1878 



1878 



SECRETARY FOR AGRICULTURE. 



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AKACE.E— Aram Family. 



515. Abis.kma tripbyllum, Torr. Indian Turnip. Rich woods and banks of streams. Commou. 



June. 



516. Cai.la palustrls, L. Water Arum. A low. perennial he»b, growing in cold bogs, with a 



long, creeping roolstocli:, bearing heart-shaped, long-petloled leavea and solitary 

 pcapes. Scarce. 

 617. AcoKUS Calamus, L. iymctt tlay. Calamus. The long, creeping roo atooks are pungent 

 and aromatic, and einplo;<::d in uiedioine. 



TYPIIACE^E -Cat-tall Family. 



518. 

 519. 



520. 



abundantly 



which th« 



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its in some 

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Id in mana- 

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 etc. 

 ) localities. 

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pastupef, 



Typha latifollii, L. Cat tail t lag. Bcpdmaci. 

 Si'AitGANiUM eurycarpurn, Engeim. Bur-reec. 



Cominon In wet muddy places. 

 A specimen in the University Ilorbariam 



521. 

 623. 



523. 



Viiis collected at '' Siigar Island 

 S. s mplix, Hudson. In wet places and ditches, 

 var. Kuttallll, Eugelm. Rather scarce. In water, 

 var. augustlfollum, Engelra. Tlie leaves floating on the water. 



NAIADACE^E- Fond weed Family. 



Z.VNNICJ LLiA palustrls, L. Ihrwd rondwecd. Growing underwater in streams rendered . 



bracii.sb by the tides. Rather ran^ 

 ZosTKKA mariua, L. Grass-wrack. Bel-f/rass. A grass-like plant growing under water 



iu shallow bays along the coast. 

 RurriA maritima, L. A marine plant growing under water in estuaries and bays along 

 the coast. July — Aug. 

 624. PoTAMoGKTCN uaiaus, L. Pondicced. In slow flowing water, Salmon River, Kent Co. 

 525. p. Claytonii, Tuckermau. Siill water or slow streams. Rather common. 



626. V. Spirilius, Tuckermau. la the Kennebeccasis at Norton. '^* 



627. P. gramineus, L. In flowing water at Coal Branch, Richibucto. 



628. P. pisalongus, Wulfen. Pouds and slow streauis, liass River. , .; ■. 

 529. P. perfoliatus, L. Ponds and slow streams. Probably common. 



I 630. P. compressus, L. Still and slow-flowUig water. St. John Co, 

 &Z\. P. pauciflorus, Pursh. Still or stagnant water. Restigoucho. 



532. P. pectinatus, L. I^ennebecasis. Specimen received from Mr. Matthew. 



ALISMACExE— Waler-Plantain Family. 



533. TniaLOCiiiN palustre, L. Arrow-gra^s. In fresh and brackish marshes. Rather rare. 



Easily known by its linear club-shaped fruit. 



534. T. maritlmum, L. Common in salt marshes along the'coast. 



535. SciiKUCHZEiUA palustris, L. A peculiar little herb with jointed creeping rootetocks 



which gradually pass into a zigzag stem nearly surrounded by the bases oftlMSMuss- 

 like leaves. It bears a loose raceme of a few flowers with sheathing tracts. Son peat 

 bogs and apparently rare. Richibucto. Fredericton. 

 53G. Alisma Plantago, L., var. Americanum, Gray. Water-Plantain. In shalloi^ water. 

 Common. 



637. Sagittaria variabilis, Engelm. Arrow-head. Several forms or varieties of this extremely 



variable plant occur presenting leaves of widely dlflferent aspect. Common in water or 

 soft mud. 



638. S. calyclna, Engelra., var. spongiosa, Engelaa. Growing near the head of the tide In 



the Richibucto River. Rothsay. . 



I £39. S. graminea, Michx. Water. Rothsay. In a small lake near Richlbacto. 



ORCHIDACEyE— Orchis Family. 

 1640. Habenakia trldentata, Hook. Wet commons and woods. Very common. July. 



641. H. hyperborea, R. Br. In wet cold bogs and woods. Rather rare. 



642. H. dilatata. Gray. Bogs and ditches at the roadside through swamps. Common. 

 1543. H. obtusata, Richardson. Known by its single obovate or spatulate-oblong leaf and 



greenish white flowers. In cold damp woods. Rare. Ooal Branch, Richibucto. June. 

 J644. H. Ilookerl, Torr. Kent Co. Not rare. 



1645. H. orbiculata, Torr. In rich shady woods. Rather rare. Kent Co. 

 1 546. H. blepbariglottls. Hook. Peat-bogs. Kouchibouguac. A specimen in the Unlyersity 



Herbarium collected at Fredericton. 

 [647. H. psycodes, Gray. A very pretty fragrant plant with purple fringed flowers crowded In 



a spike 4 to 10 inches ioug and common in wet meadows and bogs. July— Anif. 

 |648. H. fimbriata. R. Br. Purple Fringed- Orchis. Flowers large and fringed with • lip } to 



1 inch broad crowded in a spike. A very beautiftil plant in wet meadows. June. 



Bare. 

 Ud. GooDYERA repens, B. Br. A small slender plant 6-7 Inchbi high with ovate leaves bear- 

 ing irregular patches of white. The floweni are few and form a loose one-sided spike. 



Woods under shade of evergreens. Aug. Bare. 



