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Dawson in 1885. These three collections are 

 reported upon by Pearson in his ''List of 

 Canadian Hepatica?," published in 1890.* 

 Fifty-five species in all are here recorded from 

 Vancouver Island. Certain of these records, 

 however, should be omitted or revised, in some 

 cases because based on doubtful determina- 

 tions, in other cases because the c^uoted speci- 

 mens were not collected upon Vancouver 

 Island itself but upon one of the neighbouring 

 islands. INIaking tlie necessary subtractions 

 forty-four species are left, about which there 

 can be but little doubt. 



In 1893 a third collection was made by 

 Professor Macoun and sent to Professor L. M. 

 Underwood for determination. The report of 

 this collection appeared nine years later in 

 Macoun's "Catalogue of Canadian Plants," 

 Part VII. t It is supplemented by the earlier 

 records made by Pearson and raises the num- 

 ber of Vancouver Island hepatics to sixty-six. 

 Making the necessary subtractions the number 

 of species should be reduced to fifty-seven. 



* Montreal. Geological and Natural History Survey of Canada. 

 ■j" Ottawa. Geological Survey of Canada. 



