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APPENDIX 



[No. VII 



377. Corylus americana? Willd. iv. p. 471 ? Pursh. ii. p. 634 1 (S.) 



378. Betula papyracea : Willd 



379. B. glandulosa: Willd. iv. 



380. Calla palustris : Willd. ii 



381. Pinus balsamea : Willd. i 



21. (W.) 



(H. W. B. A.) 



(W.) 



i. (W.) 



382. P. nigra: Lambert. Monogr. p. 41. t. 27. Pursh. ii. p. 640. (W.) 



It is found in swampy situations, as far north as lat. 65°, where it terminates together with the Betula 

 papyracea. 



* 383. P. alba : Lambert Monogr. p. 39. t 26- Pursh. ii. p. 641. 



The Meenahic of the Crees is the most northerly tree that came under our observation. On the Copper- 

 Mine River, within twenty miles of the Arctic Sea, it attains the height of twenty feet or more. Its timber 

 is in common use throughout the country, and its slender roots, denominated Watapeh, are indispensable to 

 canoe-makers for sewing the slips of birch-bark together. The resin which it exudes is used for paying 

 over the seams of the canoes, and canoes for temporary purposes are frequently formed of its own bark. It 



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is the only tree that the Esquimaux of the Arctic Sea have access to while growing, and they contrive to make 

 pretty strong bows by joining pieces of its wood together. 



384. P. Banksiana : Lambert. Monogr. p. 7. t. 3. Pursh. ii. p. 642. 



This tree occupies dry sandy soils to the exclusion of all others. It is a handsome tree with long spreading 

 flexible branches, generally furnished with whorled curved cones of many years' growth. It attains the 

 height of forty feet and upwards in favourable situations, but the diameter of its trunk is greater in proportion 

 to its height than in the other pines of the country. In its native situation it exudes much less resin than 

 the pinus alba. The Canada porcupine feeds on its bark ; and its wood, from its lightness and the 

 straightness and toughness of its fibres is much priaed for canoe timbers. The Canadian voyagers term it 

 Cypres, the Crees Ooskartawuc-ahtic . It occurred on our route as far to the northward as lat. 64»°, but it 

 is said to attain higher latitudes on the sandy banks of Mackenzie's River. 



385. P. microcarpa: Lambert. Monogr. p. 56. t. 37. Pursh. ii. p. 645. 



Hab. In swampy situations, from York Factory to Point Lake, in lat. 65°. In the latter place it is very 

 dwarfish, seldom exceeding six or eight feet in height. It is named by the voyagers L/Epinette Rouge, and 

 by the Hudson's Bay men, Juniper. Its Cree name is Wagginawgan (the tree that bends.) 



386. Thuya occidentalis : Willd. iv. p. 508. Pursh. ii. p. 646. (S.) 



387. 

 388. 



DICECIA. 

 Fl. Brit. Hi. p. 1039. (W 



. Hi. p. 1042. (W.) 



389. S. decipiens: Eng. Bot. t. 1937. Pursh. ii. p. 617. (W.) 



390. S. fragilis: Smith. Fl. Brit. Hi. p. 1051. Eng. Bot. 1. 1807. (W.) 



391. S. cordata: Pursh. ii. p. 615. (W.) 



392. S. myrsinites: Wahl. Fl. Lapp. p. 262. Pursh. ii. p. 617. (B.) 



393. S. myrtilloides : Wahl. Fl. Lapp. p. 266. (W.) 



394. S. Ammaniana : Willd. iv. p. 663 ? (W.) 



395. S. reticulata: Willd 



(B.) 



List of Plants, Ross's Voyage. (B 



