m» 



fern in richr 



everywhero. 

 inches high, 

 Jiock, llesti- i 



1878 



SECRETARY FOR AGRICULTURE. 



i» 



ifts of rocks. 

 ihaily woods. 1 776 



rather moist 

 4 to 8 inches 



773. 



776. 

 776. 



777. 

 878. 



7cSl 



:s'2. 



I tol()in-;hes |779. 

 iimion. July. ^ 

 August. A 5 7H0. 



woods. A 



esisantly aro- 

 ,t the railway 



1 the winter, 

 of our must 



inches broad. 



ireen fern, in 

 margin. 

 s hitjh, prow- 

 sed a single 



. high, with a 

 Resligouche. 

 ly producing 

 igouche. St. 



ooks. Com- 



ving in large 



wet places, 



losed rocks. 



ig on rocks. 



^ fern, 2 to 3 

 es and open 



igh. growing 

 )n the top of 



bearing its 

 ds and wet 



ps, growing 

 e ones and 

 >red, and de- 

 h. May. 

 inches high, „ 



1S13. 



ring in rich i^^'^* 

 i a reduced l'^16, 

 IN 1 6. 



7s;i. 



781. 

 ^7So. 

 I 780. 

 I 787. 



7f58. 

 ■ 789. 



790. 



71)1. 



792. 

 ; 79;j. 

 '794. 



7!).3. 



79(j. 



B. lunarioides, Swartz. A low inoonspicuoas fern, growing in grassy places and 

 pastures, 3 to 6 inches high. Rather common. 



LYCOPODIACE^— Club-Moss Family. 



LTCOPoniuM lucidulura, Miohx. In damp cold woods. Common. 



L. Selago, L. Growing among the grass on the rocky heigius of Carleton, So. John. 

 Rare. 



L. inundatum, L. A dw.irf little plant, growing in wet saudy places. Rather com- 

 mon in Kent. 



L. annotinum, li. Creeping along (1-4 feet) over roots and among leaves in dry 

 woods. Common. • 



L. dendroideum, Michx. Ground Pine Resembles a small tree, to 9 inches high, 

 in rather dry woods. Common 



L. elavatum. L. Common Gliib Moss. An extensively creeping plant in dry woods. 

 Common, tluly. 



L. complanatum, L. Remarkable for its creeping stems and spieading fan-like 

 branches. Common. 



CIIARACE.E-Chara Family. > 



Ch.\ra fragilis. A peculiar branching little plant, growing on the bottom of ponds 

 and lake-!, its stems and branches encased in a brittle crust, omitting a strong and 

 very disagreeable odor when taken from tiie water. liakes, St. .lohn County, 



NlTEi.LA. flexilia, Agardh. A very delicate, much-branching plant growing in still or 

 slightly moving water. Branches in whorls. Bass liiver. 



"1 .■>■ V 



MUSCI— Mosses. 



SniAONUM acutifolium, Ehrhart 



S. 



s. 



S. 



s. 

 s. 

 s. 

 s. 

 s. 

 s. 

 s. 

 s. 



rigidum, Schimp. 

 rubellum, Wilson. 



Bass River, Kent 



Several forms or varieties are found in peat bogs 

 and swamps. Common. 



cuspidatum, Ehrh. Several varieties occur in peat bogs and swamps. 



cymbifolium, Dill, Peat bogs. 



firabriatum, Wilson. Bogs and swamps. Hampton. Kent County. 



Girgenshonii, Angstr. Peat bog. Kingston. Kent County. 



molluscum, Bruch. Peat bog. Kingston, Kent County. 



papillosum, Lindb. Lily Lake, St. John. 



Peat bog. Kingston, Kent. 

 Peat bogs. Kingston, Kent. 



squarrosum, Pers. Swamps. Common. 



snbsecundum, Nees. S. contortum, Schultz. Kingston, Kent. 



Wulfianum, Girgens. Kent County. 

 Trematodon ambiguus, James. Kent County. 

 BioRANUM cervicult^tum. Iledw. On rotten wood, St. John. 

 D. fuecescens, Turner. D. congestum, Brid. On old logp. 



County. 

 D. flagellare, Hedw. On decaying logs. St. John. 

 D. gracilescens, Web. & Mohr. Bass River. 

 D. heteromallum, Hedw. Moist ground. Common. 

 D. montanum, Hedw. On trunks of trees. Bass River. 

 D. polycarpum, Ehrh. The writer collected it at Pictou in 1874. 

 D. rufescens, Turner. On wet eliiy. B>iss River. Fredericton. 

 D. Schraderi, Web. & Mohr. Wet woods, Bass River, 

 D. scoparium, L. Different forms or varieties occur. Common. 

 D. subulatum, Hedw. Kouchibouguac, 



D. undulatum, Turner. Dry woods, on the ground. Bass River. 

 D. %'arium, Hedw. On clay. Truro, N. S. 



D. virens. Hedw., var. Wahleivbergii, Bryol. Eur. On fallen trees. Bass River. 

 CeratoDON purpureus, Brid. Abundant everywhere. 

 FissinENS osmundioides, Hedw. Rough waters, near Bathurst. • 

 F. adiantoides, Hedw. On rocks. St, John. 



Trichostomum tortilw, Schrad, Growing on clay. Nepisiquit Falls. Kent. 

 T. lineare, Swavlz. T. vaginans, SuHiv. On roadsides, Kent. 

 Barhula unguiculata, Hedw. (_)n clay. Bass River. 

 B. ccespitosa, Schvricgr. Woods, about the roots of trees. Kent. St. John. 



