316 THE CANADIAN NATURALIST. [Sept. 



left the road aud took a short cut through the woods, where we 

 found the Yellow Wood-Sorrel (Oxalis stricfa). On reaching the 

 river Moira, the Persicaria (^Polygonum ampliibium') was growing 

 in the shallow water, its elliptical leaves floating upon the surface, 

 and not far oif the AVater Plantain (AUsma Plantago). 



The road from Bridgewater to Queensborough (a small village 

 near the western boundary of Elzevir) follows for the most part 

 the course of the green dioritic rocks which succeed the great 

 granitic area of Elzevir. The soil is light and sandy nearly all 

 the way, but there are occasional marshy spots. Along this road 

 the following plants were collected on the 25th of June: — 



Ledum latifolium, Nepeta Cataria, 



Caltha palustris, Leucanthemum vulgare, 



Eupatorium perfoliatum, Tanacetum vulgare, 



Triosteumperfoliatum, Gnaphalium polycepbalum, and 



Galium circeezauH, Anemone Peunsylvauica. 

 Yiburnum nudum, 



At a place called Hasard's Corners, a few miles from Queens- 

 borough, we saw a few Butternut trees {Juglans cinerea). This 

 was the only place in which this tree was met with during the 

 summer, and the reason of its occurrence here is probably to be 

 found in the deposits of drift, which form a richer soil than that 

 derived from the wear of the metamorphic rocks. 



Proceeding, we took the direct road across the granitic area 

 of Elzevir, gathering by the way a number of plants. On a 

 sandy hill, near Bridgewater, we found Viburnum puhescens, and 

 on the road sides Erigeroii strigosum, Potentllla norveglca and 

 Silene noctifiora. In the depressions among the granitic hills, the 

 Common Meadow-Sweet (^Spircea sallcifolid) was exceedingly 

 abundant, and ^S'. tomcntosa not uncommon. The shrubbery was 

 composed of different species of Arrow-wood, and in addition to 

 those already mentioned, the Viburnum acerifoUum. The white 

 blossoms of the Mountain- Ash (Pi/rus Americana) were here and 

 there to be seen, and where fire had been at work, the great 

 Willow-herb (Epilobium angusti folium'). Growing upon the 

 almost bare rock, we found everywhere the Bristly Sarsparilla 

 (Aralia hisplda). On the borders of a little pond were growing 

 the Galium trijidum and the Sarracenia purjmrea, and in the 

 water, Nuphar advena. In a moist wood on the eastern side of 

 the granitic area, we found the Wocd-Sorrel (Oxalis Acetosella), 



