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GYMNOSPERMS (Plants with seeds). 

 CONIFERAE (Coiie-Bearers) , 

 Sequoia. 

 Sequoia angustifolia, Lesq. ; a kind of Redwood, has been found in 

 the Miocene at Corral Hollow, San Joaquin County ; This 

 genus is a supposed waning t3'pe of plant life, as of the 

 forty or more species which have been found fossil the 

 two well-known Californian species are all that have come 

 down to the present time. 



Taxites. 

 Taxites Olriki, Heer ; resembling the Yew trees; Corral Hollow, 

 San Joaquin County ; also found in Alaska and Greenland. 



PAivMAE (Palms). 



Geonoinitcs. 



Geonomites schimperi Lesquereux ; an extinct palm tree ; Contra 



Costa County; Santa Barbara Count)'. 



Sabalites (Palmetto). 



Sabalites Calif ornicns, Lesq. ; Chalk Bluffs, Nevada County ; Plio- 



^^"^- APETALAE. 



MYRicACEAE ( Amcutaceae) . 

 Myrica (Wax Myrtle). 

 Myrica ungcri, Heer ; Plumas County ; Miocene. Nearly forty 

 species of this genus are found living, distributed through- 

 out nearly all temperate parts of the world ; Two species 

 are abundant m North America which have probably de- 

 scended from the fossil forms. 



Betula (Birch). 

 Betnla aequalis, Lesq. ; Chalk Bluffs, Nevada County ; Miocene. 



x-ilniLS ( Alder L 

 Alniis corralina, Lesq. ; Corral Hollow, San Joaquin County ; 

 Pliocene and Miocene. 



cupuiviEijRAii; (Fugaceae). 

 Fagus (Beech). 

 Fagiis antipon, Heer; Table Mountain, Tuolumne County, in 

 Pliocene and Miocene ; also in Alaska ; British Columbia 

 and Europe. 



Qnerciis (Oak). 

 Quercns bozveniaiia, Lesq. ; Bowen's Claim, Nevada County; Plio- 

 cene. 

 Quercus convexa, Lesq. ; Table Mountain, Tuolumne County ; 



Pliocene. 

 Quercits distincta, Lesq. ; Chalk Bluffs, Nevada County ; Pliocene. 



