32 SIR J. W. DAWSON ON THE FOSSIL PLANTS 
PHYLUITES, Sp. (PI. II, Fig. 20). 
This is a small oblong leaf, with a mid-rib and a few veins curving toward the mar- 
gin. Near the apex, the sides suddenly curve inward, giving a shouldered or almost three 
toothed aspect. Upper Laramie, Great Valley. 
Collected by G. M. D. 
PHYLLITES CAPARINOIDES, Newberry. 
Newberry, loc. cit. 
Another uncertain species common to the Fort Union and Upper Laramie of Great 
Valley. 
Collected by G. M. D. 
CARPOLITHES, Sp. . 
In Mr. Tyrrell’s collections from Antler Hill, probably Upper Laramie, are several 
kinds of fruits, some of which seem to have been smooth two-valved nuts, and others 
drupes, like those of Viburnum. They are not sufficiently perfect for certain determina- 
tion; but the locality is one deserving the attention of collectors, as likely to afford useful 
information respecting the fruits of the trees of the Laramie forests. It is an interesting 
but somewhat unfortunate circumstance that the sorting action of water has usually 
distributed fruits in different places from the leaves of the same plants. 
II]. —GENERAL REMARKS. 
As the relation of the Belly River series (which on stratigraphical grounds is regarded 
as inferior in position to the Fort Pierre group) to the Laramie is of some interest, it may 
be well to state here that this series closely resembles the Lower Laramie in its physical 
features and in its fossils. The number of species which it has afforded is, however, 
small, and about half of these are distinct from those of the Laramie. 
The species observed in the collections from this group are the following :— 
Sequoia Reichenbachii, Heer. 
Salisburia ? fruits of 
* Lemna scutata, Dawson. (Trans. Roy. Soc. Can., IIL.) 
Brasenia antiqua, Dawson. (Lb.) 
* Platanus nobilis, Newberry. 
Acer Saskatchewense, Dawson. (Ib.) 
* Populus acerifolia, Newberry. 
“~~ latidentata, Dawson. (Ib.) 
*Trapa (probably T. borealis), Heer. 
These few species are scarcely sufficient to afford a basis for definite conclusions. 
Those marked with asterisks are found in the Laramie. The others are distinct, but their 
general aspect does not indicate any great difference of age. It is to be hoped that further 
explorations may disclose a larger number of species, but sufficient is known to indicate 
that the conditions of deposit and of vegetable life were very similar. 
