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(ig*;!.) M. Californica, Cham. 



North-west coast. {Menzies.') Swamps of Paget Sound. {Douglas.) 

 Yery likely in the valley of the Fraser near the coast. 



(1972.) M. cerifera, Linn. Wax-Myrtle. 



if. Pmnsylvanica, Lam. Pursh, Fl. I., 620. 

 M. CaroKnensis, Miller. Pursh, Fl. I, 620. 

 M. cerifera, var. |8. media, Michx. Fl. II., 228. 



Apparently common on the Prince Edward Island coast, moi-e espe- 

 cially on the islands in Charlottetown Harbor ; also on Point Pleasant 

 at Halifax, N.S. (Macoun.) At "Windsor, l^.S. (JSow.) Along the coast 

 at Pictou, 'N.S., and on St. Paul's Island, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. 

 {McKay.) Strait of Canso, N.S. {Ball.) Sand beach on the sea 

 shore, Kent and Northumberland counties, N.B. {Fowler's Cat.) Sea 

 shore, Petitcodiac, N.B. {Brittain.) 



(19Y3.) M. asplenifolia, Endl. Sweet Fern. 



M. Comptonia, A. DC. 



Comptonia asplenifolia, Ait. Gray, Man., 458, 1868. Macoun's Cat. No. 

 1619. 



Very common in many localities on sandy ridges and hills. Near 

 Windsoi", N.S. {Sow.) At Halifax and Kingston, N.S. {Macoun.) 

 Pictou Co., N.S. {McKay.) Abundant on di-y gravelly ground, Eent 

 Co,, N.B. {Fowler's Gat.) Norton and McAdam Junction, N.B. {Hay.) 

 Eather rare in southern Quebec, but abundant in Ontario on all pine 

 barrens, especially on the Algoma sand which is so widely spread over 

 the noi-thern part of that province, and extending westward to near 

 the Lake of the Woods. {Macoun.) Prom New Brunswick to the 

 Saskatchewan. {Bichardson.) 



XCVII. CUPXJLIFEE.^. Oak Family. 



649. BETULA, Linn. (BIRCH.) 



(1974.) B. lenta, Linn. Cherry or Black Birch. 



B. excelsa, Alton, Hort. Kew. III., 337. 



B. nigra, Sommers, Journ. Nov. Scot. 1st. Nat. Sci., Vol. IV., Pt. II., 208. 

 Macoun's Cat. No. 1628. 



This fine tree has a comparatively wide range but attains its greatest 

 size in north-western Ontario, where it is often found over four feet in 

 diameter. {Macoun.) Newfoundland and the valley of the Saguenay 

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