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Car ex vancouverensis, Dn. 



Bib : Trans. R. S. C, I, 1895, 137, 161. 



This species is also represented by a single specimen from Burrard inlet, and was first 

 described by Sir "William Dawson in 1895. It consists of a single spike of which about half 

 of the length is preserved, showing three rows of grains. Neither this nor the preceding has 

 been found in any other locality. 



Carex sp. 



In the collections from the Horsefly river, as also in those from Quilchena, there were 

 several small, seed-like bodies which have the general aspect of Cyperaceous fruits. In one 

 instance the body had a distinctly triangular form and its approximation to the seed of a 

 Carex seemed very close. In general, the preservation of these bodies was so imperfect as to 

 make a complete determination impossible, and all that can be done at present- is to make a 

 provisional reference to the genus Carex. 



Carpinus grandis, TJng. 



Bib : Geo]. Surv. Can., 1877-78 : Trans. R. S .C, VIII, 1890, iv, 87 : Cret. and Tert. Fl, VIII, 

 152 ; Tert, Fl. VII, 1878, 143 : Lat. Ex. Fl. XXXV, 59, pi. LIV, f, 3 : Oat. Cret. and Tert. 

 PI, 64 : Fl. Foss. Arct., 1, 103 : FL Tert. Ilelv., I, 40 ; II, 40, pi, LXXI, f. 1 9 ; LXXII, 

 f. 2-24 ; LXXIII, f. 2-4 : Fl. Foss. Alaska, 29, pi. II, f. 12. 



One of the most abundant and best characterized species from the Tertiary of British 

 Columbia is represented by Carpinus grandis, Ung. In the collections of Lambe it 

 appears among the specimens from the Tulameen, the Tranquille and the Similkameen rivers 

 as also from Quilchena. The proportion of specimens relatively to the entire collection was 

 in most cases much larger than for any other species except some of the Sequoias and 

 Taxodium, from which we may infer that it was not only an abundant type, but that it was 

 essentially common to the entire Tertiary area. This latter inference is also justified by the 

 fact that it has appeared in previous collections from other localities, with great 

 frequency, and indeed it has formed one of the constantly recurring species of almost every 

 collection. Thus, in 1904, Ells and Johnston obtained it from Quilchena ; in 1877 and 

 again in 1890 it was recorded from the Similkameen river ; and in 1890 it was once 

 more recorded by Sir W^illiam Dawson from Stump lake. 



Within the limits of the United States, Lesquereux has noted its occurrence in the Green 

 River group of Colorado and at Elko station, Nevada, while Newberry directs attention to 

 its occurrence at the mouth of the Eraser river and at Birch bay, Washington. It is also 

 an element of the flora of the John Day basin, Oregon, of Cook inlet, Alaska, and probably, 

 of Brandon, Vermont. 



Heer has shown it to be a feature of the Miocene flora of northern Greenland, as well as 

 of the Tertiary of Europe. In Alaska it is found at Kachemak bay and Port Graham. 



Carpolithes sp. 



Bib : Geol. Surv. Can., 1888-89 : Trans, R. S. C, IV, 1886, i^, 19-34 ; VII, 1889. 



In the collection from Quilchena there were three small fruits of an undeterminable 



character which maybe referred to Carpolithes. Somewhat similar bodies were noted by 



Sir Wlliam Dawson in collections from the Mackenzie river in 188S, and thev had also 

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