i^cpaticac of Bancoutcr 3!j3IaiiD. 



Alexander W. Evans. 



Apparently the first Hepatica: recorded from 

 Vancouver Island were those collected by Dr. 

 David Lyall in 1858 and 1859. These are 

 listed in Mitten's " Bryologia of the Survey of 

 the 49th Parallel of Latitude"* and include 

 three species, Jungermannia ventricosa, Mado- 

 theca iiavicidaris, and FruUania Tamarisci. 

 The first two of these species are now known 

 to be abundant on the island. FruUania Ta- 

 marisci, on the other hand, has not been sub- 

 sequently collected in the Pacific Coast region, 

 and it is probable that Lyall's specimens would 

 now be referred to the closely related F. nis- 

 quallensis. 



In 1875 and again in 1887 much larger 

 collections were made by Professor John Ma- 

 coun, and these were supplemented by a 

 series of specimens collected by Dr. G. W. 



* Jour. Linn. Soc. Bot. S: 12 — 55. //. j — S. 1865. 



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