78 FLORA OF SOUTHERN NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLAND. 



Sassafras hastatum Newberry? 



PI. XXIX, fig. 4; PI. XXX, fig. 12. 



Sassafras hastatum Newb., Mon. U. S. Geol. Survey, vol. 26 (Fl. Amboy Clays), 1895 (1898), p. 88, pi. 27, figs. 

 4-6; pi. 28, figs. 1, 2; pi. 40, fig. 4; Hollick, Bull. New York Bot. Gard., vol. 3, 1904, p. 414, pi. 79, fig. 4. 



The resemblance of these specimens to this species is indicated rather than 

 expressed, and the absence of the bases in addition to the imperfect condition of the 

 lobes makes positive identification impossible. The divergent character of the lobes 

 is what has seemed to indicate identity with hastatum rather than with any other 

 species of Sassafras, but it is quite possible that these specimens may belong with 

 some species of Aralia, such as A. gronlandica Heer, a which is not uncommon in this 



region. 



Locality: Gay Head, Marthas Vineyard, PI. XXIX, fig. 4. Collected by 

 Arthur Hollick. Specimen in Mus. New York Bot. Gard. 



Glen Cove, Long Island, PI. XXX, fig. 12. Collected by Arthur Hollick. 

 Specimen in Mus. New York Bot. Gard. 



Sassafras progenitor Newberry. 



PI. XXX, fig. 11. 



Sassafras progenitor Newb., Mon. U. S. Geol. Survey, vol. 26 (Fl. Amboy Clays), 1895 (1896), p. 88, pi. 27, figs. 

 1-3; Hollick, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, vol. 21, 1894, p. 53, pi. 174, fig. 1; Bull. Geol. Soc. Am., vol. 7, 1895., 

 p. 13; Berry, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, vol. 31, 1904, p. 78, pi. 1, fig. 3. 



This specimen, which is the only one in our collection, may appear to be some- 

 what too fragmentary for positive identification, but the bulging margins of the 

 lobes indicate relationship with this species rather than with any other. It is a 

 common species in the Amboy clays and somewhat doubtful specimens have been 

 found in the clay marl at Cliffwood, N. J. 



Locality: Oak Neck, Long Island. Collected by Arthur Hollick. Specimen in 

 Mus. New York Bot. Gard. 



Malapoenna sp. 



PI. XXXI, fig. 4. 



This specimen, obviously too fragmentary for satisfactory specific identification 

 or comparison, may belong with either Litsea falcifolia Lesq. b or with L. cretacea 

 Lesq., c although it appears to be too large for the former and too delicate for the 

 latter, according to the only two published figures of these species. A perfect 

 specimen of ours would apparently represent a form intermediate in appearance 

 between these two. 



Locality: Gay Head, Marthas Vineyard. Collected by David White. Speci- 

 men in U. S. Nat. Mus. 



aFl. Foss. Arct., vol. 6 (abth. 2), 1880, p. 84, pi. 38, fig. 3; pi. 39, fig. 1; pi. 46, figs. 16, 17. 

 b Mon. U.S. Geol. Survey, vol. 17 (Fl. Dak. Gr.), 1892, p. 97, pi. 11, fig. 5. 



c Ibid., p. 96, pi. 15, fig. 2. 



