1899] Botanical Notes. 23 



this locality has been visited regularly every summer the above- 

 mentioned plant has not been observed since 1891 until last 

 summer when several sturdy colonies, some of them hundreds 

 of yards apart, were found in an excellent state of bloom. The 

 flowers were the pale yellow variety with purple markings. 

 The best specimens were about four feet high. 



Introduced Plants. Three plants evidently introduced 

 from the North West, Heliatithus rigidus, Lepachy's columnaris, 

 and Grindelia squarrosa, were reported by the Botanical Section 

 in 1 891, as having been found near the old Eddy Mill- sight at 

 Birchton. Only the last of the three appears to have persisted. 

 Since 1891 Grindelia squarrosa has spread over a considerable 

 area. The bright yellow flowers and a profuse resinous, viscid 

 coating are conspicuous features of this thrifty plant. 



Aralia QUINQUEFOLIA. — On October 7th, 1898, several 

 fine plants of this species were obtained near an old roadway on 

 the Chats Island, but in all cases the fruit had already disap- 

 peared. In the Autumn of 1897 a party of Indians sold about 

 sixteen pounds of the roots of this Ginsing in Fitzroy Harbor. 

 They stated that they obtained a considerable quantity of them 

 on the Chats Island. — R. H. CowLEY. 



Viola CUCULLATA. — Our knowledge of the local distribu- 

 tion of the six species of the V. cuadlata grou^ enumerated in 

 the January number of The Ottawa Naturalist is yet far from 

 complete. The admirable illustrations, which were published at 

 the same time, will enable the youngest amateur botanist to de- 

 termine the several species providing care be taken to collect 

 flowers and summer fruit from the same locality, and so carefully 

 as to preclude the possibility of mistakes. Three of the species 

 are known from but one locality while the other three are of 

 more general distribution. — J. M. M. 



