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llEPOKT OF THE BOTANICAL COMMITTEE. 



A good deal of activity has been shown since the organizn- 

 tion of the Associaticn in investigating the flora of the "North 

 Shore," which has resulted not only in adding several hundred 

 specimens to the herbarium, but bringing to the notice of botan- 

 ists several plarts new' to the province, as well as extending the 

 known range of a great many others. 



'These will be found arranged under their respective heads 

 in the following catalogue : 



PLANTS NEW TO THE PROVINCE. 



Lepidium intermedium Gra3% Wild Peppergrass. Chatham and 



Bay du Vin. Dr, Cox. 

 Spergulnria borealis Robinson. Portage Island, July, '97. Cox. 

 Spergularia salina, var. macrocarjia. Portage Island. Has a 



marked range. Cox. 

 Comandra uw,beUat(i, 'Suit. Islands Miramichi Bay. Cox. 

 Hieracium jnloseUa. Loch Lomond Road, St. John, and Charlo, 



Restigouche. Cox. 

 H. inloseUa. \pi\\ lieletorimmm . Charlo, Rest. Cox. 

 H. cladm-iihwm . Campbellton and along I. C. R. through Rest. 



Co. Cox. 

 Artemisia annua. Roadside, Chatham. Cox. 

 Matricaria discoidca. D.C. Wild Chamomile. Grammar School 



grounds, Chatham. An immigrant from Oregon. Cox. 

 Chenopodium Bonus Henricus L. Good King Henry. Streets, 



Chatham. Cox. 



PLANTS WHOSE RANGE HAS BEEN EXTENDED. 



Viola canina L. Red Bank, L. S. W. Miramichi. Cox. 

 Erodium cicutarium L'Her. N. W. Miramichi. Cox. 

 Trifolium arvense L. Neighbourhood of Chatham and Nelson. J. 



J.Clarke. 

 Draha incana L var. arahisans. Wharves, Chatham. Cox. 

 Ajnos tuberosa Moench. L. S. W. Miramichi. Clarke. 

 Lobelia Dortwanni L. L. S. W. Miramichi Lake. Cox. 



