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Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo16amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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450 THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL plants having the cut of Grevillca are currently referred to Lomatia, but they might as well be placed in the former genus. This case is of unusual interest because the Proteacete are today south- ern plants, scattered through the coun- tries of the southern hemisphere, where they lead naturalists to imagine land bridges across which they might have come. Proof that they once abounded in the north temperate zone puts an entirely new face on these speculations. Among the smaller plants at Florissant are roses, including a well-preserved rose- bud, ferns, grasses, and even fungi and mosses. A fruiting moss which we found was transmitted to Mrs. N. L. Britton, and is now at the New York Botanical Garden. A small liverwort, also sent to the New York Botanical Garden, still awaits description. The weak point in the Florissant col- lection, so far, lies in the inadequate representation of organisms other than plants and insects. Scudder described many spiders, but they were mostly poorly preserved. Other spiders are now in the hands of Dr. Alexander Petrunkevitch for description. A single millipede was published by the writer, and a specimen was handed to IVIr. R. W. Miner of the American Museum for description, but has not yet been pub- lished. No centipedes have been found, and it is extraordinary that a single ostracod represents the Crustacea. The mollusks number seven, two only being land snails. There are ten fishes, in- cluding an extinct genus of especial interest. Two birds have been de- scribed, and another is in the possession of Dr. J. E. Cutler of Denver University, and will shortly be made known. Feath- ers are quite common. The only trace of Florissant mammals, as yet, consists of some minute and frag- mentary teeth. No reptile or amphibian has been seen, although we have an object which may possibly be a turtle's flattened egg. A general summary of the fauna was published in the American Journal of Science, 1913, (p. 498), but rather numerous additions have since been made, and about sixty species of insects (described by Wickham and the writer), and several plants (described by Knowlton) await publication. A summary of the flora was given in Bulle- tin Amer. Mus. Nat Hist., Vol. XXIV, Februarv, 1908.
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A new species of rose (/fo.s-a wilmallui) from the shales of Florissaut

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