216 Postelstia 
Dawson in 1885. ~These three Jcollections™ane 
reported upon “by Pearson) im \his) Wiseeon 
Canadian EHepatice, “published “an wacoss 
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 quoted speci- 
mens were not collected upon Vancouver 
Island itself but upon one of the neighbouring 
islands. Making the 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 Vil-y It is supplemented by pheseambiien 
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. 
+ Ottawa. Geological Survey of Canada. 
