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1878 



SECRETARY FOR AGRICULTURE. 



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laces. 



iglng from 

 )ne to two 

 ring. The 

 ogs. May. 



plant 6—9 ^j 

 the stem. J 



>m a small 

 h are finely 

 lated apex. 



8 bog plant 

 •shaped leaf 

 May. Have 

 , 1877. 

 nches high, 

 the middle. 



solid bulbs, 

 yers. June. 



, like a mass 

 s instead of 

 line. Scarce. 

 10—30 flow- 



eautifnl and 

 rare. 



ding— 2 feet 

 ire June, 

 anty. Rare, 

 under ever- 



sre. 



bluish-black \ 

 n intervales. 



)ch Lomond. 



carce. 



ntly burned 

 its flowering 

 868 ; May 29, 



36. 



lies. Rather 

 Restlgouche 

 ler common> 

 June. 



581. S. birolla, Ker. Moist Vroods. Very common. Single leaves withoot flbvrers or flrait 



are abundant in the edge o' woods. 

 583. LiML'M OanadoDse, L. Wild Yellow Lily. Intervales and moist meadows. Oommon. 



583. EuYTHRONiuM Amerlcanum, RmUh. Ydhno Adder' a-tongue. Low oopses. Abundant 



about l\"^(leriotou. Have not iiuticei it in uoilbern counties except one plant in Kent. 



584. Allium Schconoprasum, L. Chivc» Tlio plants grow separately, not In clusters as la 



gardens, and are much larger th.i. khe cuitivaterl foroi. In sand oa shores sabject to 

 inundatiou. Rothsav. NeplslquU. 



585. Hkmiskocallis fulva, L. Common Day-LUy. Escaped from gardens in a few places. 



JUNCACE^E— Rush Family. 



580. LuzuLA pilosa, WiHd. Woods and old fields. Common. May. 



587. L. campestrls, DC. Wood-Rush. Dry fields. Oommon. May. 



588. JuNCus effusus, L. Common ov So ft Eush. Abundant in marshy ground. 



var. conglomeratus, Gray. Common In san-e places. 



589. J. -filiformis, L. Damp places. Scarce. 



590. J. Balticus. Dethard. Saudy shores. C.iraraon near the coast. 



591. J, Styglus, L. Peat Bogs. KSchlbucto. Point Escumlnac. 



592. J. bufouius, L. Very common In damp grounds along roads. 



593. J. Gerardl, Loisel. Black Grass. Coiuinon'uu salt marshes round the coast. 



594. J. tenuis, Wllld. Low grounds and roadsides. Common. 



595. J. Gree.nll, Oakes & Tuckerra. Wet, sandy places. Kent County. 

 590. J. uodosus, L. Ditches and swampy places. Keatlgouche. 



597. J. Canadensis, J. Gay, var. longlcaudatus, Engelm. Comxon. 

 Var. coarctatus, Engelra. Wet barrens. R ithor Common. 



PONTEDERrACE.E-Pickerel-weed Family. 



598. PoNTKDKUiA cordata, L. Pickerel-weed. Avery conspicuous plant growing In shallow 



waier. Leaves arrow-heart-shaped, and flowers blue, in a somewhat lengthy spik3. 

 Keunebeccasls. Have not noticed It elsewhere. 



ERIOCAULONACE-TS-Plpewort Family. 



599. Ekiocal'LON septangulare, With. In shallow water around the borders of lakes. 



CYPERACE.E— Sedge Family. 



G"0. CvrEKUs phymatodes, Muhl. Sandy bank of the Kennebeccasls at Norton. Rare. 



601. DuLiciiiu-M spathaceum, Pers. Duhchium. Very wet places and borders of ponds* 



Common. 



602. Eleochakis obtusa, Schultes. Muddy places. Very common. 



603. E. palustrls, R. Br. Common; both the larger £|»rm which grows In water, and tte 



smaller form which grows in wet, grassy places. 



C04. E. tenuis Schultes. Wet meadows and bogs. Kouchibouguac. 



605. E. aclcularis, R. Br. Muddy shores and ditches. Common. ' 



606. E. pygmsea, Torr. Brackish marshes and shores. Kent. 



607. Scinrus ciuspltosus, L. Peat Bogs. Common. 



608. S. pungens, Vahl. Common on salt or brackish shores. 



609. S. validus, Vahl. Great Bulrush. In still, fresh water. Common. 



610. S. maritlmus, L. Sea Club-Bush. Salt marshes. Common. 



611. S. mlcrocarpus, Presl. Wet, low places. Common. 



612. S. Eriophorum, Michx. Wool-Grass. Swampy* wet grounds. Oommon. 



613. S. atrovlrens, Muhl. Wet meadows and boss. Norton. 



6U. Eriophorum alpinum, L. Cotton-Grass. Cold bogs. Grand Falls of Nepisl^uit. Neat 



St. John. Rare. 



615. E. vaglnatum, L. Rather common In bogs. 



61(!. E. russcolum, Fries. The wool copper-colored. In a bog near Richibucto. June. 



617. E. Vlrglnicum, L. In bogs. Common, Wool rusty or copper color. July— Aug. 



618. E. polystachyon, L. In boggy or wet grounds. Common. 



619. E. gracile, Koch. Cold bogs. Rather common. 



620. RiiYNCiiosPoitA alba, Vahl. Bea'c Rush. Peat bogs. Near Richibucto. 



■621. Blysmus rufus, L. Eel River, Rustigouche. In marshy ground. As this plant is aofi 



described by American botanists, it would seem to be new to this country. 



<»22. Carex gynncrates, Wormskiold. Sent bV( Mr. Chalmers from Restlgouche. , 



623. C. pauclflara, Lightfoot. Bog near St. John. 



<)24. C. polytricholdes, Muhl. Low grounds. Rather common. 



625. C teretluscula, Good. Swamps. Rather common. 



626. C. vulpinoldea, Michx. Low meadows. Common. '« 



627. C. sttpata, Muhl. Low grounds. Clommon. 



628. C tenella, Schk. Damp shady grounds. Common. 

 ■629. C. trlsperma, Dew. Swamps and woods; common. 



