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slope to the Hotel, we noted a few more floral treasures nestling 

 among the feathery mosses which covered the ground every- 

 where among the tall trees. Here the deliciously scented Twin- 

 flowers and Single-flowered Pyrolas were abundant and the 

 Star-like flowers of Clintonia nnifora, prettily called by Mrs. 

 Henshaw "Queen Cups." looked bravely up from between 

 their shining leaves and were intermingled with delicate orchids 

 and many other treasures characteristic of these woods. We 

 reached the hotel towards sunset, not particularly laden 

 with treasures of the chase, but perfectly happy after one of 

 the most enjoyable days we had either of us ever spent with 

 Nature. 



BOTANICAL NOTES. 



Rhus Ithacensis, Greene, Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci. VIII, 178. 



R. glabra, Macoun, Cat. Can. Plants, I, 100. 



R. glabra is a southern species which does not occur in 

 Canada. An immature specimen collected by Dr. Geo. Dawson 

 at the Lake of the Woods (Herb. No. 10069) Dr. Greene believes 

 to be an undoubted undescribed species, but the specimen is too 

 poor to describe. 



Rhinanthus oblongifolius, Fernald, Rhodora, IX, 24. 



Distinguished from R. Crista-galli by its wider crenate- 

 toothed leaves and the much broader yellow lateral teeth of 

 the upper lip of the corolla. Common on alpine meadows and 

 slopes on Table-topped Mountain, Gaspe Co., Que. (/. .4. Allen, 

 Fernald and Collins). Several specimens in our herbarium from 

 Labrador and the Hudson Bay region apparently belong here, 

 but thev have not retained their gi-een color which Mr. Fernald 

 says is a characteristic of R. oblongifolius. 



Euthamia occidentalis, Nutt. 



In thickets. Lake Okanagan, B.C., August 14th, 1891 

 (Jas. McEvoy). Our only Canadian specimens. Referred at 

 time of collecting to Solidago lanceolata. 



J. M. M. 



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