VEGETATION OF THE NORTHERN SHORES. 



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LAKE SUPERIOR. 



EUROPE. 



VAOCINITZJE. 



Chiogenes Lispidula. Torr. Sf Gr. 

 Arctostaphylos Uva-Ursi Spreng. 



Loiseleuria procumbens Des. 

 Andromeda polifolia L. 

 Ledum latifolium At. 

 Pyrola rotundifolia L. 



" asarifolia MX. 

 " chlorantha Sw. 

 " secunda L. 



Monotropa uniflora L. 

 Moneses uniflora Salisb. 

 Chimaphila umbellata Nutt. 



Arctostaphylos Uva-Ursi Spreng. La 

 Tourne, higher Jura, and lower 

 Alps. 



Loiseleuria procumbens Des. Pas- 

 tures of the Alps. 

 Andromeda polifolia L. Peat bogs of 



the higher Jura. 

 Ledum palustre L. Peat bogs of the 



North. 

 Pyrola rotundifolia L. Pastures and 



forests of the Jura. 

 " rosea L. Forests. 

 " chlorantha Sw. Forests. 

 " secunda. L. Woods of the 



higher Jura. 



Monotropa hypopythys L. In the for- 

 ests of the Jura. 

 Moneses uniflora Salisb. Woods of 



the Vosges. 



Chimaphila umbellata Nutt. Forests 

 of the Vosges. 



No family is more homogeneous in its distribution, or more equally spread in 

 the North of America and Europe, than that of the Ericacete, which charac- 

 terizes rather the region of the pines than the subalpine flora ; for these species 

 follow the pine forests in their more or less elevated stations. 



Plantago major* L. 



Primula mistassinica Michx. 

 " farinosa L. 



Trientalis americana Pursh. 



PLANTA GINEjE. 



Plantago major L. Rich, moist soil. 



PRIMULAOEJE. 



Primula farinosa L. Marshes of the 



North. Higher Jura. 

 Trientalis europjea L. Damp forests. 



OROBANCHEJE. 



Aphyllon uniflorum Torr. ff Gr. Orobanche epithymum L. And sev- 



eral other species abundant on 

 the declivities of the Jura. 



* Can scarcely have been introduced where it was found. 



