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Cassia piiaseolitoides, sp. nov. 
Plate XV, Figs. 25, 2G. 
Sp. Char. — C. foliolis coriaceis, petiolulatis (?), ovato-lanceolatis 
inncquilateris, basi obtusis, apicem versus angustatis, margine intcgerrimis ; 
nervatione brocliidodroma ; nervo primario valido ; nervis secundariis distinctis 
crebis parallelis, nervis tertiariis angulo acuto egredientibus. 
Ohs . — This species, closely allied to the preceding one, differs from it 
by the following characters. The texture is firmer, the leaflets are somewhat 
broader, more inequilateral and obtuse at their base. The secondary nerves 
are numerous, parallel, and send out tertiary ones at acute angles of 
divergence. Our species is likewise related to Cassia phaseolites, and differs 
from C. pseudophaseolites, Ett. an analogous species of the New Zealand 
Tertiary Elora, by a somewhat firmer texture and its nervation. 
Locality and Horizon. — Witherden’s Tunnel, Two-mile, near Emma- 
ville (Vegetable Creek Township), on Vegetable Creek Main Deep Lead ; 
carbonaceous clay, under basalt. 
P ODOGONITJM MACROCARPUM, sp. 710V. 
Plate XV, Figs. 29, 29a, and 30. 
Sp. Char. — P. legumine elliptico, valvis post maturitatem usque ad 
basin angustatam dchiscentibus ; semini oblongo ; foliolis oblongis apice 
productis ; nervatione brocliidodroma ; nervo primario distincto ; nervis 
secundariis subangulis 40-45°, inferioribus subacutioribus orientibus, tenuibus 
fiexuosis; tertiariis subangulis variis acutis egredientibus, tenuissimis flexuosis 
ramosis. 
Ohs . — The fossil, represented in Eig. 30, exhibits a dehiscent legume 
which most agrees with that of Podogonium. It is elliptical, compressed, 
membranous, and opened along its length to its narrowed base. A flatly 
circumscribed, oblong-elliptical portion, doubtlessly indicating the space 
which might have been occupied by the only seed, is perceptible in its midst. 
The seed, which may have fallen out, must have been compressed like the 
fruit. Itespecting shape, texture, and formation, the above-described legume 
perfectly resembles Podoyonium , and deviates only in size from the Podoyonium 
fruits hitherto known. It was attached to a pedicel ; but only a trace of it 
is to be seen, just sufficient to state its existence. 
