunninghamites elegans (Corda) Endlicher 



DoryantMtes cretacea Berry 



Dryopterites stephensoni Berry 



Eucalyptus angusta Velenovsky 



Ficus georgiana Berry 



ManiJwtites georgiana Berry 



ALABAMA * 



The presence of fossil plants in the Tuscaloosa formation of western 

 Alabama was announced by Winchell 2 in 1856. The formation was 

 described in detail by Smith and Johnson 8 in 1887. During the course 

 of their work large collections were made and forwarded to Washington, 

 and a brief list of species was drawn up in 1894 by Ward. 4 These col- 

 lections did not, however, receive critical study until the writer took up 

 the work in 1907. Large additional collections were made, resulting in 

 a complete account of this important flora. 5 A brief abstract was pub- 

 lished " in 1913. The following species are enumerated : 7 



Aoietites foliosus (Fontaine) Berry 

 Acerates amuoyensis Berry 

 Andromeda grandifolia Berry 

 Andromeda novw-acsarea Hollick 

 Andromeda parlatorii Heer 

 Andromeda icardiana Lesquereux 

 Androvettia carolinensis Berry 

 Aralia cottondalensis Berry 



1 Including scattered floras from Mississippi and Tennessee. 



2 Winchell, Alex., Proc. Amer. Assoc. Adv. Sci., vol. x, 1856, p. 92. 



3 Smith, B. A., and Johnson, L. C, Bull. U. S. Geo. Survey No. 43, 18S7. 



4 In Smith, E. A., Geology of the Coastal Plain in Alabama, 1894, p. 348. 



5 This is in course of publication by the U. S. Geol. Survey as a Professional 

 Paper, entitled Upper Cretaceous Floras of the Eastern Gulf Area. 



8 Berry, E. W., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, vol. xl, 1913, pp. 567-574. 

 7 A considerable number of these will remain nomina nuda until after the 

 publication of the Professional Paper referred to above. 



