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351. CHIOCENES, Salisb. (CREEPING SNOWBERRY.) 



(1367.) C. hispidula, Torr. & Gray. 



Vaccinium hispidulum, Michx. Fl. L, 228. 

 Gaultheria serpyllifolia, Pursh. Fl. L, 283. 

 O. hispidula, Muhl. Hook. Fl. II., 36. 



Abundant in damp, mossy woods creeping over logs, flowering very 

 early. Labrador, Newfoundland, Anticosti, Nova Scotia and New Bruns- 

 wick, thence westward to the west side of the Eocky Mountains at 

 the sources of the Columbia. (Drummond.) 



LVI. EEICACEJE. HEATH FAMILY. 

 352. ARBUTUS, Linn. 



(1368.) A. Menziesii, Pursh. Madrona. 



A tall and beautiful tree with evergreen leaves and by exfoliation a 

 reddish bark. Coasts of Vancouver Island and British Columbia. 

 Puget's Sound and North-west Coast. (Menzies.} Coasts around 

 Victoria. (Dawson.) Departure Bay, Vancouver Island. (Meehan.) 

 Skagit Eiver, B.C. (Dawson.} Vicinity of Victoria. (J. Richardson.} 



353. ARCTOSTAPHYLOS, Adns. (BEARBERRY.) 



(1369.) A. alpina, Spreng. Alpine Bearberry. 

 Arbutus alpina, Linn. Hook. Fl, II., 37. 



Newfoundland. (Cormack.) Labrador. (McGrill Coll. Herb.} South- 

 west Point, and mouth of Jupiter River, Anticosti ; Summit of Mount 

 Albert, 4,000 feet altitude, G-aspe", Q. ; Bow River Pass and Kicking 

 Horse Pass, Rocky Mountains. (Macoun.} Throughout the wooded 

 country Lat. 54-64. (Richardson.) Alpine swamps of the Rocky 

 Mountains. (Drummond.') Ounalashka, Norton Sound to Point Barrow; 

 also on the Arctic Coast. (Rothr. Alask.) Northumberland Strait. 

 (Capt. Markham.) Greenland. (Hook. Arct. PI.} Back's Great Fish 

 River. (Capt. Sack.) West of Mackenzie River. (Pease.) Both 

 Hooker and Gray state that the berries of this species are black, on the 

 contrary, those on specimens obtained on Anticosti and the Rocky 

 Mountains are bright red. 



