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The more recent collections of Lambe, made in 1906, give fresh evidence of its 

 occurrence in the Sirailkameen valley, and they extend the range to the Tulameen river. 

 No other localities for North America have been reported, but the species is common to the 

 Tertiary of Europe. 



Compionia dryandroides, IJng. 



Bib : Trans. R.S.C., VIII, 1890, iv, 80 : Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., V, 445 : Amer. Nat. XL, 

 1906, 502. 



This species was originally founded by Unger on the basis of specimens from the 

 Miocene of Europe. In 1882, Lesquereux described certain specimens from Coal harbour, 

 Unga island, Alaska, under the name of Myrica cuspidala. This has been shown more 

 recently to be identical with TJnger's species, to which it has been transferred by Berry. 



In 1890, Sir "William Dawson obtained specimens of this plant from the Miocene of the 

 Similkameen and recognized its resemblance to C. dryandroides of linger, though retaining 

 the original name. He also considered C. obtusiloba and C. oeaingensis from the Miocene of 

 Europe as its representatives there. 



In the more recent collections of 1906, by Lambe, it once more appears in the 

 Tertiary of the Similkameen river, and also at Quilchena. 



Comptonia partita (Lesq.) Berry. 



Bib: Geol. Surv. Can., 1877-78 : Amer. Nat., XL, 1906, 512 : U.S. Geol. Surv. Terr., 1873, 

 412:Tert. Fl., 1878, 134. 



Originally derived from the Green River group at Elko station, Nevada, it was later 

 obtained from Vermilion cliff on the Tulameen river, and described by Sir William Dawson 

 in 1877. Lesquereux first described it under the name of Myrica partita, but in his recerft 

 revision of the genus Comptonia, Berry has transferred it to that genus. It appears to be a 

 rare form, although Berry inclines to the view that C. cotumbiana, of Dawson, is very closely ' 

 related . 



Comptonia quilchenensis n. sp. 



A single example of a badly preserved and much broken leaf was found in the collection 

 from Quilchena in 1906. From its general appearance (fig. 13), it is probably to be regarded 

 as a species of Comptonia, to which the . provisional name C. quilchenensis is given. The 

 character of the specimen does not admit of a precise specific description. 



Fig. 13. Comptonia quilchenensis n. sp. 

 A. much broken leaf from Quilchena. x 2. 



