FOSSIL PLANTS FROM VERO. 
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ORDER SAPINDALES. 
FAMILY ILICACEAE. 
GENUS ILEX LINN. 
ILEX GLABRA (LINN.)A. GRAY. GALLBERRY. 
This record is based upon three drupes found in the Vero depos¬ 
its. The Gallberry or Inkberry is at present found in sandy soil 
near the coast from Massachusetts to Florida, and I found it 
abundant along the drainage canal at Vero. 
FAMILY ACERACEAE. 
GENUS ACER LINN. 
ACER RUBRUM LINN. RED MAPLE - 
This species is represented by a characteristic samara in the 
Vero deposits. The red maple is an inhabitant of swamps and 
stream valleys ranging from Canada to Florida and Texas. Its 
range in Florida extends southward to about latitude 26 degrees, 
and it is still common around Vero. It has been recorded (1) from 
the late Pleistocene of Alabama. 
ORDER RHAMNALES. 
FAMILY RHAMNACEAE. 
ZIZYPHUS SP. 
GENUS ZIZYPHUS LINN. 
A much reticulate stone, identified for me by W. L. McAtee, 
represents an extinct species, the characters of which it is hardly 
possible to adequately define from a single fruit. 
The geologic history of Zizyphus is a most interesting one. As 
early as the Upper Cretaceous there were at least ten species in 
North America and the genus is a common Tertiary type both on 
(1) Berry, E. W., Am. Jour. Sci. (IV), vol. 29, p. 397, 1910. 
