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the leaves are perfect. They suftice, however, to testify to the age of the 
deposit, and to enable some comparisons to be made with the plants 
which have been obtained from the extension of these beds to the south- 
ward. They probably represent only a limited thickness of beds near the 
base of the formation. 
I have to acknowledge my obligation to Prof. F. H. Knowlton, of 
the United States Geological Survey, for information as to work now in 
progress on the equivalents of the Burrard Inlet beds in the United 
States. 
NOTES ON THE SPECIMENS. 
LASTREA (GONIOPTERIS) FIscHERI, Heer. 
Gig. 1) 
Heer, Flora Ter. Helv.,i., p.34; Lesquereux, Report U.S. Geol. Survey, vol. viii., p. 239. 
This fern occurs on one of the discs of the core from the Hastings 
boring, and also on specimens of shale from the town of Vancouver. 
Lesquereux’s locality is John Day, Oregon, in beds supposed to be Eocene. 
NEUROPTERIS CIVICA, 8. n. 
(Fig. 2.) 
On light-coloured fine sandstone from the city of Vancouver. The 
frond or pinpa is pinnate, with a thick rhachis. The pinnules are cordate 
and broad below, somewhat curved and tapering upward to an obtuse 
point. The midrib is slender and evanescent; the veins straight and 
once-bifurcate near their bases, the margin even. This form may perhaps 
be referred to genus Cladophlebis. I do not find any described Tertiary 
species precisely similar. It is provisionally referred to Neuropteris, but 
should fruit be found will no doubt be placed in some more modern 
genus. 
LYGODIUM NEUROPTEROIDES, Lesquereux. 
(Hi 33) 
Lesquereux, U.S. Geological Survey, vii., p. 61. 
“Fronds cordate, two to five, palmately lobed ; divisions oblong or 
obovate, lanceolate, obtuse ; middle nerve thin ; lateral veins close, numer- 
ous, dichotomous.” 
Burrard’s Inlet (Monckton collection), also core of Hastings borings 
and Stanley Park. All the specimens are imperfect, but correspond with 
portions of Lesquereux’s figures. Lesquereux’s specimens are from the 
