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The river from the mouth of the Upsalquitch down 

 is settled, and we soon come to the estuary, studded with 

 islands, their alluvial soil rank with vegetation. On one 

 of these islands — at the mouth of the Metapedia, we 

 find the Maidenhair fern {Adiantum pedatum) and the 

 "Wild Ginger-root {Jsarum Canadense). From Moris- 

 sey's Rock we took a parting view of the Upper Resti- 

 gouche, and a grand view it was. Here we found Aspid- 

 ium fragrans agaiu^ Woodsia hyperborea. Wood sia glabella 

 and near by Pellcea gracilis and the Small-flowered 

 Anemone {Anemone parvijiora). 



Summary. 

 We found eleven plants new to the province which are 

 given in an appended list, with others rare or little 

 known before. Of all our native orders the ferns seem 

 to be of greater variety on the Restigouehe than elsewhere 

 in the province. The Leguminosse family come next in 

 abundance, then the Conifers the Rose family and the 

 Composites. The Heath family is rarer in species here 

 than anywhere else in the province. The presence of 

 many alpine plants, especiall}^ near the mouths of rivers 

 flowing in from the mountainous parts of south-eastern 

 Quebec, is of interest. 



List of Plants New and Rare. 



Anemone parviflora, Mich. Gilia (Collomia) linearis, Nutt. 



A. multifida, DC. Cynoglo.ssum Virginicum, L, 



A. cylindrica, Gray. Pinguicula vulgaris, L. 



Viola primuljefolia, L. Asarum Canadense, L. 



Astragalus oroboides. Salix longifolia, Muhl. 



Oxytropis campestris, DC, Populus balsamifera, L., var. 

 var cferulea, Koch. Candicans (?) Gray. 



Lathyrus pratensis, L. *Goodyera Menziesii, Lindl. 



^(Enothera Oakesiana, Robbins. G. pubescens, R. Br. 

 *Lonicera oblongifolia, Muhl *Sagittaria arifoHa. 

 *Solidago Virgaurea L., var Carex atrata, L. var ovata, Boott. 

 alpina, Bigel. *C. flava, L., var. graminis, Bailey. 



♦ Those marked * are new. 



