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 REPORT OF THE BOTANICAL BRANCH. 



To the Council of the Ottawa Field Naturalists Club : 



The work in this brancli has been continued on the plan of 

 former years, the Saturday afternoon outings and the regular club 

 excursions bringing the members together for systematic work and 

 instruction. In the early summer the attendance on Saturday after- 

 noon was augmented by the presence of a large number of pupils ot 

 the public schools under the care of Mr. Robert B. "Whyte. They 

 constituted a class which had been conducted by this gentleman during 

 the winter, and he concluded his work by a series of demonstrations 

 in the field. 



Of the club excursions the most yn'oductive for the Botanists was 

 the one to Casselman, where the greater number of the additions to the 

 list were obtained. 



A plant worthy of mention gathered in the district, but at too 

 great a distance from Ottawa to be inf^luded in the local list, is Cnicus 

 aliissimus, Willd, var. discolor', which was found by Mr. Ami at St. 

 Philippe, Que. 



The plants added to our catalogue during the past season number 

 19, which indicates a continued activity and vigilance among the 

 members. Those most worthy of notice are Corallorhiza striata, 

 Aplectrum hycmah, and Carex arcta. 



Hitherto our catalogue has included only flowering plants and 

 ferns, although some of the workers have devoted their attention to 

 cryptogamic bitany. This year W3 are enabled to adJ a list of Mosses 

 prepared by Professor Macoun. With the exception of a few species 

 collected by Mr. Fletcher and indicated in the list, all were collected 

 by the Professor himself, and all the specimens mentioned have been 

 submitted to him for indentification. We trust it will facilitate the 

 work of those who have already commenced, and that it will induce 

 othei-s to begin, this ver}' attractive branch of Botany. 



R. B. WHYTE. 

 JOHN MACOUN. 

 BEAUMONT SMALL, M.D. 



