CATALOGUE 



OF THE 



Flora of Vancouver and Queen Charlotte Islands. 



INTRODUCTION. 



A Flora is a botanical account of the plants of a country or district, with the 

 orders or families systematicallj'- arranged under the classes, the genera under the 

 orders, and the species (when there are more than one) under the genus to which 

 they belong. 



Of late years there has been a great awakening in the study of the flowering 

 plants of this Province; many inquiries are made as to the names of the more 

 popular plants and as to where their descriptions can be found. To meet these 

 demands the Provincial Museum undertook to add greatly to the Herbarium, and 

 received unbounded support from many persons who were very much interested in 

 this branch of natural history. More and more people are beginning to realize the 

 pleasure and profit that can be gained fi'om the observation of the plants growing 

 around us, observing their beauty, and acquiring a knowledge which greatly increases 

 an appreciation of nature. 



Botanical biology teaches us the study of plants cannot be overlooked. The 

 very existence of the animal kingdom is solely dependent on vegetable life; the 

 great problems of geographical distribution; the theory of organic evolution or 

 the innermost secrets of vital phenomena, whether in health or disease, are simplified 

 by the study of plants. Botany and zoology are dependent on each other, without 

 one the other would cease to exist. It is a study which cannot be indefinitely post- 

 poned, as the old terrestrial order is fast passing away before our eyes; everywhere 

 the primitive vegetation is disappearing as more and more of the earth's surface is 

 brought under cultivation and our forests are denuded of their original growth. 

 Much work has been done, and still greater is the work which has yet to be 

 accomplished. 



This list will, without doul)t. give some idea of the many species which are to 

 be found on Vancouver and Queen Charlotte Islands, giving known locations in 

 which they have been collected. The scientific or Latin name Is giveii first, followed 

 by the English or popular name, those plants that have been introduced being printed 

 in italic letters. 



Recognizing the works and writings of our earliest botanists and biologists, the 

 nomenclature is according to Gray's Manual wherever possible, and many other 

 works have been consulted in connection with our western species, such as the 

 "Flora BorcaU-Americana,'' by Hooker; "Flora of the North-west Coast," by 

 Piper and Beattie; "Illustrated Flora of the Northern States and Canada," by 

 Brittou and Brown; "Flora of Southern British Columbia," by J. K. Henry; 

 " Flora of the Rocky Mountains and Adjacent Plains," by P. A. Rydberg. Ph.D. ; 

 and other botanical works. 



The late Mr. J. M. Maconn announced in the early part of the year 1913 that 

 he had the manuscript for a "Flora of Vancouver Island" almost ready for the 

 press,* and that it would embody the I'esults of several years' work by himself. 

 Professor Macouu, and Mr. Spreadborough in various parts of Vancouver and the 

 Queen Charlotte Islands. For reasons of ill-health and cramped quarters after 



* Ottawa Naturalist. XXVI.. Feb.. 1913. 



