444 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



556. FACUS, Linn. (BEECH.) 



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



F. sylwtica, Walter. Pursh, Fl. I., 624. 

 F. sylvestris, Michx. Fl. II., 194. 



A common forest tree in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and through- 

 out Quebec and Ontario. It reaches its maximum size along Lake 

 Huron, its limit being coincident wth 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 River. 



XCVIII. SALICINE/E. WILLOW FAMILY. 

 557. SALIX, Linn. (WILLOW.) 



(2004.) S. adenophylla, Hook. Fl. II., 146. 



Labrador. (Morrison.) Shores of the Great Lakes and Labrador. 

 (Bebb.} Sand beaches of Cockburn Island, Lake Huron. (<7. Sell.') 



(2005.) S. alba, L. Yar. ceerulea, Smith. 



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

 . neighborhood of cities and towns. Vicinity 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. (Fowler'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. -.A mer. 8. 

 nigra, var. amygdaloides, Anders. DC. Prod. XVI 2 , 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. 

 S. callicarpsea, 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 



