Botanical Notes in Nova Scotia. — By A. H. MacKay, LL. D. 



{Read 18th May, 1903). 



Apios, Apios (L.) MacM. Ground Nut. — Found by W. 

 H. Prest in Queens county. 



Crataegus Robinsoni Sargent. Robinson's Hawthorn. — A 

 new species found in Pictou county. Named after Mr. C. B. 

 Robinson, late Science Master in Pictou Academy. First col- 

 lected by one of his botanical students, Miss Isabella W. Mac- 

 Cabe. 



Calluna vulgaris (L.) Salisb. Heather. — Spreading in 

 Pt. Pleasant Park, Halifax. Transplanted to Park at Saint 

 John, N. B., where it is growing. In the Public Gardens, 

 Halifax. Found by C. B. Robinson on the 23rd of March, 

 1903, at Bay View, near entrance of Pictou harbor, "about 

 300 yards from cemetery, a short distance from the road, and 

 20 yards from N. W. corner of brackish water beyond Sea 

 View (Bay View) Cemetery, on Pictou Road, near a little 

 brook." Found previously near Pictou Landing, opposite side 

 of the harbor to Pictou town. 



Andivmeda PoUfoUa (L.) — Found by Mr. A. W. Fraser 

 near Sherbrooke, N. S. Also found near Halifax. 



Gratiola aurea Muhl. Goldenpert. — Found on the sandy 

 margins of Lake Annis, Yarmouth county, by Dr. David 

 Soloan. 



Gerardia paupercuJa (A. Gray) Britton. Small-flowered 

 Gerardia. — Found by Dr. Soloan on the margip of Lake Annis, 

 Yarmouth county. 



Lappula Lappula (L.) Karst. European Stickseed. — 

 Found at Fairview, Halifax county, by Mr. John MacAloney. 



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