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overlain by flows and tuffs'of the same eruptive material. The gen- 
eral dip is 35 degrees to the southeast, but in the lower part of the 
gulch it rises to 75 degrees in the same direction. The whole group 
of sandstones and lavas has been faulted and folded.” 
The specimens from the first collection embraced various fragments 
of leaves in a very imperfect state of preservation, from which no very 
definite conclusions could be drawn. ‘There were also two specimens 
of calcified wood which were found to be new. In 1905, the collections 
were found to include fragments of fruit, leaves and stems of limited 
value; but they were chiefly remarkable for the large number of calci- 
fied fragments of wood, most of which showed a fine state of preserv- 
ation. Two of these proved to be identical with previously recognized 
species, while two were entirely new. 
Numbers 1001 and 1007 of the 1905 collection are reported by 
Dr. Daly as having been collected on the Kettle river, a few miles north 
of the International Boundary, and from a locality near to No. 250. 
In all three of these cases the general formation and the character of 
the specimens shows clearly that they are of the same age. 
Number 271 of the 1903 collection represents the north side of the 
cañon wall of Rock Creek, an affluent of the Kettle river, about six 
miles west of No. 250, and, therefore, within an area usually designated 
as Miocene; and according to Dr. Daly, the rocks are undoubtedly of 
the same age as those of No. 250. They consist of gray sandstones, 
freestones and light and dark gray, papery shales. The dip is 20 
degrees due north. These beds overlie a coarse conglomerate which 
is associated with coarse arkose overlying its parent rock, a coarse 
granite. They are cut by basic dikes and by a laccolith-like mass 
of porphyry. The very few specimens obtained from this locality 
are all undoubtedly of rather recent age, and in their general character 
they tend to confirm the relations otherwise indicated as existing 
between them and Nos. 250, 1001 and 1007. The state of preservation 
is nevertheless very poor, and they give very little reliable information 
as to the precise nature of the species. 
Previous collections from British Columbia have shown the exist- 
ence there of Tertiary plants, and in particular, Sir William Dawson 
described a number of specimens from the Similkameen valley which 
he assigned to the Upper Eocene (10). As the locality is in somewhat 
close proximity (about sixty miles west) to the one under discussion, 
it is possible that they are of the same horizon, and they must therefore 
be considered together in future discussions. 
Number 1433 of the 1905 collections embraces a number of frag- 
ments of leaves and stems of an undeterminable character, and while 
