200 GEOLOGICAL SI/RVEY OF CANADA. 



Var. longifolia, Gray. 



Hedyotis longifolia, Hook. Fl. I., 286. 



Houstonia angustifolia, Pursh Fl. I., 106. 



H. tenuifolia, Nutt. Dawson Bound, Rep. 362. 



Not uncommon on gravelly soil. Strathroy, Ont. Norway House, 

 Lake Winnipeg. (Me Gill Coll. Serb.) Lake of the Woods. (Dawson.') 

 Lake of the Woods and mouth of Eainy River ; along the Assiniboine 

 River, both above and below Brandon, Man. ; also western end of 

 Moose Mountain, N.W.T. (Macoun.) On Moose Mountain Creek, 15 

 miles south-west of Moose Mountain. (J. M. Macoun in C. P. E. Coll.) 



(936.) H. caerulea, Linn. Bluets. 



Oldenlandia cserulea, Gray Man. 2nd Ed. 

 Hedyotis cscrulea, Hook. Fl. I., 286, var. a. 



Rocky or sandy fields and thickets usually along the coast. Very 

 abundant at Point Pleasant and the North West Arm, Halifax, N.S. ; 

 sandy fields Kingston, Annapolis Yalley, N.S. (Macoun.} Very 

 abundant in St. John Co. Have not noticed it farther north. In moist 

 grassj^ places. On the sea shore at Rothesay, N.B. (Fowler's Cat.} St. 

 Hyacinthe, Richmond, and along the River St. Francis, Q. (Brunei.) 

 Nicolet, Q, (Maclagan.) About Quebec. (Hooker.) 



Var. ft. minor, Torr. & Gray. 



Hedyotis cferulca, L. var. p. 



Houstonia IAnnxi/3. minor, Michx. Fl. I., 85. 



Port William on Lake Superior. (Ridiardson.) Not noticed by 

 later explorers. 



254. MITCHELLA, Linn. (PARTRIDGE-BERRY.) 



(937.) M. re pens, Linn. 



Under evergreens and other trees from Nova Scotia and New 

 Brunswick westward to the Georgian Bay. A beautiful little plant 

 whether in fruit or flower. 



255. GALIUM, Linn. (CLEAVERS. BEDSTRAW.) 



(938.) C. Aparine, Linn. Goose-grass. 



In cultivated ground and on borders of woods, also along gravelly 

 beaches. Introduced in ballast at Carleton, N.B. (Foioler's Cat.) On 



