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allied species, generally barren. I however detected a sin- 

 gle specimen with fruit, by which I was enabled to deter- 

 mine it accurately as having a habitat: and in the dense 

 woods, on decaying trees, I found abundance of Sticta cro- 

 cata among the more common species. The precipitous 

 faces of the beetling cliffs, lining the shores of Eastport, 

 were shaggy with Gyrophora vellea, and rendered in spots 

 black, with a closely adherent foliaceous Lecanora, and 

 with species of a Grimmia, but destitute of capsules. 

 Many of the rocks, just rising above high water mark, 

 were brilliant with Lecanora candelaria; and in the wet 

 crevices of those higher up and under the shade of trees, 

 another species of Grimmi«, (G. inar'itima.^ was just pro- 

 truding its fruit. Beneath the close growth of the spruce, 

 may be seen that beautiful feather moss, {llypaum crista 

 castiensis ;^ while llypiumi molluscum, H. Schreberi, 

 splendens, proliferum, &c.., were abundant. Very large 

 specimens of Polytrichum commune, with a Uicranum, 

 formed dense cushions on the wooded promontories; while 

 that universal and ubiquitous pigmy, with its sensitive 

 peduncle, {Fun aria hygrontc^rica,) was to be seen every 

 where around. Beside the fuci and kelp from the deeper 

 waters, the tide throws up some more delicate forms of sea 

 weeds — such as Enteromorpha intestinalis, on which para- 

 sitically grows E. clathrata; while C/'lva lactuca, Porphyria 

 laciiiiata and Gigantina plicata may also be found. 



The indications of a cooler region and of a more back- 

 ward flora may be perceived in the lingering blossoms of 

 the strawberry, the dwarf cornel, and that gem of flowers 

 the Li nnoe^a boreal is, with occasionally the irony bell of the 

 checkerberry. The earth, especially in the deep woods on 

 the main land, for instance at Dennysville, Avas rendered 

 resplendent with the scarlet berries of the little cornel, just 

 alluded to, {Cortws canadensis ;) while over decaying logs 

 Gualther/a hispidula, the Linnaea, and the Wolf's claw, 

 {Lycopodiiim,) were trailing their diversified stems. The 

 beauty of the Faccinium vitis idsea is best seen on rugged, 

 rocky slopes, and to a stranger, its crimson acid berries, 

 contrasting with its dark, oval leaves, are peculiarly at- 

 tractive. Tall stems of Trillium pictum, surmounted with 

 their dark red fruit, mingle with Gyronia and the blue 

 berried Dracae^na borealis ; and amid such repasts of wild 



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