SECTION IV., 1902 [31] Trans. R. 8S. C. 
II.— Notes on Cretaceous and Tertiary Plants of Canada. 
By D. P. PENHALLOW. 
(Read May 27, 1902.) 
Plates VII.— XVI. _ 
Among the large amount of fossil plant material brought together 
by Sir William Dawson, were several collections from the west coast, 
from the Queen Charlotte and other Islands and from the interior of 
British Columbia and the Northwest Territories. Some of this 
material had been submitted to a preliminary study, but the greater 
portion had not been examined at all before his death. In looking over 
the fossil plants in the Redpath Museum with a view to making the 
determined species available in the collections, my attention was 
directed to this material as likely to afford some additional facts 
relative to the vegetation of the formations from which it was 
derived, and arrangements were accordingly made to proceed with 
its study without unnecessary delay. Three of these collections 
form the subject of the present paper, and they were derived from 
1. Vancouver and the Queen Charlotte Islands. 
2. The Red Deer River, N.W.T. 
3. The Horse-Fly River, British Columbia. 
VANCOUVER AND QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS. 
The plants comprised in the collection from the Queen Charlotte 
Islands and from Vancouver Island, are recorded as collected by Dr. 
F. C. Newcombe in 1895. There were in all, fifty-three specimens, but 
the total number of species represented, proved not to exceed eighteen. 
Of these three are probably new, one is of uncertain specific identity, 
and the remainder represent previously described and well-known 
types. In two instances it has been possible to connect specimens of 
wood with the foliage of the same species, hitherto known only through 
their leaves and fruit, while in a third case, a petiole and a portion of 
a fertile frond, bave extended our previous knowledge of a plant which 
had been recognized by its stem alone. 'Dhe present studies of this 
group, therefore, may be held to possess special interest and value as 
contributing to a definite and accurate knowledge of types occupying 
a position of special prominence in the formations to which they 
belong. 
