300 L. F. Ward—Mesozoie Dicotyledons. 
on the Pine and Peace rivers, are said by Dr. Dawson to corres- 
pond to the Niobrara of the northwestern United States, which 
he also correlates with the lower Senonian of Europe. Van- 
couver’s Island and the localities on the Pacific coast are higher 
 fras mirabile Lesqx.) and pares connecting this with Platanus 
I have in this paper intentionally omitted all consideration 
of the great Laramie group although this is regarded by many 
as Cretaceous. is is because it seems at least to be more 
recent than any of the European, Arctic or British AmericaD 
plant-bearing beds, while its abundant flora consists in large 
part of types represented in the Miocene of Euro 
marine forms of animal life are chiefly found. ew Dict 
a . sag 
telonnensis from Toulon, while the Colorado Group (Fort Ben- — 
proved i. 
now we take up the several subdivisions of the Cretaceous — 
formation in their stratigraphical order, beginning with ©” — 
