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3. The Similkameen river, embracing 

 (a) Whipsaw creek. 

 {b) Nine-niile creek. 



1. Similkameen River. 



The Similkameen river is located about 49° 30' IST, and 120° 30' W. From Vermilion 

 forks to the eastern limits of the basin is only a distance of about seven miles, and the 

 Tertiary exposures are therefore brought within a narrow extent of territory. The flora ^s 

 determined by Sir William Dawson in 1890 (33, 91) is very limited but includes some repre- 

 sentative species. 



1. Antholithes sp. 



2. Betula sp. 



3. Cyperites sp. 



4. Equiseium similkaniense, Dn. 



5. Ficus sp. 



6. Magnolia sp. 



7. Myrica cuspidaia, Lesq. 



8. Populus daphnogenoides, Ward. 



9. obtrita, Dn. 



1 0. Quercus sp. 



11. Vaccinophyllum, questum, Dn. 



This list has now been extended through the collections of Mr. Lambe in 1 906 with the 

 following result : — 



1. Betula sp. 



2. Carpinus grandis, XJng. 



3. Garya antiquorum, Newb. 



4. Comptonia columbiana, Dn. 



5. Cyperites sp. 



6. Myrica cuspidaia, (Lesq.) Dn. 



7. Nelumhium pygmceum, Dn. 



8. Osmunda regalis, L. 



9. Phragmites sp. 



10. Populus obtrita, Dn. 



11. rotundifolia, Newb. 



12. zaddachi, Heer. 



13. Sequoia acuminata 1 Lesq. 



14. Taxodium distichum miocenum, Heer. 



15. oooi'lentale, Newb. 



16. Rhizomes? and very fine rootlets of a monocotyledonous plant. 



17. Obscure impressions showing flattened scars in a spiral arrangement, probably the remains of 



a cone. 



1. lulameen or North Similkameen Siver. 



The Tulameen or North Similkameen river is one of the most important of the upper 

 branches of the Similkameen which it joins near Princeton, once known as Ver- 

 milion Forks. Only a limited portion of this branch, about eight miles in extent and 



