158 The Ottawa Naturalist. [Feb. 



On rocky banks of River Ste. Anne, St. Raymond, Portneuf Co., 

 August, 1914, Br9. M. Victorin, No. 618. (Type in Gray 

 Herbarium). 



While travelling on the Canadian Pacific Railway between 

 Montreal and Quebec, we noticed that a small blue-rayed Aster 

 occupied an extensive tract of sandy ground between Trois- 

 Rivieres and Champlain. We are quite convinced it is A. 

 linariijolius L., but whether it is the typical form or the variety 

 Victorinii, or an intermediate between them, is vet to be deter- 

 mined. 



Before leaving "Chute a Panet," Gentiana linearis Froel., 

 a lover of the near-by moist thickets must be mentioned. 



Some ten miles north of St. Raymond the country becomes 

 thoroughly wild, and partly cultivated land gives wa}^ to fish 

 and game territories, dotted with innumerable lakes. 



If we go up the so-called main branch of the River Ste. Anne, 

 we enter a most picturesque region, well-known to sportsmen 

 under the self-explanatory name of Pique-Monche. There 

 begins the famous Tourili Club Territory. From the Club- 

 House, a Chemin de Portage takes us to 1000 feet over a hill 

 before we tramp to the grassy shores of the first of a magni- 

 ficent series of lakes, Lake Ouastaouan. This small lake looks 

 much as if artificially induced by the industry of beavers. It 

 is quickly disappearing owing to the deposition of mud, and a 

 vigorous growth of carices and water-lilies. 



We were pleased to record here the presence of a much 

 critical plant whose distribution is little known with us: Nym- 

 phaea ruhrodisca (Morong) Greene, a probable hybrid between 

 A^. Americana (Prov.) Miller & Standley, and A^. microphylla 

 Pers. The numerous uprooted rhizomes indicate that the 

 beavers of the Ouastaouan rely on this plant for food. 



The shallow ends of the lake maintain a hvdrophytic 

 association of some interest: Myrio'phyllum Farwellii Morong, 

 Myriophyllum verticillatum L., var. pectinatum Wallr.,the loose 

 submerged form of Hippuris vulgaris L., and Utricularia 

 macrorhiza Le Conte. 



Though very little attention was devoted to cryptogams, 

 we noticed Icmadophila ericetorum (L.) Azahlbr., a crustose 

 lichen expanding its thallus horizontally on tight dying sphagnum 

 hummocks; Dicranum longifolium Ehrh., a frequent moss in 

 the Laurentides grows in high situations. 



Perhaps the most pleasant outing a nature lover can make 

 in this part of the country is to take the "Little Saguenay" 

 trip.. You, go up the Bras du Nord to a distance of about 



