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title, and will be published as a“ special” later on, Dr. N. L. Britton 
presented specimens of Aspidium cristatum (L.) Sw., collected by Mrs. 
N. L. Britton, near Oakwood. This fern is exceedingly rare on Staten 
Island, having been previously reported from but two localities, in one 
of which, the Clove Lake Swamp, it has been since exterminated. 
Mr. Arthur Hollick read the following paper Upon Additions to the 
Cretaceous Flora of Staten Island. 
At the meeting of January 2, 1892, I gave a preliminary account 
of the Cretaceous fauna and flora of the island so far as studied up to 
that date. At the meeting of March 12, the rediscovery of fossil 
leaves in the Kreischerville clays was recorded, and also the discovery 
of a large fossil leaf near Richmond Valley. At the meeting of 
September 10 the discovery by Mr. Heinrich Ries of fossil léaves in 
the Cretaceous clay at Green Ridge was recorded and since that time 
Mr. Wm. T. Davis has turned over to me a number of other specimens 
found by him in the clay at Kreischerville. 
All this new material and such of the old as had not been critically 
examined has been the subject of careful study by me during the past 
few months with the result that there has been added at least thirty- 
eight species to our Cretaceous flora. 
Most of them were known previously from the clays of Woodbridge 
or Amboy, N. J., but others have not before been reported from East- 
ern North America and we here have their first recorded occurrence in 
this region. Of these fourteen represent species new to science. 
The specimens have all been shown from time to time at our meet- 
ings, and from these careful drawings have been made. The entire 
subject will be presented before the New York Academy of Sciences 
shortly, with full descriptions and figures of all the new species, which 
will be published in the Transactions in due time. 
We have forty-seven species representing the flora of the Cretaceous 
formation on Staten Island: All the specimens from Tottenville, 
Richmond Valley, Princes Bay and Arrochar are in ferruginous rock 
of a concretionary character and are well preserved. Those from the 
clays of Green Ridge and Kreischerville soon began to disintegrate 
upon exposure to the air and are now mostly useless for purposes of 
identification. < 
Dec. 17, 1892.—A specimen of European “Gorse” or “ Furze,” sent 
by Dr. F. Hollick, was shown and the following memorandum read : 
The accompanying specimen was obtained Nov. 10, from a wren 
bush, about a foot in height, of European furze (Ulex mop ), 
Which is growing wild on Ward’s Hill, Tompkinsville. I first discov- 
