90 



Subsequent collections in 1902 have confirmed the occurrence of this species at Red Deer 

 river, and Peuhallow has recDrdod certain woods from the Lignite Tertiary of Porcupine 

 creek, which he regards as belonging to the same species. 



Sequoia nordensJdoldii, Heer. 



Bib : Geol. Surv., 1887 : Trans. R.S.C., IV, 1886 ; VIIT, 1902, 33 : Lat. Ex. FL, XXXV, 20, 

 p]. XXVI, f. 4 : Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., XI, 1888, 19 : Fl. Foss. Arct., If, 36, pi. II, f. 

 13, pi. IV, f. la, b, 4-38. 



This well known and well characterized species has much the same distribution as 

 S. heerii. It has been recorded from the Yellowstone river in Montana, and from the Miocene 

 of the John Day valley, Oregon. 



In Canada it was first known to the Lignite Tertiary of Porcupine creek and Great 

 valley, and to the Mackenzie river, but it has since been obtained from the Horsefly river, 

 and on two occasions from Quilchena. 



Sphenopteris blcenistrandi, Heer. 



Bib : Trans. R.S.C., VIII, 1902, iv, 48 : Mioc. Fl. Greenland, 1874, 18, pi. L f- 3-5 : Mioc. 

 Fl. Spitz., 1870,31. 



This species is unknown to the Tertiary ot the United States, and there was no Canadian 

 record until 1902, when Penhallow noted its occurrence' in the Tertiary beds at Red Deer 

 river. It has not been observed since that time. 



Sphenopteris guyottii, Lesq. 



Bib : Trans. R.S.C., VIH, 1902, 48 : Cret. and Tert. PL, VIII, 187. 



Evidently an unusual species recorded for only two localities — the Green River group 

 of Florissant, Colorado, and the Red Deer river, Alberta. 



Sphenozamites f oUanceolatus n. sp. 



Bib: Font. Old. Mes. Fl. Va., U.S. Geol. Surv., VI, 80, pi. XLIII, XLIV, XLV : Trans. 

 R.S.C. VIII, 1902, iv, 63, f. 11. 



Collections from the Red Deer river in 1897 contained a single fragment of a broad 

 leaf which answers to the following description : — 



Leaf oblanceolate?, 16 ? cm wide, tapering to a narrow base, the insertion of which is, not 

 shown; margin entire ; venation parallel, fine, the veins 22-30 per cm. ; transverse bars distant 

 about 1.5 ram. 



The general aspect of this very imperfect fragment strongly suggests Sphenozamites 



rogersianus, from which it appears to differ in shape and the greater remoteness of the trans- 



' verse bars of the venation. It has, therefore, been thought expedient to give it a distinctive 



name. 



Symphorocarpophyllum sp. 

 Bib : Trans. R.S.C, IV, 1886. 



A fragment of a leaf from the Lignite Tertiary of Porcupine creek was referred to this 

 genus in 1886, without any specific designation. 



