L. Hably szerk.: Studia Botanica Hungarica 20. 1988 (Budapest, 1988)

Hably, Lilla: Egerian fossil flora from Kesztölc, NW Hungary

1978 Daphnogene lanceolata Unger; Mai et Walther, p. 40, PI. 2, Figs 1-23; Pl. 19, Figs 1-15; Pl. 20, Figs 1-4. Material: BP: 85. 276. 1., 85. 277. 1., 85. 278. 2., 85. 279. 1., 85. 280. 1/a., 85. 280. 1/b., 85. 282. 1., 85. 284. 1., 85. 289. 1., 85. 291. 1., 85. 295. 1., 85. 301. 2., 85. 306. 1., 85. 308. 1., 85. 312. 1., 85. 322. 1., 85. 363. 1. MÁFI: BK-1123, BK-1127, BK-2453, BK-2459, BK-2463, BK-2468, BK2469, BK-2472, BK-2473, BK-2476, BK-2477, BK-2488, BK-2492, BK-2902, BK-2909, BK-2910, BK-2918, BK-2920, BK-2921, BK-2935 The length of the leaves is 3. 5-8. 3 cm, their width varied between 0. 9-2. 5 cm. Lamina is strongly elongated, obovate. The venation is acrodromcus, suprabasal, imperfect. The basal veins run nearer to the margin than to the midvein to which they are connected in the upper third of the lamina in a loop-like manner. There are 2-4 pairs of secondary veins branching out from the midvein in the upper third of the leaf. This species is very frequent in the Egerian stage of Hungary. It was found at Verőcemaros (HABLY 1982), Vértesszőlős (HABLY in press), and it is present on a number of other localities not published so far. Some authors consider it as a light-leaf to D. cinnamomifolia

, because these two species are occurring very frequently together. Daphnogene polymorpha (A. Br. 1845) Ettingshausen 1851 Pl. IV, Figs. 1-5. 1845 Ceanothus polymorphus A. Braun; A. Braun, p. 171. 1847 Ceanothus bilinicus Unger; Unger, p. 145, PI. 49, Fig. 9. 1851 Daphnogene polymorpha (A. Br. ) Ettingshausen; Ettingshausen, p. 16, Pl. 2, Figs 23-25. 1855 Camphora polymorpha (A. Br. ) Heer; Heer, p. 112, Pl. 1, Fig. 11. 1856 Cinnamomum polymorphum (A. Br. ) Heer; Heer, p. 88, Pl. 91, Figs 11c, d, PI. 93, Figs 25-28, PI. 94, Figs 1-16, 19a, 20b, g, 21-26. 1914 Cinnamomum polymorphum (A. Br. ) Heer; Jablonszky, p. 255. 1959 Cinnamomophyllum polymorphum (A. Br. ) Kr. et Wld. ; Rásky, p. 454. 1964 Cinnamomophyllum bilinicum (Ung.

) Knobloch; Knobloch, p. 601. 1967 Daphnogene bilinica (Ung.) Kvacek et Knobloch, Knobloch et KvaŐek, p. 203. 1971 XXVI. sensu Ferguson; Ferguson, p. 139, PI. 25 A-H, PI. 20, 21, Figs A, B. 1976 Daphnogene polymorpha (A. Br. ) Ettingshausen; Knobloch et Kvaíek, p. 52, Pl. 12, Figs 18, 20; Pl. 19, Figs 3, 4, 7; Pl. 23, Fig. 7; Pl. 26, Figs 9-12. 1985 Daphnogene polymorpha (A. Br. ) Ettingshausen; Hably, p. 92, Pl. 11, Figs 1-4. Material: MÁFI: BK1101, BK-1109, BK-1119, BK-1128, BK-2496, BK-2927 The length of the leaves varies between 4.4-7.5 cm, their width is 2.8-5.0 cm; they are of medium to large dimensions, their shape is obovate, the apex is lengthened, the midvein is strong. The basal veins are thinner than the midvein, and always branch out from over the basis, nearly the same spot. The basis is frequently asymmetrical. The basal veins and the secondary veins starting from the midvein form a loop, among them a thick tertiary venation is present. The veins branching out from the basal veins towards the margin are strong, connected to each other in loops. The margin of the leaf is entire. The species is generally considered to be characteristic of the Miocene, but in Hungary it is also present in several Egerian localities, though with definitely smaller specimens, similar to e.g. D. lanceolata

. Some authors consider that D. polymorpha is the shadow leaf equivalent of D. bilinica

. The joint occurrence of the two forms seems to support this view, yet this question has not been clarified from taxonomic point of view. Daphnogene sp. Pl. VI, Figs 2-3. Material: BP: 85. 265. 1., 85. 266. 1., 85. 270. 1., 85. 271. la, 85. 271. lb, 85. 272. 1., 85. 273. 1., 85. 281. 1., 85. 285. 1., 85. 286. 1., 85. 287. 1., 85. 288. 1., 85. 290. 1., 85. 292. 1., 85. 293. 1., 85. 294. 1., 85. 296. 1., 85. 297. 1., 85. 298. 1., 85.299. 1., 85. 300. 1., 85. 302. 1., 85. 303. 1., 85, 304. 1., 85. 307. 1., 85. 308. 1., 85.310. 1., 85. 311. 1., 85. 313. 1., 85. 321. 1., 85. 323. 1., 85. 355. 1.