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BOTANICAL GAZETTE, 3 
Swz., Thelypteris. Swz., spinulosum, Swz. vars. intermedium, Eaton 
and dilatatum, Hook., marginale, Swz., and acrostichoides, Swz., 
Onoclea sensibilis, L., and Struthiopteris, Hoff., Dicksonia punc- 
tilobula, Kunze, Osmunda Claytoniana, L., cinnamomea, L., an 
regalis, Iu. and Botrychium Virginicum, Swz. Carex vulgaris, 
Fries, wonderfal in the innumerable variety of forms it assumed, 
was the commonest of the sedge family, with QC. pallescens, L., a 
“good second.” Cerastium arvense, L., whitened the meadows 
with flowers often half an inch in diameter, aud a, probably in- 
troduced, form of Ranunculus repens, L., was a pestilent weed. 
‘Seemingly more at home in dry than wet ground, this Buttereup 
occurred both at Truro and in most parts of the province, not 
only in fields and along the streets, but ia swamps and woods far 
removed from any signs of habitation It differed markedly 
from our Oatario plant in being much less coarse in appearance, 
with flowers larger and often partially double. It was also less 
hairy and threw out runners less freely, while the divisions of the 
leaf, which were less acute, had whitish markings at the sinuses. 
One of the best botanical localities in the neighborhood of 
‘Truro was a little stream, called Leper’s Brook. At its upper 
end, shut in between frowning cliffs, was a picturesque cascade, 
from which the waters descended by a series of rapids, through a 
deep wooded ravine, for nearly a mile, until they emerged in the 
open on which is located the town. On the low ground at its 
embouchure were found Ranunculus abortivus, L. var. micran- 
thus, Gr. Nardosmia palmata, Hook., while the delicate 
flowers of Primula Mistassinica, Mx. studded the springy hill- 
side, which was covered with Bartramia ithyphylla, Brid. in mag- 
nificent fruit. Along its banks grew Stel/aria borealis, Bigel., 
and, close to the edge, in crevices of the rocks, Carex torta, Boott 
seemed at home, jostling superb specimens of Streptopus amplexi- 
folius, DC., whilst a little farther up from the water S. roseus, 
Mx. showed its purple blossoms with Viola blanda, Willd. nest- 
ling about its roots. On the wooded slopes the drooping racemes 
of Acer Pennsylvanicum, L., hung gracefully above masses of 
Lonicera ciliata, Mubl. and caerulea, L., which in turn concealed 
Thalictrum dioicum, L., Ribes lacustre, Poir., and prostratum, 
L ’Her., Epigea repens, L., (past flowering), Danthonia spicata, 
Beauv., and Equisetum seirpoides, Mx. The sides of the ravine 
and the cliffs about the falls formed a perfect paradise for mosses, 
liverworts and lichens, in which the Professor fairly revelled. 
Covering the ground, rocks and trees, they were embarrassing in 
‘their multiplicity, this locality alone yielding nearly two hundred 
