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It appears to be nearly allied to B. carbonaria Germ., but differs 

 from it in some important particulars. It is very imperfect, a 

 portion of the outer border being the only part of the m irgin 

 which is preserved, but most of the disk of the wing is present ; 

 probably the entire wing measured nearly 15 mm in length ; the 

 fragment that remains is but 6.2"t mm long and 5 mm broad. The 

 anal nervure is no more deeply impressed than the others, rather 

 regularly curved, and itself emits several branching and simple 

 shoots from its posterior border ; the anal field (and apparently 

 also the middle field) is covered with very frequent cross-nervules, 

 not represented in the figure ; the branches of the middle field 

 appear to be not very closely crowded, distinctly less so than 

 those of the costal field. 



The fossils were obtained at Oossett's Pit, near Sydney, Cape 

 Breton, by Mr. A. J. Hill, C. E., from u near the horizon of the 

 Millstone Grit," as I am informed by Principal Dawson. 



ON A COLLECTION OF PLANTS FROM BRITISH 

 COLUMBIA, MADE BY MR. JAMES RICHARDSON 

 IN THE SUMMER OF 1874. 



By G. Barnston. 



The collection of which the present paper is a catalogue can 

 scarcely fail to be of interest to the botanist in Canada, as it is 

 probably the first brought to Montreal from that distant portion 

 of the Dominion. 



Forty-three of the species are from the vicinity of Victoria, 

 the capital of Vancouver Island, and some of them give evidence 

 of the, near approach to the genial climes of Washington and 

 Oregon Territories, those picturesque regions whence many of 

 the floral beauties which adorn the gardens of the wealthy both 

 in England and in this our own land were originally obtained. 



McLaughlin's Bay (or Bella Bella) on Campbell Island, a Hud- 

 son Bay Company post and Indian village, is the next locality, 

 and has furnished forty-seven plants to the collection. The lati- 

 tude of this place is about 52° 10' north, and the longitude 

 is about 128° 10' west of Greenwich ; but the flora would seem 

 to indicate that the temperature during the summer months is 

 about the same as at Montreal. 



