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this genus may tend to vary, it is instructive to compare some of the toothed 
forms of the leaves of the New Zealand species P. Edgerleyi (see Kirk’s 
Forest Flora of New Zealand), and also P. simplex , and some, by no means 
unlike the fossil, will there be seen. There is acknowledged to be a floral 
element in south-eastern Australia and Tasmania which is common to New 
Zealand, and its existence in those countries at the present time seems to 
indicate a former land connexion of some kind, possibly in the early Cainozoic, 
and it is not, therefore, an extravagant step to take in seeking for near 
allies for the fossil in New Zealand. 
It will be seen that I assume that the leaf before us may be a pinna, not 
a complete leaf. Its unsymmetrical and lopsided shape lends credence to 
that view. If the other lobes of the supposed trifoliolate leaf had been 
preserved, I should have no hesitation in including the fossil under the 
genus Panax. Under the circumstances I prefer to place it under a new 
genus Panacites. 
PlTTOSPOREiE. 
Pittosporum prgeundulatum, sp. nov. 
Plate I., Fig. 10. 
Leaf originally about 4-J- inches long, 1J inches wide, ovate, lanceolate, 
tapered at base with entire margin. Midrib well marked, longer lateral 
. veins clear but not prominent, leaving the midrib at an angle of from 
60° to 70°, slightly curved and not reaching the margin, intermediate 
shorter ones visible ; tertiary veins not conspicuous. Leaf smooth. 
The shape and apparent texture of the leaf, the character of the venation, 
and the arrangement of the lateral veins, forcibly remind one of Pittosporum 
undulatum , Andrews, and it is in recognition of this fact that I have named 
the leaf. 
Carpolithes acaciteforrais, sp. nov. 
Plate I., Fig. 11. 
Specimen No. 16 contains a fossil seed, orbicular in outline and some¬ 
what flattened. There is nothing specially definite about it, but it seems 
desirable to place it on record; and as the form is similar to some Acacia 
seeds, I have named it as above. 
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Specimens from Mornington, Nos. 18 to 33 inclusive :— 
The leaves generally are not sufficiently well preserved to enable any 
certain conclusion to be drawn from them, and I have found only one 
specimen to be suitable for description and figuring. There are several, 
however, worthy of remark, because, although the state of preservation is 
not sufficiently good for accurate determination, their affinities are clear 
enough and worth recording as proving the class of vegetation which was 
growing at the time. With regard to others, such as No. 18, the condition 
is tantalizing ; one feels very much tempted to guess at their affinities, 
but it is doubtless safer to wait for further specimens. 
No. 19 shows portions of dicotyledonous leaves, one of which has pinnate 
veins and crenulate margins. There is a suggestion of Daphnandra , but 
it would be hazardous to express a decided opinion. 
No. 21 contains undoubtedly a branchlet of a conifer, either a small 
leaved Podocarpus or an ally, but the definition is not good. 
No. 23 shows something similar to the last. 
No. 24 contains a branchlet of what is probably a P odocarpus with small 
acute leaves like the existing New Zealand P . totara. Ettingshausen has 
figured such a small-leaved plant in his Contributions to the Tertiary Flora 
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