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REPORT OF THE BOTANICAL SECTION OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL 



SOCIETY OF ONTAEIO. 



This Section was organized for 1892 on the 16th of April, with Mr. J. A. Balkwill as 

 Chairman and Mr. J. Dearness as Viee-Chairman. 



The meetings were held regularly up to August, with considerable interest mani- 

 fested. 



An outing to Komoka on the 24th of May, and one to the " Swamp of Death 

 Oxford Co., were indulged in by some of the members. 



Messrs. Dearness, Bowman, Stevenson and Althouse were very energetic in field 

 work. 



The following rare plants have been collected : 



Collector. Locality. 



Anagallis arvensis Mr. Mofiatt Campbellville. 



Poterium sanguisorba " " 



Yalerianella olitoria Mr. Dearness Twenty Mile Creek. 



Viola rotundifolia " " 



Corydalis glauca Messrs. Dearness and Bowman . . Pine Pond ^^Swamp 



of Death). 



Dalibarda repens " " . . " 



Lepidium campestre ^ " " . . Twenty Mile Creek. 



Barbarea vulgaris ^ " " . . " 



Viola carnina var rupestrhs " " . . " 



Cassia Marilandica (3 ft. igh) Mr. Dearness Tp. of Howard. 



Symphoricarpus occidentalis 



Actinomeiis squarrosa 



Polygonatum giganteum (7 ft ) 



Silphium perfoliatum (7 ft.) 



Euphorbia preslii 



Lophanthns scrophulariaefolius . . . . 

 Negundo aceroides (2 ft. diameter) . . 



Lythrura alatum " Walpole Island. 



Polygala sanguinea 



Baptisia tinctorise (fields) 



Silphium terebinthinaceum 



Tradescantia sp C?) 



Galium verum Mr. Bond Port Stanley. 



Bidens beckii . . , Mr. Stephenson Port Frank. 



hurinf the year a large number of plants have been carefully mounted, the total 

 number now in the herbarium amounts to about 500. Mr. Balkwill has done much of 

 the mounting. The Section intends continuing the work during the coming winter. 



Early in April a fine collection of plants was received from Mr. Wm. Scott, B.A., 

 Mathematical Master of the Ottawa Normal School. The plants were in good condition 

 and very acceptable, as they were collected in a district very different from that surround- 

 ing London. 



The Section purposes continuing its explorations, and hopes to publish a list of the 

 plants found in this district at some future time. 



0. B. EDWARDS, Sec. 



