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our botanists may have also collected, as well as some of the rarer 

 forms, and some plants which may have become extinct, or which are 

 disappearing through the destruction of their habitats. The most 

 interesting and attractive collecting grounds were those among the 

 rocks and ravines of the Kingsmere hills. It was to King's Mt. that the 

 first delightful excursion of the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club was 

 made, on May 22, 1879, and although nearly two-score summers have 

 since enriched the varied scenes, there still survive some of those who 

 enjoyed that enthusiastic outing. Yearly since then some have climbed 

 the winding path to the mountain top and garnered fresh treasures, 

 but still there remain discoveries to reward the careful seeker. It is 

 above all a place for outlook and meditation, where from the bald 

 rocks of the summit, or the shade of some fair tree, one may gaze forth 

 over the farspread plain below, with its farms and hamlets, and the 

 towers of the busy city beyond the river, and try to picture and realize 

 the wonders of the primeval ocean that beat about its base in the 

 days of yore. 



Selaginella rupestris (L.) Spring. Creeping Selaginella. 



On dry rocks on the summit of King's Mountain, Kings- 

 mere, P.Q. ; collected on Sept. 11, 1910, being then much dried 

 up. This moss-like humble plant occurs in similar situations 

 along the high western escarpment of the mountains. In 1914, 

 it was observed to be abundant on the rocky slopes of the 

 Okanagan hills opposite Peachland, B.C. 



Isoetes echinospora Dur. (?) Quillwort. 



Somewhat abundant on marshy river front (much trampled 

 by cattle) near Deschenes, P.Q., Aug. 1, 1908. 



Isoetes sp. 



A smaller plant, but possibly the same species, growing in 

 . Meech Lake, P.Q., in water over one foot in depth; Aug. 19, 

 1906. 



Eriocaulon articulatum (Huds.) Morong. Pipewort. 



At Lake La Peche, P. Q., (locally known as Wilson's Lake) an 

 emersed form of this species was collected on July 17, 1910, on a 

 sandy shore, the fruited stems being from two to four inches high. 

 Nearby was a turtle's nest containing a large number of empty 

 eggs. The usual form of this pipewort was abundant in Meech 

 Lake, Aug. 14, 1910, in water varying in depth from one foot 

 to three or four feet. The stems generally projected above the 

 water several inches and at the water line were thickly encrusted 

 with a black band an inch or more wide composed of the eggs of 

 some aquatic insect. In the adjoining Harrington Lake, usually 

 miscalled Mousseau's Lake, the plant grows in still deeper water 

 with flowers floating on the surface. 



