Excerpt from Torreya, 1934, Vol. 34: A Bi-Monthly Journal of Botanical Notes and NewsThe present specimen is a thin carbonaceous residue, rep resenting a curved section of stem. It consists of a single node and part of each of the adjoining internodes, and from the node arise two branchlets lying in the plane of curvature of the main stem. The first internode of the branchlet on the concave Side is considerably shorter than that of the branch let Ou the convex Side. A third exceedingly Slender branchlet lies above and to one side of the main part of the specimen, but is not organically connected With it.The rock bearing the fossil was broken apart in such a way that the specimen is split into halves. Fig. 1 is a photograph of the more distinct half.Occurrence: Miocene Florissant beds of Colorado. Collected by K. Vreeland, 1901. Deposited in the museum of the New York Botanical Garden.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.