Notes on the Flora of Cap-a-V Aigle. 281 



Additional Notes on the Flora of Cap-a-l' Aigle. 



By Rev. Robert Campbell, M.A., D.D., 



In the Kecord of Science, Vol. IV., jSTo. 1, pp. 54-68, 

 and Vol. V., No. 1, pp. 38-40, appeared lists of plants col- 

 lected at Cap-a-l' Aigle, County of Charlevoix, up to that 

 date. The work of noting the plants of that region has 

 gone on from year to year, during the latter part of July 

 and the first three weeks of August. The Laureutian 

 Mountains form not only the background of the landscape 

 but also the backbone of the Flora, if I may be allowed a 

 free metaphor. If the rocks that face those mountains 

 are the oldest on the earth's crust, as is generally held, 

 then the plant-life developed on them may be regarded 

 as also the oldest that exists in the world, since the geolo- 

 gical evidence indicates that the north-eastern portion of 

 the continent was the earliest to emerge from the primeval 

 waters. On this ground a special interest attaches to the 

 flora of the Saguenay basin and the heights of Labrador 

 beyond. It will be observed that the district is specially 

 fruitful in sedges, rushes, grasses and other endogenous 

 plants. The following catalogue embraces all the addi- 

 tional species that I have noted up to date : 



OSMUNDACE^ Pt. Br. 



OsMUNDA REGALis L. — Royctl Fern. — Loutre Marsh. 

 July. 



rOLYPODIACE^ E. Br. 



WooDSiA Ilvensis (L.) E. Br. — Piusty Woodsia. — Cap- 

 a-l'Aigle rocks. August. 



Cystopteris bulbifera (L.) Bernh. — BulUet Cys.to])teris. 

 — Banks of St. Lawrence. August. 



Cystopteris fragilis (L.) Bernh. — Brittle Fern. — In 

 many places. July. 



