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NV. A. Cretaceous Plants now or hitherto described. 
Populus rhomboidea Lesgz. Nanaimo. Proteoides daphnogenoides Heer, Nebr. — 
Salix Islandi Ly es P. acuta Heer, Nebraska. 
Quercus Benzo gx ce . grevilli is Heer, é 
Quercus multinervis Lesqz., S Leguminosites Marcouanus Heer, Nebr. 
Quercus platinervis Lesqz., st Sapotacites Haydenii Heer, Nebraska. 
Cinnamomum Heerii wt,  ‘“ | Populus cycloph 
Salisburia polymorpha Lesgz., “ Phyllites obcordatus Heer, . 
Aspidium Kennerlii Vewb., a Sassafras cretaceum JVewb., 
Sabal sp., Newb., * Liriodendron primeevum Vewd., “ 
Taxodium cuneatu * Araucaria spatu Newb., 43 
Ficus (?) cuneatus Vewb., Orcas Is. Quercus salicifolia Vewb., yy 
Tzeniopteris Gibbsii Newb.  “ Magnolia rotundifolia Newb., “ ” 
Sphenopteris (Asplenium) elongata Platanus latiloba Vewb., s 
Newb., Orcas Is. Fagus cretacea eh 
Populus Debeyana Heer, Nebraska. Sphenopteris corrugata Newb., “ 
P. litigiosa Heer, Af Pyrus (?) cretacea Vewb., f 
Salix nervillosa Heer, & Populus elliptica 5 
‘Platanus tryana Heer, “ P. microp Ne - 
Andromeda Parlatorii Heer, “ P. cordifolia Newb., m 
Diospyros primeeva Heer, Acerites pristinus Newb., = 
Phyllites Vannonz ms Alnites grandifolia Newb., : 
istolochites dentata Heer, “ Salix flexuosa Newb., # 
Cissites insignis Heer, ve 8. cuneata ° 
Ficus primordi Heer. . Membranacea New 2 
olia alternans Heer, “ Quercus antiqua Newd., 8. Utah. 
M. Capellinii Heer, Quercus sinuata Newb, “ 
Liriodendron Meekii Heer,“ Cupressites Cookii Newb., New Jersey: 
Betulites denticulata Heer, “ 
From this list it will be seen that the Cretaceous strata of the 
west coast include some forms not yet discovered in the 
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their existence, and there is nothing now known in the Wiese 
flora of that region which gives it a tropical or even sub-trop! 
character, 
It will be remembered that this vegetation grew upon 3 
we shall find the palms and cinnamons restricted to the 
margin of the Cretaceous continent. It will be seen by the eel 
now given of the Tertiary flora of our continent, that, at 9 
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