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bearing a dense vegetation, witli a margin extending up 

 river about four hundred yards of more stony material 

 bearing shrubs and low herbs. It can readily be seen that 

 an island in this position at a point where the river almost 

 doubles on itself, and with a stream flowing into it from 

 a direction opposite to that of the river would be in a good 

 position to receive plant seed and should have a varied 

 plant growth, and so it proved. In this limited area and 

 on the adjoining isthmus we found over one hundred differ- 

 ent species of flowering plants. The examination of the 

 island proved so interesting that I must make it the subject 

 of a separate article. I observed here the Hurouian Tansy 

 {Tanacetum Haronense), its first station on the river, and 

 further east, I believe, than it has ever been noted on the 

 continent. 



We camped over Sunday on a terrace overlooking the 

 chain of rocks, having passed safely through Hero's 

 Rapids, the most dangerous on the river. Here we found 

 Butterwort {Pinguicula vulgaris), the Shrubby Cinqve-tVil 

 {Potentilla fruticosa), the Cleft-leaved Anemone {Anemove 

 muliifida), the Ground-nut or Wild Bean {Apios tuberosa), 

 the Wild Onion {Allium Sch(x:noprasnm), the Marsh 

 Marigold {Caltha palustris), the Primrose or Cowslip 

 {Priviala Mistassinica), Pelhea gracilis, Desmodium Cana- 

 dense, the Milk-vetch [Astragalus orohoides), the Beach 

 Plum {Priaius pumila), Oxytropuscampestris var. caeralea, 

 the Bearberry {Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi), the Milkweed 

 {Asolepias Corvuti), the Rattlesnake-root [Nabalas racemo- 

 sus, the Pale Touch-me-not {Impatiens pallida), and other 

 interesting forms. 



Pinguicula vulgaris, which was discovered by Dr. Cox 

 and Mr. Brittain on their trip down the Restigouche a few 

 years ago, is a most interesting addition to our New 

 ]6runswick flora. It is probably in this province confiuef] 



