FOSSIL PLANTS 
I S9 
9. Taxodium distichum miocenum Heer. 
10. Taxodium tinajorum Heer. 
III. JUGLANDACEAE. 
11. Juglans acuminata Al. Br. 
12. Hicoria magnijica sp. nov. 
IV. Betulaceae. 
13. Betula , branch. 
14. Corylus macquarrii (Forbes) Heer. 
15. Corylus harrimani sp. nov. 
16. Corylus? palackei sp. nov. 
17. Alnus corylifolia Lesq. 
18. Alnus sp. 
V. Ulmace^e. 
19. Ulmus braunii Heer. 
VI. Acerace^e. 
20. Acer trilobatum var. 
VII. Hippocastanace^e. 
21. PE s cuius arctica sp. nov. 
VIII. Sterculiace^e. 
22. Pterosfermites magnifolia sp. nov. 
23. Pterosj)ermites alaskana sp. nov. 
IX. Ericaceae. 
24. Andromeda gray ana Heer. 
25. Vaccinium alaskanum sp. nov. 
X. Insertas Sedis. 
26. PhyHites saundersi sp. nov. 
From this it appears that nine families and twenty-six 
forms are represented. Of these families the richest, both 
in forms and individuals, is the Pinaceae, to which nine 
forms are referred. The most abundant conifer is Tax¬ 
odium distichum miocenum , which is represented by 
forty or more pieces of matrix on which there is nothing 
else preserved, while hardly a piece in the collection is 
without fragments of greater or less size. The species 
must have been an important element in this flora, as it 
undoubtedly was in other arctic floras. Associated with it, 
