156 



THE CANADIAN NATURALIST. 



[June 



" Claytonias, Adlumia, Aralla Quinquefolia, SoUdago odora ; 

 " on the shores of the rivers and their tributaries Lohelia 

 " Kalmii, Anemone Pemisylvanica, and two species of Vitis, 

 " Vitis labrusca and V. cordifoliay 



In the following list of Western or Continental species will be 

 found some of those above mentioned ; but the range of others is 

 such as to exclude them from this eastern fragment of a flora, 

 which finds its home west of the Green Mountains of New 

 En "land : — 



N"o. 3.— LIST OF CONTIN"EN-TAL SPECIES. 



Goodale's remarks on the vegetation of the Arostook country 

 apply signally well to the valley of the main St. John River from 

 Eel River to the southern hills; and represent with almost 

 equal fidelity the aspect of the western and central part of the 

 Acadian Plain, where the soil is deep and drainage good. In 

 approaching the Gulf this type of vegetation gives place to a 

 collection of species having a more northerly range. In the 

 valleys of the southern highlands, in King's County, it mingles 

 with the New England flora prevalent to the S.VV., of which 

 several species appear to be rare or wanting along that part of 

 the Acadian Plain facing the Gulf of St. Lawrence. 



"V . Maritime Type. — The extensive and varied sea coast per- 

 taining to the Lower Provinces aflfords ample scope for the 

 growth of maritime plants. On the North Shore, Mr. Fowler 

 has met with more than 30 species, as may be seen by the 



