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upon leaf forms, and ranging, stratigraphically, from lower Cre- 
he gt has not heretofore been recorded in Americ ca from 
the Pleistocene; but in Europe remains of the existing Ficus 
carica L. have been found at several localities in ga 
sits oO ge 
he collection transmitted by Mr. Brock contains a large 
number of fossil plant remains, although but few genera are 
represented. he matrix is a light gray, ge ae clay, in 
which the specimens are well preserved. Careful handling is 
neCeaty however on ot of bine ees characte . ihe 
matrix. 
tion belong to Hicoria, Alnus, ee Ficus, ores: etalon 
Vitis and Cebatha or Cissampelos. 
tary remains of large seit leaves which are io. 
of Yucca, or some species , but they are too ill-defined for 
her generic or family identification. All apparently represent 
undescribed species and th e large in size as co 
the Pleistocene leaves from the Don valley in Ontario, of which I 
have had the privilege of examining an extensive series of s 
mens. The indications a are that the Kootenay Valley fe ee 
0 
California at the present time; whereas the floral elements of the 
Group, Kansas. U.S. Geol. Surv. Monog. 17 (Fl. Dak. Gr.): 85, pl. ro, f. 7, 8 
.F k : 
5, f. Bl 1903; ° 
10; F. ceratops Knowlton, Lance Formation, Wyoming. Torrey Bot. a a 
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9, f. I-g. IQII. 
Gaudin, Soc. Helv. Sci. Nat., Nouv. Mem. 7 (Contr. Fl. Ital. pt. 4): 22, 
bl. 4 I-g. 1860; eee Ende les Tufs eee 44, pl. 2, f. 4. 1864; 
Sapsrta, en Franc. Av. » 5° Sess. 1876: 648, pl. 13, f. 3, 4. 18773 Bleicher 
& Fliche, Soc. Géol. Franc., a 17: 593, f. 3.4. 1889 
