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SYNOPSIS OF THE FLORA OF THE VALLEY OF 

 THE ST. LAWRENCE AND GREAT LAKES, 



WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF THE RARER PLANTS. 



BY JOHN MACOUN, M.A., Botanist to the Geological Survey. 



AND 



JOHN GIBSON, B.A., F.G.S., F.B.S.B. 



Ph^nogamia. Flowering plants. 



I. DicoTYLEDONJE OR ExogeNjE. Dicotyleclons or Exogens. 



Sub-class I. Angiosperm^. Angiosperms. 



A. POLYPETALOUS ESOGENS. 



RANUNCULACE^. 

 Clematis, L. Yirgin's Bower. Traveller's Joy. 

 C. verticillaris, DC. Wliorl-leaved Clematis. 



Indigenous. Trailing over Lanrentian and limestone rocks from New Bruns- 

 wick (S. p. Mathews) to Thunder Bay (Macoun). Quebec (Brunet). Montreal, 

 and Beloeil Mountain (Maclagan). Hamilton, Ontario (Logie). Westward to 

 the Saskatchewan Paver (Bourgeau). Quesnelle, Cariboo (Macoun). Eocky 

 Mountains and N. W. Coast to lat. 54° (Torrey and Gray). N. to lat. 56" 

 (Macoun). 



C. Yirginiana, L. Virginian Clematis. 



Indigenous. River banks and low grounds along streams. New Brunswick 

 (Gr. F. Mathews). Nova Scotia (Prof. Lawson). Quebec and Ontario, com- 

 mon. Thunder Bay, Lake Superior (Macoun). Lake Winipeg (Drummond). 

 Columbia River (Douglas). Common. July to September. 



Anemone, L. Anemone. Windflower. 



A. parviflora, Miclix. Small-flowered Anemone. 



Indigenous. Wet rocks. Labrador (Brunet, Pursh, T. & G). Gaspe (Dr. 

 Bell). Anticosti (A. L. Verrill). North shore of Lake Superior (Agassiz). 

 Valleys of Athabasca and Peace River (Macoun). North to Arctic Sea, lat. 

 70°; Kotzebue Sound (Hooker). Rare. June, July. 



A. multiflda, DC. , Red Windflower. 



Indigenous. Rocks and gravelly banks. Gulf of St. Lawrence (Goldie). 

 Gasp6 (Dr. J. Bell). Pic River, Lake Superior (Macoun). Nipigon and Slave 



