190 Report of the Brozvn-Harvard Expedition. 



*Salix Labradorica, Reydb. (S. Brownii ; see Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gar- 

 den, vol. I, No. 4, p. 274.— W.W. R.). (208) Southern Lab. 



tSaUx phylieifolia, L. (W. W. R.). (336) Pottle's Cove. Pre- 

 viously: P: Nain and Ford's Harbor (Bell). 



*Salix uva-ursi, Pursh. (W. W. B., fide Fernald). (182) Southern 

 Lab.; (230) Seal Island. E. B. D.: Great Caribou Island, Ford 

 Harbor. Previously: P: Coast (Kohlmeister) ; Dead Islands 

 (Allen). 



tSalix vestita, Pursh. (W. W. R.). (140) Aillik Bay; (347) Pomi- 

 adluk. Previously: BM: Nachvak-Nain. P: Coast (Kohlmeister). 



Empetraeeae : 



Empetrum nigrum, L. (Crowberry, Curlew-berry). (215) Southern 

 Lab. E. B. D. : The most abundant phenogamous plant of Labra- 

 dor ; found in large quantities at all places visited. Its very numer- 

 ous berries are not attractive when raw : the skin is tough, and the 

 contents are only a mass of large dry seeds and a watery almost 

 tasteless juice. But when cooked and sweetened the toughness of 

 skin and seeds disappears, and it develops a delicious flavor. Ih spite 

 of its exceeding abundance, the only previous references in au- 

 thorities consulted are : Low : abundant throughout the semi-barren 

 and barren regions of the peninsula, growing freely on the coast and 

 inland. BM : Nachvak-Nain. P: Hopedale (Weiz). M: Cape 

 Chidley (Bell). 



Coniferse : 



♦Abies balsamea, Miller ? (Balsam Fir). E. B. D. : Pottle's Cove ; 

 this has been recorded previously only from the interior (Low ; but 

 see also Bell, Geol. Surv. Can., 1884, p. 13 DD) ; and as I brought no 

 specimen of it, I cannot now feel absolutely sure of the identification. 



tJuniperus communis, L.. var. alpina. Gaud. (Jimiper, Dwarf 

 Cedar). E. B. D. : Pottle's Cove, Rodney Mundy Island. Pre- 

 viously : P : Coast of Lab. (Hooker). M : Labrador (Lawson & 

 How). 



Larix Americana, Michx. (Larch, Tamarack, etc). E. B. D. : 

 Great Caribou Island, Pomiadluk, Aillik-Mokkovik, Hopedale. Pre- 

 viously : BM: Nachvak-Nain P: (Hooker). Low : probably the 

 hardiest tree of the sub-arctic forest belt : it grows everywhere 

 throughout the Labrador Peninsula, and is probably next in abun- 

 dance to the black spruce. F : Red Bay ; grows considerably north 

 of Nain ; an abundant tree. 



tPicea alba. Link. (White Spruce). E. B. D. : Great Caribou 

 Island, Rodney Mundy Island, Pomiadluk. Previously : P : 

 (Hooker). F: Tub Harbor. Low: found everywhere throughout 

 the wooded area of the peninsula, but is not everywhere common ; . . . 

 its distribution appears to depend altogether on the soil. 



