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COAL GULLY. 



Coal gully presents at this time a somewhat limited flora based partly upon determi- 

 nations by Sir "William Dawson, but more particularly upon collections made by Lambe 

 in 1906. It is as follows : — 



1. Ficus sp. 



2. Phragmiles sp. 



3. Populus acerifolia. 



4. polymorpha. 



5. Sequoia langsdorfii. 



6. Taxodium distichum miocenum. 

 1.- Typha latissima. 



8. Ulmus speoiosa. 



9. Vitis roiundifolia. 



General distribution 



Upper Eocene. 



Cret., Lig. Ter., L. Miocene. 



General distribution. 



Lar., U. Eoc, Oligo., L. Miocene. 



U. Eoc. 



Lis. Ter ? 



Excluding from this list generic forms and species of general distribution, there remain 

 only five species upon which an opinion may be formed. Of these one, Vitis rotundifolia, 

 may be eliminated on account of the uncertainty of its present horizon. Of the remaining 

 four, two are Upper Eocene, one is found from the Cretaceous to the Lower Miocene, and 

 one ranges from Laramie to Lower Miocene. The evidence therefore shows that the beds 

 of Coal gully are probably of Upper Eocene or Oligocene age, but in view of the very 

 unsatisfactory material, this conclusion is adopted only provisionally. 



' QUILCHBNA. 



The close proximity of Quesnel and Quilchena would suggest that the two may be of 

 the same age. The Quilchena flora is one of the largest from any single locality in British 

 Columbia, embracing 62 genera and species. 



DISTRIBUTION OF THE QUILCHENA FLORA. 



