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351. CHIOCENES, Salisb. (CREEPING SNOWBERRY.) 



(1367.) C. hispidula, Ton-. & Gray. 



Vcxcinium hispididum, Michx. Fl. I., 228. 

 Oavltheria serpyllifolia, Pursh. Fl. I., 283. 

 O. hispidula, MuU. Hook. Fl. II., 36. 



Abundant in damp, mossy woods creeping over logs, flowering very 

 early. Labrador, N"ewfoundland, Anticosti, ISTova Scotia and !N"ew Bruns- 

 wick, thence westward to the west side of the Eocky Mountains at 

 the sources of the Columbia. (Brummond.) 



LVI. BEICACEiE. Heath Family. 



352. ARBUTUS, Linn. 



(1368.) A. Menziesii, Pursh. Madrofia. 



A tall and beautiful tree with evergreen leaves and by exfoliation a 

 reddish bark. Coasts of Vancouver Island and British Columbia. 

 Puget's Sound and North-west Coast. (Menzies.) Coasts around 

 Yictoria. (JDawson.) Departure Bay, Vancouver Island. (Meehan.) 

 Skagit Eiver, B.C. (Dawson.) Vicinity of Victoria. (J. Bichardson.') 



353. ARCTOSTAPHYLOS, Adns. (BEARBERRY.) 



(1369.) A. alpina, Spreng. Alpine Bearberry. 



Arbutus alpina, Linn. Hook. Fl, II., 37. 



Newfoundland. (jOormack.) Labrador. (McGill Coll. Serb.) South- 

 west Point, and mouth of Jupiter Eiver, Anticosti ; Summit of Jlount 

 Albert, 4,000 feet altitude, Gasp^, Q. ; Bow Eiver Pass and Kicking 

 Horse Pass, Eocky Mountains. (Macoun.) Throughout the wooded 

 country Lat. 54°-64°. (Richardson.) Alpine swamps of the Eocky 

 Mountains. (Drummond.) Ounalashka, Norton Sound to Point Barrow; 

 also on the Arctic Coast. (Rothr. Alask.) Northumberland Strait. 

 (Capt. Marhham.) Greenland. (Hooh. Arct. PL) Back's Great Fish 

 Eiver. (Capt. Bach) "West of Mackenzie Eiver. (Pease.) Both 

 Hooker and Gi'ay state that the berries of this species are' black, on the 

 contrary, those on specimens obtained on Anticosti and the Eocky 

 Mountains are bright red. 



