164 The Ottawa >JATURAList. fl^ovembet' 



Lawrence River at Bic, Quebec, but will probably be found 

 elsewhere. Characterized by its " large, wide-spreading 

 crimson calyx, deep claret-colored styles and the strongly 

 contrasting broadly obcordate bright yellow petals " ; sug- 

 gesting Geiun macrophyllum in the outline of the leaf only. 



Medicago denticulata, Willd. 



Toronto, Ont. (W Scott.) Not recorded from Ontario. 



Vicia villosa, L. 



Camlachie, Ont , June i8th, 1901, No. 34,280. (John 

 Macoiin. ) New to Canada, rare in North America. Intro- 

 duced. 



Geranium pratense, L. 



Roadsides and pasture fields, Wakefield, Que., 1903. 

 (John Macoun ) 



LiNUM catharticum, L. 



On the left side of the entrance road, Beechwood Ceme- 

 tery, Ottawa, Ont., 1903 (John Macoun.) Not before 

 recorded from Ontario. 



Empetrum nigrum, L., var. andinum, DC. 



Distinguished from E. nigrum by its red fruit and tomen- 

 tose or lanate young leaves This plant was sent us from 

 Newfoundland many years ago and was named E. rubrum, 

 Mr. L. Fernald has shown (Rhodora, vol. iv : 147-151) that it 

 is apparently identical with the Andes plant described by De 

 Candolle. 



Rhus Vernix, L. 



R. venenata^ Macoun, Cat. Can. Plants, i : 100 and 505. 



Abundant by the little lake west of East Templeman, 



Que., 1903. (John Macoun.) Not recorded east of S. W. 

 Ontario. 



Impatiens noli-me-tangere, L. 



On Kent street, Ottawa, Ont. Noticed there for several 

 years previous to 1901, when flowering specimens were col- 

 lected in September. 



