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LXXXVIII. THYMELJSACE^E. MEZEREUM FAMILY. 

 526. DAPHNE, Linn. (MEZEREUM.) 



(1921.) D. MEZEREUM, Linn. 



Established on Montreal Mountain, where it has existed for many 

 years. There are two old bushes, one with white, the other with the 

 ordinary lilac flower. A few fine healthy shrubs, which produce both 

 flowers and fruit, have been discovered within the last two years 

 in McKay's woods, near Ottawa, by Mrs. Chamberlin and James 

 Fletcher. They are far from any home, in the thick woods and tfcere 

 is no record of the Daphne having been cultivated by any person in 

 the neighborhood. 



527. DIRCA, Linn. (LEATHER-WOOD. MOOSE-WOOD.) 



(1922.) D. palustris, Linn. 



Common, in rich and rocky woods in many parts of Ontario and Quebec. 

 Keswick Eidge, KB. (. H. Burnett.) Hillsborough, KB. (Brittain.) 

 Montreal Mountain, 1821. (Holmes.) Ste. Anne, Champlain Co., and 

 in woods at Nicolet, Q. (St. Cyr.) Abundant in woods on all soils, 

 Ottawa Co., Q. (D' Urban.) Vicinity of Montreal, also at St. Valen- 

 tin, Q., and at Niagara, Ont. (Maclagan.) Very abundant in all low 

 woods around Ottawa. (Fletcher Fl. Ott.) Woods and thickets, very 

 common at Prescott, Ont. (Billings.) Rich woods throughout 

 Northumberland Co., very rare in Hastings Co., but abundant at Owen 

 Sound and Queenston. (Macoun.) Sulphur Spring, Ancaster, and 

 other localities near Hamilton. (Logie.) Carlisle, western Ontario. 

 (Buchan.) 



LXXXIX. EL^EAGKiCE^. OLEASTER FAMILY. 

 528. EL/EACNUS, Linn. (SILVER BERRY.) 



(1923.) E. argentea, Pursh. 



Abundant on the Isle of Orleans, especially on a low rocky and 

 sandy point, between Grande Anse and Anse a Maranda. (St. Cyr.) 

 Very abundant west of Manitoba throughout the whole prairie 



