1899] FERNALD — I'LANTS. I47 



SOME PLANTS FROM THE NORTHWEST SHORl-: 



OF HUDSON BAY 



By M. L. Fernai.d. 



Shortly before his death the late Professor D. C. Eaton 

 •sent to the Gray Herbarium for determination a small parcel of 

 plants secured for him by ^Ir. George Comer on the northwest 

 shore of Hudson Ba\-. Mr. Comer collected these specimens 

 during the summers of 1893 and 1S94 on Depot Island flat. 

 63° 55' N., long. 90 20' \V.) and at Whale Point (lat. about 64" 

 30^ N. long. 90*^ 00' W.) The number of species represented 

 is small, and most of the plants were also collected by Mr. J. W. 

 Tyrrell* about Chesterfield Inlet, but as the collection contains 

 ■some species of unusual interest it is thought well to record all 

 the species brought back from that little known region. 



ASPIDIUM FRAGRANS, Svvartz. Whale Point, very abund- 

 ant. 



LVCOPODIUM Selago, L. Whale Point and mainland 

 near Depot Island. 



Eriophorum Scheuchzeri, Hoppe. \\'hale Point. The 

 cotton of this plant is used by the Eskimo as wicking in their 

 stone lamps. 



Betula (;LA\r)ULOSA, Michx. Mainland near Depot 

 Lsland. U.sed b\- the natives as a matting between their bedding 

 and the snow. 



Silene acallis, L. Whale Point. 



Stellaria IIU.MIFUSA, Rottb. Whale Point. 



Stellaria longipes, Goldic, var. Edwakdsii, Watson. 

 Depot Island. 



Sac;ina xinalfs, Lindl. Whale Point 



Ranunculus affinfs, R Br. Depot Island. 



Draba alpina, L. Whale Point. 



*For a list of Mr. Tyrrell's plants see Ann. Rep. N. S. Geol. Surv. Can. ix 

 (1896), part F. App. iii. 



