ni <iF,nT,nr.rr.M, siuvEV of canama. 



556. FACUS, Linn. (BEECH.) 



(2003.) F. ferruginea, Alton. American Beech. 



F. si/lmticii, Wivltor. rursli, Fl. I., 024. 

 F. sijlrtiitrif, jMichx. Fl. II., 194. 



A (,'<nnni(>n forest Iree in Novji Scotia, New Brunswick and tlir()u<^li- 

 out li)uol»oc and Ontario. It roaches its maximum size alont; Tjako 

 Huron, its limit being coincident witli that of the limestone soils on the 

 north of the Georgian Bay, but is quite common on the islands in the 

 bay to our boundary at St. Mary's Kiver. 



XCVIII. SALIOINE.E. Willow Family. 

 557. SALIX, Linn. (WILLOW.) 



(2004.) S. adenophylla, Hook. Fl. II., UG. 



Labrador. (^Morrison.) Shores of the G-reat Lakes and Labi-ador. 

 (Bebb.) Sand beaches of Cockburn Island, Lake Huron. (J. Bell.) 



(2005.) S. alba, L. Var. caerulea, Smith. 



Cultivated for ornament in many parts of Ontario, especially in the 

 neighborhoodof cities and towns. Yicinity of London, Ont. (Burgess.) 

 The London tree seems to be a hybrid between S. alba and S. fragilis. 

 Cultivated at Halifax. N. S. (Lawson.) (cultivated for ornament at 

 Campbellton, N.B. (Chalmers.) Frequently cultivated, New Bruns- 

 wick. (Folder's Cat.) The above references should probably all be 

 made to S. alba X fragilis, Wim mer. Not having seen the specimens, 

 we cannot decide. 



(2006.) S. amygdaloid es, Anders. Sal. Bor. Amer. 8. 



S. nigra, var. amygdaloides, Anders. DC. Prod. XVI^, 201. 



Bank of Red River at Emerson, Man. (Burgess.) Red River. 

 (Bourgeau.) Westward to the Saskatchewan. (Sargent.) 



(2007.) S. arctica, R. Br. 



*S. cordifolia, Pursh. Hook. Fl. II., 152, in part. 

 5. callicarpxa, Trant. referred here by Anderson. 



Labrador. (Morrison.) Throughout the barren country of North 

 America, from Lat. 64° to the shores and extreme islands of the Arctic 



