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 Glyptostrobus europceus (Brongn.) Heer. 



Bib: Geo]. Surv. Can., 1877-78: Trans. R. S. C, IV, 1886, iv, 23; VIII, 1890, iv, 75-91; 

 1, 1895, iv, 137-161 ; VIII, 1902, iv, 46 : Lat. Ex. Fl, XXXV, 25 : Cret, and Tert. Fl. 

 VII, 74. 



This widely spread and well known Tertiary species was first recorded by Sir William 

 Dawson in 1887, from Nine-mile creek, Similkameen river. It was later recorded by 

 the same authority from the Lignite Tertiary of Porcupine creek and Great valley; from 

 Burrard inlet, Vancouver, and from Stump lake on the Tulameen river. In 1902 

 it was determined by Penhallow to occur in the Tertiary of the Red Deer river, 

 while collections of Lambe in 1906 show that it is represented by leafy branches and 

 fruit in the Tertiary beds of the Tulameen, Horsefly and Tranquille rivers, as well as at 

 Quilchena. 



Newberry has recorded its occurrence in the Fort Union group of Fort Union, Dakota 

 and Birch bay, "Washington ; while Lesquereux has also noted its presence in the Miocene 

 of the Bad Lands and at Costello's ranch near Florissant, Colorado. It appears to be a 

 general constituent of the Tertiary flora as far north as Alaska. 



GRASS SEEDS. 



In the collections from Quilchena, made by Ells and Johnston in 1904, there were a 

 number of very small seed-like bodies which are probably to be regarded as the seeds of 

 grasses. 



Grewia sp. 



Bib : Geol. Surv. Can , VII, 1894, 36, 37 C. 



From the Finlay river Mr. McOonnell obtained a leaf which Sir William Dawson 

 regarded as probably a species of Grewia. 



Grewia crenata, (Ung.) Heer. 



Bib : Lat. Ex. FL, 120, pi. XL VI, f. 2; XLVIII, f. 2. 3 : Fl. Tert. Helv., Ill, 42, pi.' CIX, 

 f. 12-21 ;CX,f. 1-11; J, 8. 



The collections from the Horsefly river in 1906 contained a single specimen of Grewia 

 crenata which has been recorded by Newberry from the Miocene of Bridge Creek, Oregon, 

 and by Heer from Europe. 



Hypnum columbianum, Penh. 



Bib : Trans. R.S.C., VIII, 1890, iv, 75-91 : Cont. N.Y. Bot. Card., No. 93, 1907, 141. 



A single specimen of this plant from the Similkameen river in 1890 is thought by 

 Britton and Hollick not to be a Hypnum, but rather Widdringtonia helvetica, Glyptostrobus 

 ungeri or .Rhynchostegium knowltoni. It has not since been observed. 



