CATALOGUE OP CANADIAN PLANTS. 561 



(1356.) V. uliginosum, Linn. Common on the coast of Labra- 

 dor, at Nain, Nachvak and Ford's Harbor ; also on the islands and 

 mainland. Hudson Strait. (H. Bell.} Amongst rocks, Watscheeshoo, 

 north shore of Gulf of St. Lawrence. (St. Cyr.} 







(1358.) V. csespitosum, Michx. St. Francis Eiver and Upper 

 St. John, N.B. (Hay.} Quite common on lower levels, from Mor ley- 

 through the Eockies to the summit of the Selkirks. (Macoun.} 



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(1359.) V. Myrtillus, Linn., var. microphvllum, Hook. 

 Abundant in mountain woods, from Silver City in the Rocky Moun- 

 tains to the summit of the Selkirks. (Macoun.} Eipe berries like 

 red currants in color. 



(1360.) V. myrtilloides, Gray. Var. rigid um, Hook. Very 

 abundant in mountain woods, from Silver City in the Eocky Moun- 

 tains westward to the Selkirk summit, at which point the beds of snow- 

 slides are covered with this and the next species. It bears an abun- 

 dance of large flat-topped, dark-colored, pleasant-tasted berrries, while 

 V. ocalifolium, growing by its side, has rather oval, bluish berries, 

 often covered with a bloom and very acid. 



(1361.) V. ovalifolium, Smith. Onbedsof snow-slides at Kicking 

 Horse Lake, Eocky Mountains ; and extremely abundant in the same 

 situations at the Selkirk summit, B.C. (Macoun.} 



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(1363.) V. ovatum, Pursh. North Point of Texada Island, Gulf 

 of G-eorgia, B.C. (Dawson.} 



361. CHIOCENES. 



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(1367.) C. hispidula, Torr. & Gray. In swamps at Donald, 

 Columbia valley, and westward to the Selkirk summit, B.C. (Macoun.} 



353. ARCTOSTAPHYLOS. 



(1369.) A. alpina, Spreng. Ford's Harbor, coast of Labrador ; 

 also Cape Chudleigh, Cape Prince of Wales and the Eskimo Village of 

 Hyla, Hudson Strait. (R. Bell.} Grand Me"catina Island, Straits of 

 Belle Isle. (St. Cyr.} 



