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continually calling to one another with plaintive notes. Rarely a pair 

 may pay a flying visit to the house, and sit and warble a minute on the 

 galleries as of old. But towards the end of August the whole tribe 

 haves for the palms and temples of Central America, and my martin 

 house is silent and deserted for another vear. 



ALBERNI NOTES (BOTANY). 



By J. K. Henry, Vancouver, B.C. 



The purpose of this paper is to indicate, rather than to discuss in 

 any fullness, the floral riches of the very interesting district between 

 Cameron Lake and Anderson Lake, Vancouver Is. ; to make a small 

 contribution to Mr. J. M. Macoun's "Addition to the Flora of Van- 

 couver Island"; and to describe a few new forms. It is not supposed 

 that all the plants in the brief lists are now collected for the first time, 

 though with the exception of those in the first two lists, the}' have 

 either not been definitely listed, or have been referred to other species. 

 The grasses were determined for me by Prof. A. S. Hitchcock and the 

 sedges by Mr. K K. MacKenzie. 



Alberni, (Lat. 49 15' N.). which lies in the centre of the district, 

 unites ?iorth and south alpine and maritime, in it^ flora. Here, as 

 Prof. John Macoun discovered years ago, is the northernmost station of 

 Lilaea subulata H.B.K. and J uncus supiniformis Engelm., both of 

 which occur in California but not in Washington. Not very distant, 

 at Ucluelet, is the southernmost station of Vaccinium Vitis-Idaea L., 

 a distinctively northern plant. 



The following alpine or sub-alpine plants occur practically at 

 sea-level (below an altitude of 200 ft.) : 



Lister a caurina Piper, Alberni, (W. R. Carter and J. K. Henry). 



Tiareila laciniata Hook. Alberni, (W. R. Carter). 



Epilobium lactiflorum Reich. Anderson Lake, (W. A. New- 

 combe). 



Pedicularis racemosa Dougl. Hidden Lake, (W. R. Carter). 



Phlox diffusa Hook. Anderson Lake, (W. A. Newcombe). 



Arnica latifolia Bong. Anderson Lake. 



Erigeron salsuginosus Gray. Anderson Lake. 



The following plants, (the list is merely suggestive) mostly rare 

 or not often seen in southern British Columbia, occur at Alberni or in 

 its neighborhood: 



Isoetes Nuttallii A. Br. (Cat. Can. PI.) 



/. maritima Underw. (Cat. Can. PI.) 



Limosella tenuifolia Wolf 



