40 FLORA OF SOUTHERN NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLAND. 



Dammara minor n. sp. 



PL II, figs. 35-37. 



Dammara microlepis Heer? Hollick, Annals New York Acad. Sci., vol. 11, 1898, p. 57, pi. 3, figs. 9a, 9b. 



Scales top-shaped to rounded kite-shaped, about 5-8 millimeters wide above by 4-5 millimeters long; resin 

 ducts relatively large. 



At the time the first of these specimens were found, on Block Island, they were 

 provisionally referred to Dammara microlepis Heer, with the following note (loc. cit., 

 p. 57) : 



The specimens figured on our plate are undoubtedly referable to the organisms which have been called 

 Dammara and Eucalyptus, from the Cretaceous of America and the Old World. The ones under consideration 

 are, however, smaller than any which have been previously figured, and might perhaps be referred to a new 

 species; but, in view of the limited amount of material and its fragmentary condition, I have thought it best to 

 refer the specimens provisionally to Heer's species. 



Since then further material has been discovered in the Cretaceous clays at 

 Kreischerville, Staten Island, and I am now satisfied that the specimens should be 

 given a distinct specific rank. They are much smaller than any previously described, 

 with shorter limbs, and they contain a relatively greater amount of resin. They are 

 quite plentiful in the amber bed at Kreischerville, recently described by me. fl 



Locality: Balls Point, Block Island, PI. II, figs. 35, 36. Collected by Arthur 

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



Kreischerville, Staten Island, PI. II, fig. 37. Collected by Arthur Hollick. 

 Specimen in Mus. New York Bot. Gard. 



Pinus sp. 



PI. II, figs. 39, 47, 48. 



"Pinus, sp.?" Hollick, Trans. New York Acad. Sci., vol. 12, 1892, p. 31, pi. 1, figs. 13, 20, 22; Newberry 

 Mon. U. S. Geol. Survey, vol. 26 (Fl. Amboy Clays), 1895 (1896), p. 47, pi. 9, figs. 5, 6. 



Cones, more or less fragmentary, detached scales, and leaves, almost certainly 

 belonging to pine trees, are abundantly represented in the Cretaceous deposits of this 

 vicinity, especially in the clays at Kreischerville, Staten Island, but in no instance 

 have they been found sufficiently well preserved for satisfactory identification with 

 any described species. The fascicles of leaves appear to be in threes and the cones 

 to be of medium size. 



Similar remains from the Cretaceous of New Jersey are described by Newberry 

 (loc. cit.), and he also describes and figures the leaves as occurring in three-leaved 

 fascicles, but says: " No cones have been found with them which could certainly 

 be attributed to the genus Pinus, but some which are considerably macerated and 

 decayed * * * may perhaps have been pine cones * * * ." 



Locality: Gay Head, Marthas Vineyard, PL II, figs. 39, 48. Collected by 

 David White. Specimens in U. S. Nat. Mus. 



Kreischerville, Staten Island, PI. II, fig. 47. Collected by Arthur Hollick. 

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



a Am. Naturalist, vo 1 . G9, 1905, pp. 137-145, pis. 1-3. 



