Collected by Mr. George Gibbs. 'jU7 



by Prof. Dana, in the " Geology of the Exploring Expedi- 

 tion," and several of the species were figured in the atlas 

 accompanying that work. 



The collection made by Dr. Evans, was by liini com- 

 mitted to Mr. Leo Lesquereux, the well-known fossil 

 botanist, who jiublished descriptions of fourteen species in 

 the " American Journal of Science," Vol. XXVIL, (2d 

 series,) p. 359. Of these, five were from Nana i mo, Van- 

 couver's Island, viz. : Pojmlus rhomboidea (Lesqx.), Quer- 

 cus Benzoin (Lesqx.), Q. multinervis (Lesqx.), Q. plalincr- 

 vis (Lesqx.), Ficus sp., Cinnamomum Heeri (Lesqx.). with 

 which are enumerated, but not described in full, " a Plat- 

 anus with the same nervation as Qtiercus platinervisy' " a 

 Chamcerops agreeing with Sabal Lamanonis Brgh., com- 

 mon in the European Miocene," a very fine Salisburia, 

 very variable in the outline of its leaves, and named Salis- 

 buria poly morpha (Lesqx.,) and " a small piece of a fern 

 referable to the genus Lastrea^ 



From Bellingham Bay, Mr. Lesquereux describes Salix 

 Islandicus (Lesqx.), Quercus Evansii (Lesqx.), Quercus 

 Gaudini (Lesqx.), Planer a dubia (Lesqx.), Cinnamomum 

 crassipes (Liesqx.), Persoonia oviformis (Lesqx.), Diospyros 

 lancifolia (Lesqx.), Acer trilobatum? (Al. Br.). 



By Mr. Lesquereux the plant-bearing strata of Belling- 

 ham Bay and Vancouver's Island were regarded as of the 

 same age ; and from the resemblance of the species which 

 they contain, to some of those found in the Miocene of 

 Europe, he pronounces them to be of that age. [op. cit. 

 Vol. XXVIL p. 362.) 



In a subsequent number of the " American Journal of 

 Science," (Vol. XXVIII. p. 85,) is published a letter from 

 Prof. Oswald Heer, the eminent Swiss fossil botanist, con- 

 taining remarks on these plants, of which drawings had 

 been sent him by Mr. Lesquereux. 



In these notes the extinct floras of Vancouver's Island 



