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Mr. Fletcher, beyond the Poplar Ridge in the Mer Bleue on June 21. 



Arethusa bulbosa, L. This lovely orchid was found in great 

 profusion by Mr. Scott near the gas spring in the Mer Bleue in the 

 second week of June. 



Polygonatum giganteum, Dietr. Half a dozen specimens of 

 this handsome plant were collected about a mile and a half from 

 Casselman by Mr. Fletcher. They were growing in low ground along 

 the Canada Atlantic Railway and undoubtedly indigenous. Stems 3-4 

 feet high, peduncles 3-6 flowered. The occurrence at Casselman of this 

 and such plants as Thaspium aureum, Nutt., Aster Novce-Anglice, L., 

 Rudbeckia laciniata, L., Helianthus decapetalus, L., E/ilox Jivaricata, L., 

 Saururus cemuus, L. & Carya alba, Nutt. is very remarkable, for all 

 belong to a flora much more western and southern than that of Ottawa. 



Potamogeton Vaseyi, Robbins. Fine specimens of the rare form 

 with emersed leaves and fruit spikes were collected by Mr. Scott, in 

 August, at Kettle Island. 



Eriocaulon septangulare, ^Vithering. Specimens of this curious 

 plant were collected in Lake Harrington, Que., on September 22. It 

 had once previously been found by Mr. Latchtord at Masham, Que. 



Eriophorum russeolum, Fries. The cotton rushes were excep- 

 tionally beautiful last season. E. vaginatum, L., with large silky white 

 heads and the similar E. russeolum with its no less handsome tufts of 

 tawny silk were very conspicuous in the Mer Bleue. E. gracile, Koch, 

 and E. polystachyon, L. formed large beds of waving white tassels 

 along the railway from the St. Louis Dam to the Rideau River. Later 

 in the season E. Virginicum, L., both the type and the white variety 

 were abundant at the Mer Bleue. 



Heleocharis tenuis, Schultes. This species omitted from the 

 Flora has been found by Mr. Cowley at Clarendon. It also occurs at 

 several places about Ottawa. 



Eragrostis reptans, Nees. Two localities tor this pretty little 

 grass have been discovered near Ottawa by Prof. Macoun. On the road 

 along the Ottawa to the west of the wharf at Buckingham in September, 

 189T, and in the same month in a disused quarry to the north of 

 Brigham's Creek, Hull, Q. 



