DESCRIPTIONS OF SPECIES. 39 



In view, theref ore, of these conflicting facts and opinions, I have thought it advis- 

 able, until more definite evidence may be available, to include all of these scale-like 

 organisms under one generic name and to regard them, at least tentatively, as belong- 

 ing with the Coniferales. In this connection I have introduced, for comparison, the 

 type figures of Dammara (?) cliffwoodensis, Hollick/ which, together with the speci- 

 mens recognized under D. borealis Heer and the two species next described, give a 

 complete representation of these organisms thus far found in our vicinity. The 

 specimens identified as D. cliffwoodensis by Berry b I am inclined to consider as 

 more properly referable to the smaller forms of D. borealis. 



Finally may be noted the scales described and figured by Knowlton from the 

 Judith River beds of Montana, under the name Dammara acicularis, which differ 

 from most of our specimens merely in the possession of a relatively long awn at the 

 apex. This feature, however, is not altogether wanting in some of ours, as may be 

 seen in PI. II, fig. 27a, and it is possible that it may have been present in the others 

 but was not preserved, and as a matter of fact it is not indicated in Knowlton's fig. 3, 

 which, if taken by itself, would unquestionably be regarded as a small specimen of 

 D. borealis. 



Locality: Gay Head, Marthas Vineyard, PI. II, figs. 2-11 in part, 12, 15-22 (figs. 

 2-11 in part, 15-20, 22 collected by David White, specimens in U. S. Nat. Mus.; 

 figs. 12, 21 collected by Edward Hitchcock). 



Chappaquiddick, Marthas Vineyard, PI. II, fig. 13. Collected by Arthur Hollick. 

 Specimen in Mus. New York Bot. Gard. 



Tottenville, Staten Island, PI. II, fig. 14. Collected by Arthur Hollick. Speci- 

 men in Mus. Staten Island Assn. Arts and Sci. 



Glen Cove, Long Island, PI. II, figs. 23, 24. Collected by Arthur Hollick. 

 Specimens in Mus. New York Bot. Gard. 



Woodbridge, N. J., PL II, figs. 25, 26 in part, 27a. Specimens in Mus. New 

 York Bot. Gard. 



Dammara northportensis Hollick. 



PL II, figs. 33, 34. 

 Dammara Northportensis Hollick, Bull. New York Bot. Gard., vol. 3, 1904, p. 405, pi. 70, figs. 1, 2. 



This species, at the time it was originally described, was thought to be peculiar 

 to the clays at Northport, Long Island, where it was first found, but recently speci- 

 mens have been identified from the Cretaceous clays of New Jersey, and what 

 may be the same species from those of Kreischerville, Staten Island, where it is 

 quite abundant. These latter discoveries, however, were made too late for detailed 

 investigation and inclusion in this work. The only other coniferous remains found 

 associated with them at Northport are leafy branches of BrachypJiyllum macrocar- 

 pum Newb., but at the other localities mentioned a number of other coniferous 

 genera also occur. 



Locality: Little Neck, Northport Harbor, Long Island. Collected by Arthur 

 Hollick. Specimens in Mus. New York Bot. Gard. 



a Trans. New York Acad. Sci., vol. 16, 1897, p. 128, pi. 11, figs. 5-8 (see PI. II, figs. 29-32). 

 h Bull. New York Bot. Gard., vol. 3, 1903, p. 61, pi. 48, figs. 8^11. 

 cBull. U. S. Geol. Survey No. 257, 1905, p. 134, pi. 15, figs. 2-5. 



