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Dicksonia jiunctilohula. The excursion to Casselman was the means of 

 adding no less than nine sjiecies to the flora, some of which deserve 

 special mention. Hijperlcum j^yi-amidatum, Planlcujo Rugellii, Fhlox 

 .-divaricata, Saururus cernuus and Botrychium lanceolatum were the 

 best finds. The last named is a rare moonwort and the two preceding 

 are iinexpected discoveries in this part of Canada. 



The Mer Bleue has again proved to be a rich locality. Here in the 

 beginning of July several fine specimens of the beautiful orchid Arethusa 

 hidbosa were found. In a patch of fourteen growing together eight had 

 well developed leaves like Calopogon jndchellus. A remarkable feature 

 of all the specimens found on this occasion was their light colour. At 

 a few yards' distance they could not be distinguished from Pogonia 

 ophioglossoides, amongst hundreds of which lovely flowers they grew. 

 The xisaal colour of the arethusa is a much more intense shade of red. 

 On the same day were collected fine specimens of undoubted H. 

 Jimbriata, and near tlie railway station Calamagrostis Langsdor/ii and 

 a grand clump of Carex folliculata were discovei'ed. On the Chaudiere 

 Islands Pricnus pumila was found in flower in June, and in the autumn 

 Ilelenium autumnale was plentiful. From Templeton Thalictrum 

 Ijurpiirascens is reported and from Buckingham Carex Grayii. Several 

 good carices have been added. The well marked variety Idtifolia of C. 

 laxifiora was found at Stewarton in company with C. pcdlescens. G. 

 sychnocepihala, a i-are species only previously collected in Canada by 

 Prof. Macoun, was collected at Billings' Bi-idge on the last sub- 

 excursion of the branch in September; also good specimens o? Diervilla 

 irifida in fruit. At Malloch's Bay, Gratiola aurea. Ranunculus multi- 

 Jidus, Ilijypuris vulgaris and Mentha Canadensis var. glahrata were 

 found. Hull also i)roduced its contributions to the lists. Solidago 

 neglecta, new, and two fresh localities for Pelkaa gracilis and Gainp- 

 tosorus rizophyllus. Physalis grandijiwa and Riccia jiuilans were 

 also collected here. 



Riccia natan's was found at Deschenes and at New Edinburgh. 

 At Gatineau Point Os7norrhiza longistylis was collected by Miss Isabel 

 Grant, and to this lady the committee have vex'y much ])leasure in 

 awarding the botany prize for the year. Her collection is exceedingly 

 well mounted and preserved., and comprises 185 species. She has sue- 



