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

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

Aceraceae Acer L. cf. Acer sp. Pl. X, Fig. 4. Material: MÁFI: BK1,131 Only one, dubious specimen was assigned here, originating possibly from maple-tree, a separated endocarp. Sapindaceae Sapindus L. Sapindus sp. Pl. X, Fig. 5. Material: MÁFI: BK-1138, BK-2467 Two leaf fragments were assigned to this genus. Their length is 5.0-5. 1 cm, width 1. 2 cm. The shape of the leaf is elongated elliptical, the apex and the base are acute. The venation is camptodromous. The interconnected phase of the secondary veins run parallel to the margin. Smilacaceae Smilax L. Smilax weberi Wessel in Wessel et Weber 1847 Smilacites grandifolius Unger; Unger, p. 129, PI. 40, Fig. 3. 1855 Smilax grandifolia (Ung. ) Heer; Heer, p. 82, Pl. 30, Fig. 8. 1856 Smilax weberi Wessel; Wessel et Weber, p. 127, Pl. 21, Fig. 1. 1971 Smilax weberi Wessel; BiÜzek, p. 89, PI. 44, Figs 1-5; Pl. 45, Figs 1-4; Textfig. 14. 1975 Smilax weberi Wessel; Christensen, p. 21, PI. 5, Figs 1-8; Pl. 6, Figs 2, 4, 5, 6; Text-fig. 6A-F; Text-fig. 7, 8. 1976 Smilax weberi Wessel; Knobloch et Kvacek, p. 85, PI. 39, Figs 1, 3, 6, 7; Pl. 40, Figs 1-3, Figs 50, 51. 1985 Smilax weberi Wessel; Hably, p. 118, Pl. 35, Figs 1, 2; Pl. 36, Fig. 2. Material: BP: 85. 320. 1. The original length of the leaf was approx. 4. 8 cm, its measurable length 4. 2 cm, width 3.0 cm. Its shape is wide ovate. The apex is broken, the base decurrent. The primary venation is 5-veined, the midvein is strong. The vein system is acrodromous. The pair of primary veins which is nearer to the midvein is thicker than the second one. The maximal distance of the primary vein from the midvein is 0. 6 cm. The primary veins as well as the midvein meet at the base at a sharp angle. The track of the second primary vein pair and its apical termination cannot be described because of the fragmented state of the leaf. The midvein, the primary veins, as well as the region between the primary veins are connected with a further venation network. The species has been mentioned from several outcrops and strata of the European Oligocène and Miocene. One of its richest outcrops in Hungary is in the Egerian flora of Vértesszőlős (HABLY in press), but it was also found in the Lower Miocene Ipolytarnóc floral assemblage (HABLY 1985). The species is not generally characteristic for the Hungarian Egerian, it can be met only at some sites. This is a subtropical element preferring warm climate, a characteristic creeper plant of the subtropical forests. cf. Palmae Pl. X, Fig. 6. Material: MÁFI: BK-2489 One fragmented remain of wide, parallel veined leaf was assigned here, without any more detailed identification: even the present allocation seems to be dubious.