tHAY] JOHN GOLDIE, BOTANIST 129 



Two of the new plants described by Mr. Goldie are not found in 

 our manuals, and [ have been unable to trace them owing to the want of 

 -access to a botanical library. These are Lithospermum linearlfoiium and 

 Primula pusilla. The Primula, as figured in tlie plate in the Philosophiral' 

 Journal of 1822, is a beautiful little plant not exceeding two or three 

 inches in height. Quoting from Mr. Goldie's description : " From P. 

 mistassinica it diffère by its very much smaller dimensions, shortei- cap- 

 sules, and particularly its fîowers, of which the calyx is oblong and almost 

 ■equal to the tube of the corolla in length. The divisions of the corolla 

 are considei'ably broader and more obtuse — more resembling those of P. 

 farinosa, or even P. Seotica, from which two species again the form of 

 its leaves keeps the P. pusilla distinct. The flowers are from four to 

 «ight in number."' 



What has become of this plant ? Was (loldie mistaken in its iden- 

 tity ? 



CaprifoHuin pi(besce7is, now Lonicera hirsuta, and Xylmteumoblon<if- 

 foliuni, now Lonicera oblon(/ifolia, are two new plants described by Mr. 

 Goldie. The latter plant, known as the Swamp honeysuckle, was found 

 <m Montreal island, and has not since been found east of that place until 

 last summer, when the writer discovei'ed it in the northern part of New 

 Brunswick. 



In his description of Viola Selkirliii there are two points which I 

 -cannot make agree with the plant as I have seen it. He describes its 

 general aspect as veiy similar to that of Viola blanda, and gives July as 

 its time of flowering. The plant flowers with us early in May — 1 have 

 seen it in flower in April — and is a very small plant with pale blue 

 flowers, with a very long spur. Mr. Goldie adds this note to his descrip- 

 tion : ■' I showed this plant to Mr. Pursh, at Montreal, and he informed 

 me that it was what he called Viola Selkirliii, and hence I have thought 

 it right to adopt his name." I have never found this plant in flower later 

 than May. 



A new Drosera (D. linearis) was discovered by Mr. Goldie on the 

 shores of Lake Simcoe, and a small primi'ose (^Œnothera Canadensis), 

 which is not now found in the manuals ; Stellaria lo7i</ipes, Ranunculus 

 rhomhoideus and Cori/dalis Canadensis (perhaps the C. {jlauca of Pursh) 

 were also discovered by him. 



He appears to have made a mistake in Jlabenaria orbiculata, a large 

 form of which he takes for a new species — H. macrophylla. He says : 

 "Of all the orchideous plants I have seen in America, this is without a 

 question the largest and most striking (Or<'his of Pursh and Nuttall), 

 having like it two plane orbicular approaching to elliptical leaves, . . 

 which in this plant are four times as large as those of H. orbiculata, 

 measuring six to eight inches in length.'' He also describes the flower 

 •as white. All who have met with this remarkable plant, with the many 



