Flora of Cacouna, P. Q. 449 



ground among alder tiokets, with Chiogenes, but it 

 does not fruit well in such situations. Fruit. 



The berries of this plant are very attractive, and 

 may be eaten, though their flavor is not sufficiently 

 fine to be attractive. 



Vaccinium oxrcoccus, L. (Small Cranberry.) 



Not very common. Found in sphagnous swamps on the 

 road towards Green Eiver. No flower or fruit. 



Chiogenes serpyllipolia, Salisb. (Snow-berry.) 



Yery common in low grounds, sparingly on rocky ridges 

 in dry woods. Not observed on the Island. Fruit. 



The berries of this plant are not very abundant, 

 and are generally more or less hidden by the 

 surrounding vegetation, so that they are some- 

 what difficult to find. They are a brilliant white, 

 however, and possess an aromatic flavor like winter- 

 green, on account of which properties they are highly 

 esteemed in Newfoundland, 1 where it is a common 

 practice to make a most delicate preserve of them. 

 The fact that an entire day is often required to pro- 

 cure one quart of berries makes the preserve a very 

 choice article. 



Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Spreug. (Bear-berry.) 



Dry rocky ridges near the shore. Only a few plants 

 found. Fruit. 



Cassandra calyculata, Don. (Leather-leaf.) 

 Yery common in low, wet ground. Fruit. 



Empetrum nigrum, L. (Black Crowberry.) 



A distinctly Arctic species which here flourishes in abun- 

 dance on Pilot Hill, on the dry, rocky crests of the 

 various ridges, about the shore near Cacouna Point 

 and all over Cacouna Island. It fruits very freely. 

 Fruit. 



1 " Garden and Forest," vol. i, p. 57. 



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