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Var. pjiLLiDUM, Gray, is a low shrub found growing in crevices of 

 rocks along the Gatineau river and at Aylmer. The whole 

 plant glaucous, leaves smooth and serrulate. 

 1358. V. c^SPiTOSUM Mx. (Dwarf Billberry.) 

 Mossy rocks. Kirk's Feny. June. — 1. 



A dwarf shrub 2 or 3 inches in height with thin leaves and blue 

 berries. 

 OXYCOCCUS, Pars. Cranberry. 



1365. 0. VULGARIS, Pursh. (Small Cranberry). 



Vaccmiuni Oxycoccus, L. Peat-bogs. Common. June — 2. 

 Easily distinguished from the next by its small revolute leaves and 

 terminal fascicle of flowers. 



136G. O. MACROCARPUS. Pursh. (Large American Cranberry). 

 Vaccinium macrocarpon, Ait. 



Peat bogs, common. June — 1. Larger than the last in all iJSs parts. 

 Flowers lateral. 

 OHIOGENES, Salisb. Creeping Snowberry. 

 1367. C. HisiPiDULA, T. & G. (Capillaire). 



Creeping over decayed logs or hummocks in cedar swamps. May 

 — 2. (B). A beautiful little creeper with large, white, waiy 

 aromatic berries. 

 ARCTOSTAPHYLOS, 



1370. A. UvA-URSi, Spreng. (Bearberry. Kinnikinnick). 

 Rocky or sandy soil. May 2. 

 OAULTHERIA, L. Aromatic Wintergreen. 

 1374, G., PROCUMBENS. (Tea-berry). 



Sandy fields and woods, July — 4. A lovely little plant with beau- 

 tiful white pendent flowers, beneath a rosette of shining leaves. 

 The bright cherry-red berries (formed of the calyx), remain on 

 the stems all the winter. 

 CASSANDRA, Don. Leather leaf. 



1376.C . CALYCULATA, Don. 



Peat-bogs. Common. May — 1 . 



The beautiful but rather inconspicuous white flowers are produced 



in great profusion beneath the many slender branches, from buds 



formed the previous summer. 

 EPIG^A. Mayflower. 



1382. E. REPENS, L. (Trailing Arbutus. Mayflower.) 



Rocky islands and banks, sandy borders of swamps. Gilmour's 

 Grove, Chelsea. Aylmer. May — 1. 



A most lovely flower with exquisite scent. This is the true May- 

 flower ; altogether that name is applied to a great many other 

 spring flowers in different localities. 

 ANDROMEDA, L. 



1383. A. POLIFOLIA, L. 



Peat-bogs, Mer Bleue. Hull. Chelsea. May — 3. 



Leaves thick and white beneath with strongly revolute margins. 



