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propinqua Richn \ 



Halenia deflexa Griseb. j 



— on hill-sides, Amour. 



Pleurog3'ne rotata Griseb. — on flats 

 at Caribou and shores of 

 Esquimaux river. 



Menyanthes trifoliata Linn. 



Diapensia Lapponica Linn. — com- 

 mon on hill-tops, Caribou. 



Polygonum A'iviparum Linn. — com- 

 mon. 



Empetrum nigrum Linn. — every- 

 where common. 



Myrica Gale Linn. — (Miss Macfar- 

 lane No. 56). 



Betula nana Linn. \ 



glandulosa Michz / 



— on hill-sidts everywhere. 



pumila Linn. — (Miss Mac- 

 far lane No. 57). 



Larix Americana Michx — in 

 swamps and ravines. 



Juniperus communis Linn. — on 

 hill-tops. 



Sparganium simplex LIudson — (the 

 vars. genuinum and an- 

 gustifolium of Gray) — in 

 ponds, Caribou, 



JHabenaria olitusata Richn — on hill- 

 sides, Caribou. 



dilatata Gray \ 



hyperborea R. Br. / 



— in swamps and on hill- 

 ■ sides. 



Listera cordata R. Br. — in ravines, 

 Caribou. 



Iris versicolor Linn. — common on 

 flats and hill-sides. 



Smilacina bifolia Ker "> 



tri folia De^f. / 



— in marshy places. 



stellata Desf. — on the sea- 

 shore. 



Clintonia borealis Rafin. — on hill- 

 sides. 



Streptopus roseus Michx — in 

 ravines. 



amplexifolius Cand, — (Miss 



Macfarlane No. 62). 



Eriophorum capitatum Host — on 

 hill-tops. 



russeolum Fries — in swamps 



and on high hills. 



Luzula parvifolia Desv. — on hills. 



Poa pratensis Linn. — on the sea- 

 shore. 



Hierochloa borealis Roem. et "j 

 SchuUes V 



Elymus mollis Trinius j 



— on the sea-shore. 



Lycopodium annotinum Linn. — 

 ravines and hill-sides. 



Polypodium Dryopteris Linn. — on 

 rocks. 



Phegopteris Liiin. — in 



ravines. 



Pelltea gracilis LLook. ) rocks, 



Cystea fragilis Smith j Amour. 



montana (Lam.) — Amour. 



Aspidium spinulosum Sivartz — 

 ravines and hills, common. 



Athyrium Filix-foemina Roth — on 

 hill-sides. 



Botrychium Lunaria Swartz — hill- 

 sides, Amour. 



The Student's Flora op the British Islands. By 

 J. D. Hooker, C.B., etc. London : MacMillan & Co — Yet 

 another flora of Britain ! is one''s involuntary exclamation on 

 opening this book — making not a fifth wheel but something like 

 a tenth wheel to the proverbial coach. Nor is this feeling modified 

 after a careful perusal of the book ; the work is, of course, well 

 done — remarkably well done, as is everything that Dr Hooker 

 does — but why should one of the first botanists of the day waste 

 such good work on a thread-bare subject ? Had Dr. Hooker 

 given us a condensed flora of north Europe, or, better still, taking 

 in Ledebcur's ground, of the northern portion of the eastern 

 hemisphere, not merely British students, but students the world 

 over would have thanked him ; as it is, one cannot help feelins: 

 that a great deal of good work has been thrown away. Dr. 



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