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fragments of leaves, and require farther study and revision. They pro- 
bably indicate a somewbat milder climate on the Pacific coast than that 
which prevailed at the same time on the interior plains. 
Additional specimens received from Mr. Monckton and Mr, C. Hill- 
Tout, while this paper was in the press, seem to confirm the identification 
of this species with Newberry’s S, Campbellii, as described in his paper on 
Gibb’s collections from Oregon. Boston Journal, 1863. In the Later 
Extinet Floras (Annals of Lyceum, 1868), he identifies this with other 
specimens from the Yellowstone ; and as these are probably distinct, this 
may account for the change of name subsequently made. In these papers 
of 1863 and 1868, Newberry for the first time indicates the distinct- 
ness of the Tertiary flora of Oregon from the Cretaceous of Nanaimo. 
He naturally, however, following Heer, regards the former as Lower 
Miocene. 
A specimen in Mr. Hill-Tout’s collection shows the petiole smooth, as 
in Newberry’s figure, and 4 centimetres broad, and fragments of the outer 
part of the leaf with the folds 3°5 centimetres broad and showing 24 
parallel striations on each half, which would correspond to a leaf five 
feet or more in diameter. There is also a fragment of a stem, possibly of 
this species, and 9 centimetres in diameter. 
MANICARIA, sp. 
A pinnate palm-leaf, with thick smooth petiole and pinnæ at first 
at a somewhat acute angle and bending toward a rectangular position. 
The specimens are from Burrard’s Inlet, and are somewhat obscure. 
They bear some resemblance to Lesquereux’s Geonomites Ungeri, but the 
leaves are at a less acute angle. They seem to have very fine and uni- 
form striation. 1 have referred these leaves to Manicaria, owing to the 
thick rhachis and the position of the pinnæ, but better specimens are 
desirable, and there are in the collections many fragments of broad striate 
leaves which may belong to this or allied endogenous forms. A fragment 
in Mr, Hill-Tout’s collection shows a petiole 5 centimetres in diameter. 
Family CYPHRACEL®E. 
Some very interesting fragments referable to this family occur in the 
collections, and as these ancient Cyperaceæ are of especial interest and 
difticulty, they were placed in the hands of Prof. Penhallow, F.R.S.C., for 
study. He has kindly communicated the following notes : 
“Specimens of sedge-like plants from the Tertiary, probably of Eocene 
beds at Stanley Park, near Vancouver City, collected by Dr. G. M. Dawson 
and submitted to me for determination by Sir Wm. Dawson, were found 
to embrace the carbonized impressions of both leaves and fruit. and in 
