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Sisymbrium canescens and S. brachycarjnim^ Geranium caro- 

 linia7ium^ Fumaria aiirea^ Lathyrus palustris and another 

 species, Vicia canadensis and V. pisiformis^ an Astragalus^ 

 resembling A. glycypkyllos^ Hieracium sahaitdmih Sonchus 

 oleraceus and 2 other species, a species of Cnicit,% of which I 

 obtained no specimens, the inundation having destroyed 

 them all before their time of flowering. Verhesina alata? 

 wath large yellow blossoms, a species of Senecio and another 

 of Bidensy Leontodon palustre^ Gnaphalium like G. dioicuin, 

 Artemisia biennis^ several kinds of Erigeron^ Solidago midtira- 

 diata and several others, many species of Aster, a Tiissilogo, 



% Millefolium 

 Millefolium t 



Pursh considers 



Pseudo 



fim 



tlfolia, 



Myriophyllum spicatitm, Ceratophyllum demer- 



sum, Sagittaria sagittifolia 



Jluitans 



ipatien 



tifolhm and many others, a Ribe 



black hispid fruit, 2 species with black smooth fruit, and one 



resembling the gooseberry. Lemna minor, L. trisulca, L. 



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The 



only moss that I added to my collection here was Sryutn 

 triquetrum, found abundantly in the swamps. The following 

 trees grow in this neighbourhood : Pinus alba, P. nigra, and 



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P. microcarpa, Popnlus trepida, and the rough-barked species 

 Populus balsatninat Betula papyracea and B. glandulosa, the 

 latter is small and confined to the swamps; with a few 

 species of Willows. There is also a species of Froxinus, 

 sparingly met with on the banks of the river Saskatchewan, 

 and a species of Elm. This place may be considered as 

 highest northern limit of the genera Ulmus and Fraxinus- 



The birds which I observed here offer comparatively Htt^e 

 worthy of remark. The Passmaer Vinpan is verv common, 



the 





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tainly not the case, for it is frequently found near the sum- ^ 



niits of the Rocky Mountains. Of Orchis there are several 

 kinds, Corallorhiza innata, Cypripedium pubescens, Spctr- 



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