262 THE CANADIAN NATURALIST. [Sept. 



Alternate-leaved Cornel bushes (Cornus alternifolin.) and brush- 

 wood, over which the fetid Currant (Rihes prostratum) and 

 Bramble (^Ruhus villosus) climbed in an impenetrable tangle. 



Returning from Cairn Mountain to the harbour, the party 

 passed over nearly the same ground as in going, and collected 

 several species which had not been noticed on the way up. In 

 an upland wood, several Yellow Birch trees (Betula txcelsa) 

 were observed, and over the rich shaded ground, beneath them, 

 the Round-leaved and Lesser Fjrohds (F. rotundi/oUa,et minor) 

 and the waxen white Indian Pipe (^Monotropa unifiora), bash- 

 fully hung down their snowy blossoms. The Ground-Pine {Lyco- 

 podium dendroidcivm) and other species of Club Mosses {^L. 

 lucidulum, S. clavatum, coviplaiiatum and tdpinum,) sent up 

 evergreen tufts among the rustling leaves. The Petioled Willow 

 (^Salix petiolaris), the Pearlwort (^Sagi/ia procumhens), and, 

 strange to say, the common Groundsel (^Stnecio vulgaris), in 

 flower, were discovered on the sloping sandy shore of Flat Bay 

 Brook. In one part of its course, the toilsome path led through 

 a wet sedgy bog of Sphagnum, whose uneven surface here and 

 there bore waving tufts of Cotton grass (^Eriophorum vaginatuni, 

 Virginicuni et polystachyon), angular bushes of the Dwarf 

 and Alpine Birch, and white flowering branches of the neat little 

 Chokeberry {Pyrus arhuti folia.) A few scapes of Arethusa (J. 

 bidbosa), which needs no 'foliage to " set oif' ' its large rose- 

 purple and sweet-scented flowers, stood alone among the bluish- 

 green moss of the barren. 



Another ramble along the Bay shore secured for me the 

 Sea Sandwort (Arenaria peploides), and Lungwort (Mertensia 

 maritima), the Sea Rocket {Cakile Americana), and the Glass- 

 wort {^Salicornia herbacea.) 



Beyond the spring-tide mark the Beach Pea (^Lathyrus mari- 

 timus), and Or ache (^Atriplex hastata), spread themselves over 

 the sand, while a large and small variety of the Blue Flag (^Iris 

 versicolor), alike in every particular, except size, mingled together 

 in luxuriant bunches. 



A large variety (?) of the Sea-side Plantain (^P. maritima), 

 with broad leaves and long tapering root, was found near the 

 extremity of Plat Bay Point. 



We sailed on the 4th July to the low gravelly Isthmus 

 separating Port-a-Port from St. George's Bay. Eastward from 

 this place, a high gravelly bank fises above the sea shore. On 



