with Descriptions of N< w Species of /'■ ssil Pla 



red to Oreodaphm Heeri, (Gaud:) ; Quercus Gaudini, I 

 is said to be identical with a species from the [talian Tertiari 



By Prof. Ileer, the coal strata of Vancouver's [sland and 

 the opposite coast of Washington Territory— strata which c 

 tain the plants — are all regarded as unquestionably of " M 

 cene age." 



Id 1SG3, 1 characterized, in the Boston Jonmalof Nat. II 

 the fossil plants collected by the N. W. Boundary Commission. 

 Among them the following species were enumerated : / 

 turn robustum, (Newb.), Sabal Campbellii, (Newb 'ium 



occidentale, (Newb.), Quercus flexuosa, (Newb.), Q.B I 

 folia, (Newb.), Q. elliptica, (Newb.), Pqpulus fldbell 

 (Xewb.), derived from the main land ou the North-> 

 and supposed to be Tertiary. 



At a later period, a number of fossil plants, obtained from 

 the Eocene and Miocene beds of the Valley of the Mi- ' ippi, 

 and from the lignite deposits of Brandon, Vermont, were exam- 

 ined by Mr. Lesquereux; descriptions of portions of which h 

 been published. 



From the Eocene beds he obtained Cinnamomum Mi 

 piense (Lesqx.), Calamqpsis Danes, (Lesqx.), and a number of 

 fossil fruits, among which he recognised Carya, Fagus, Ai 

 lochia, Sapindus, Cinnamomum, Gissus, Carpiwut and V 

 (American Journal of Science, 2nd Ser. vol. xxxii.. p. 3i 

 From the Miocene beds of Mississippi Lesquereux reporl 

 ing obtained species, nol yel described, of Q ■ ' 



Lauras, Persea, Rhamnus, Terminalia, Magm 

 namomum, Ficus, Smilax, (with the livii 

 sericea and Magnolia acuminata]) Magn 

 (Lesqx.), and Populus rhomboidea supposed to bei 

 one before described from the Cretaceous 

 Island. From the Miocene(?) Tertiary, 5 I 



Lesquereux enumerates Lauras Carolin } P 

 niana, Quercus myrtifolia, Fagus /• 

 densinervis, (Lee , Quercu ' 



