No. 7.] ALLEN — ALPINE FLORA. 4ii 



ALPINE FLORA OF THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC. 



B}' J. A. Allen, New Haven, Conn. 



In the summer of 1881 I joined a p:irty which visited the 

 eastern portion of the Shickf^hock Mountains, in Gaspe County. 

 xAlthousih only about 4000 feet hiuli. these mountains have a 

 more extensive treeless area than the White Mountains, and 

 many patches of* snow remained on tliem at the bejiiuning- of 

 August. Below is given a list of some of their plants, and of a 

 few from the south shore of the Lower St. Lawrence. The wil- 

 lows were named by Mr. Bebb, some of the grasses by Dr. Vasey^ 

 and some of the other plants by Mr. Watson. 



The following were collected on Mount Albert: — 



lianunculus affinis, K. Br. var. leiocarpus, Trautv. 



Arabis alpina, L. 



Viola palustris, L. 



Silene acaulis, L. 



Lychnis alpina. L. 



Arena ri a arctica, Stev. 



A. vcrna, L. 



A. verna, ]j. var. hirta, Wats. 



A verna, L. var. rubella, Hook. 



Sibbaldia procumbens, L. 



Parnassia Kotzebuei, Cham, and Schl. 



Epilobium origanifoliuni, Lam. 



Solidago Virga-aurea, L. var. alpina, Bigel. 



Gnaphalium sylvaticum, L. var. norvegicum, Gunn. 



Arnica mollis, Hook. 



Nabalus nanus, D. C. 



Vaccinium caespitosum. Mx. 



V. ovalifolium, Smith. 



V. uliginosum, L. 



Arcto.'^taphylos alpina, Spreng. 



Cassiope hypnoides, Don. 



Bryanthus taxifolius. Gray. 



Rhododendron Lapponicum, Wahl. 



Loisefeuria procumbens, Desv. 



Pyrola secunda, L. var. pumila, Paine. 



Diapensia Lapponica, L. 



Armeria vulgaris, Willd. 



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