1921] Fernald, — Expedition to Nova Scotia 267 



** A. stolonifeka Wiegand, var. lucida, n. var., foliis crassis 

 supra atroviridibus lucidis; ovario ad apicem glabro vel sparse pu- 

 bescente. 



Leaves thick, dark green and lustrous above: ovary glabrous at 

 apex or only sparsely pubescent. — Nova. Scotia: dry rocky and 

 gravelly railroad right-of-way, west of Bridgewater, July 17, 1920, 

 Fernald, Bisscll, Pease, Long & Under, no. 21,432; slaty ledges and 

 cobbly upper beach of Shubenacadie Grand Lake, July 19, Fernald 

 & Bisscll, no- 21,433; dry open barrens, Springhill Junction, July 

 18, Pease & Long, no. 21,434; dryish open sandy plain, Middleton, 

 July 20, Fernald, Pease & Long, no. 21,435, Bean & White, no. 21,436; 

 moist woods and thickets, Middleton, July 21, Fernald & Pease, 

 no. 21,437 (type in Gray Herb.); boggy barrens west of Goose Lake, 

 Argyle, August 4, Fernald & White, no. 21,438; boggy barrens near 

 Clement Pond, Barrington, August 9, Fernald, Long & Lindcr, 

 no. 21,439. For further discussion see pp. 130, 135, 138. 



** A. canadensis (L.) Medic.; Wiegand, Riiodora, xiv. 150 (1912). 

 Hants Co.: talus of gypsum cliffs, Five-Mile River. See pp. 136, 

 1 70. 



** A. laevis Wiegand, var. nitida (Wiegand), n. comb. A. laevis, 

 forma, nitida Wiegand, Rhodora, xiv. 155 (1912). 



This green- and lustrous-leaved extreme is so characteristic and 

 uniform on the wooded terraces of Sissiboo River, W r eymouth (nos. 

 21,441, 21,442) that it seemed to all members of the party who saw 

 it a very distinct shrub. Also collected in mixed woods on the south- 

 ern slope of North Mountain, Middleton, Long, no. 21,447. 



** A. intermedia Spach; Wiegand, Rhodora, xxii. 147 (1920). 

 Wet or dry open soil, thickets, borders of woods, etc. Common, at 

 least from Yarmouth to Hants and Queens Cos. See p. 103. 



** Crataegus Jonesae Sargent. Queens Co.: hillside pasture, 

 Bell Point, Port Mouton. See p. 159. 



Fragaria vesca L., var. Americana Porter. Hants Co.: talus 

 of gypsum cliffs near Five-Mile River. Victoria Co.: rock faces 

 and crevices of gypsum cliffs, Port Bevis. See pp. 136, 170. 



* Potcntilla recta L. DlGBY Co.: dry open fields, Digby. 



P. fruticosa L. Yarmouth Co.: open spruce bog near Cedar 

 Lake. Digby Co.: wet savannah along Little River east of Tidd- 

 ville; dry clayey roadside, Sandy Cove. Hants Co.: talus of gyp- 

 sum cliffs near Five-Mile River. See p. 101. 



* P. Anserina L., var. sericea Hayne. See Fernald, Rhodora, 

 xi. 8 (1909). Naturalized in waste ground about wharves at Yar- 

 mouth. 



P. procumbens Sibth. Yarmouth Co.: along path in spruce and 

 alder thicket, Lower Argyle. Victoria Co.: grassy road through 

 spruce and fir woods, Baddeck. See p. 155. 



** Filipcndula hcxapctala Gilib. Roadside thicket, Yarmouth. 



