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Union or the Red Deer river, and our opinion is that they distinctly 
belong to the Oligocene. 
The specimens from Coutlee, B.C., are but three in number, and 
they are altogether too inadequate to base an opinion upon. One spe- 
cies — Taxodium distichum—may indicate anything from Lower 
Eocene to Miocene. Ficus, represented by an undescribed species, 
may also indicate any horizon within the Eocene. ‘The only genus of 
value in this respect is Ulmus, which suggests Upper rather than Lower 
Eocene, and it is thus quite possible that the Coal Gully deposits may 
be of Oligocene age, as suggested by Dr. Ami (1: p. 8). With respect 
to the Quilchena flora, there are six species in the Similkameen, one 
in the Green River Group and one in the Kettle river, and if we accept 
the Horse-Fly river and Ceal Guliy beds as Oligocene, then five more 
species must be added, thus making a representation of thirteen species 
in the Upper Eocene. ‘Against this we have three species in the Fort 
Union, one in the Porcupine Creek and six in the Red Deer river, 
making ten species of Lower Eocene type, while there is a very strong 
Miocene contact through Ulmus and Planera oblongifolia. From these 
facts the argument would seem to be that the facies are decidedly Oligo- 
cene rather than Middle or Lower Eocene. 
The second group of localities embraces the numbers 1428, 1430, 
1433 and 1436 of the 1905 collections, and 471 of the 1903 collections. 
The plants found to he revresented are as follows :— 
Pinus sp- 
Gleichenia gilbert-thompsoni. 
Gleichenia sp- 
Cladophlebis skagitensis, 
Aspidium fredericksburgense, 
Nilsonia brevipinna. 
Cycadites unjiga. 
Glytostrobus europæus. 
Salix perplexa? 
Populus cyclophylla. 
Myrica serrata. 
Quercus flexuosa. 
Quercus coriacea. 
Sassafras cretaceum. 
Leaves of exogens. 
Leaves of endogens. 
Fruit of Exogen (Dorstenia?) 
Undeterminable. 
Of this list, if we eliminate the doubtful reference to Salix per- 
plexa, we find only thirteen species which may be depended upon, but 
