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Kvaček, Z. ; Hably, L.: Notes on the Egerian stratotype flora at Eger (Wind Brickyard), Hungary, Upper Oligocene

usually ascribed to Cephalotaxus. We have not found other taxodioid shoots that would match with Taxodiaceae (namely the record of Taxodium dubium (STERNB.) HEER indicated by PALFALVY in NAGY & PALFALVY 1963). ANGIOSPERMAE DICOTYLEDONES LAURACEAE Sassafras lobatum (SAPORTA, 1867) ANDREÁNSZKY, 1966 (Plate III: 1) Trilobate leaves with narrow lobes do recall Sassafras. They show little of the detailed venation so that a precise comparison with the SAPORTA'S type material is difficult. Sassafras tenuilobatum ANDREÁNSZKY (1959, pl. 1, f. 1, textf. 1) of Kiseged may not differ specifically because the size differences only are of little taxonomical value. We noted one specimen in EWM (MM 64.150.1 orig. ANDREÁNSZKY 1966, textf. 10) and some more (MM 56.1398.1, BP 56.1298.1) in EWU. Daphnogene cinnamomifolia (BRONGNIART in CuviER, 1822) UNGER, 1850 (Plate III: 4, 5) Cinnamomoid leaves are well represented in all levels in typically variable form, found in other Oligocène sites in Europe. The narrow "lanceolata"-form prevails over the elliptical "cmnamomifolia"-form. Extremely large "spectabile"-forms described by ANDREÁNSZKY as Litsea euryphylla ANDREÁNSZKY (1962, pl. 1, pl. 1, f. 1) and identified in MM also as Litsea macrophylla are confined to EWU. Slender forms dominate the flora in EWM. They all are obviously referred to by PALFALVY (in NAGY & PALFALVY 1963) as Actinodaphne germari HEER, Daphnogene septunontana WLD., Cinnamomum buchii HEER, C. spectabile HEER, C. sezannense SAP., Cinnamomophyllum lanceolatum (UNG.) HANTKE, C. scheuchzeri (HEER) KR. et WLD., C. polymorphism (A BR.) KR. et WLD., Litsea magnifica SAP., Litsea sp. (see 1. c. pi. 5, f. 3, pi. 9, f. 5, pi. 10, f. 2). We believe - according to the cuticular studies (KVACEK & WALTHER 1974) - that the high variability of the leaf forms is due to environmental conditions and we do not distinguish them as independent species. Laurophyllum sp. div. (Plate III: 3) True lauroid leaves with irregularly looping secondaries are more frequently met in EWL and EWM, only occasionally in EWU. Several leaf forms can be recognized - broad elliptic, recalling Laurophyllum saxonicum LlTKE (sub Oreodaphne ci.foetens (Arr) NEES in ANDREÁNSZKY 1966, textf. 20, MM 64.148.1, MM 64.94.1-100.1), lanceolate one alike Laurophyllum acutimontanum MAI (sub Laurus primigenia UNG. in ANDREÁNSZKY 1966, textf. 17, MM 64.145.1, MM 64.79.1) or elliptic, similar to Laurophyllum pseudoprinceps WEYL. et KlLPP. (sub Persea cf. indica (L.) SPRENG, in ANDREÁNSZKY 1966, textf. 19, MM 64.161.1, MM 64.83.1). The former one prevails in EWL, the latter two in EWM. We consider some forms referred by ANDREÁNSZKY (1966) to Lauraceae as fagaceous (see cf. Lithocarpus saxonica WALTHER et KVACEK, and ? Fagaceae gen., p. 00). GIVULESCU (1987) calls attention to the fact the so-called Laurus primigenia UNG. in many cases represents in fact Fagaceae. It surely applies also to many specimens of leaves in EWL but not knowing the cuticular structure we are unable to solve this problem.