270 THE ICK A(iK IN CANADA. 



l»ed uikU'I- the Ixmldcr-flav fit Ilolliii)^' river, M!init<>1>!i, 

 which are noticed in I'l-ofessor iViihallow's i)ai)er. ThtiV 

 were accompanied with fr(!.sh-water shi'lls of the t'ollowiiii,' 

 species, detenniiied hy Mr. Whiteaves, K.(i.S., Pala-outolo- 

 1,'ist to tlie (ieolojfieal Survey of Canada: 



L]imnm cafuHvoit'uint !, \ariety with very sliort spire. 

 Vulmttt frintriiKtfK, and a keelless variety. 

 Aninit'iila jmrofd i 



P. hiniriiiahts. 

 Pis idi n III idxlltu III. 

 Sphcvruun sfriafin inn. 



With these was the centrum of a vertebra of a small iish. 



Dr. (r. AT. Dawson has also foiuid fratiuients of wood at 

 Skidegate, (^ueen Charlotte Islands, in boulder-clay, 

 associated with shells of Lti/n, etc. 



As elsewhere stated, at Kiver Inhabitants, in Cai)e 

 Breton, there is an indurated peat with branches of 

 Tiwm and remains of swamp plants IwIdh' the boulder-clay. 



The wliole of the above cfdlections have been placed in 

 the liands of Prof, I'enhallow, of ]\Ic(iill University, for 

 revision and determination, and his results have been 

 published in the lUilletin of the (Jeological Society of 

 America, Vol. I., to which reference may be made for 

 details. 



The whole number of Canadian species has thus been 

 raised to 38, as follows : — 



1. Asimina triloba^ Dunal. Don River, Toronto (Townsend). 



2. Brasenia peltata, Pursh. Green's Creek nodules (Miller). 



3. Drosera rotundifolia, L. Green's Creek, Ottawa (J. W. Dawson).* 



* Collection of Sir William Dawson in Peter Redpath Muaeiun. 



