CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN PLANTS. 561 



(1356.) V. uliginosum, Linn. Common on the coast of Labra- 

 dor, at Nain, Nachvak and Ford's Harbor ; also on the islands and 

 mainland, Hudson Strait. (E. Bell.) Amongst rocks, Watscheeshoo, 

 north shore'-of Gulf of St. Lawrence. (St. Cyr.) 



(1358.) V. csespitosum, Michx. St. Francis Eiver and Upper 

 St. John, N.B. (Hay.) Quite common on lower levels, from Morley 

 through the Eockies to the summit of the Selkirks. (Macoun.) 



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(1359.) V. Myrtillus, Linn., var. microphyllum, Hook. 

 Abundant in mountain woods, from Silver City in the Eocky Moun- 

 tains to the summit of the Selkirks. (Macoun.) Eipe berries like 

 red currants in color. 



(1360.) V. myrtilloides, Gray. Var. rigidum, Hook. Very 

 abundant in mountain woods, from Silver City in the Eocky Moun- 

 tains westward to the Selkirk summit, at which point the beds of snow- 

 slides are covered with this and the next species. It bears an abun- 

 dance of large flat-topped, dark-colored, pleasant-tasted berrries, while 

 Y. ovalifolium, growing by its side, has rather oval, bluish berries, 

 often covered with a bloom and very acid. 



(1361.) V. ovalifolium, Smith. On beds of snow-slides at Kicking 

 Horse Lake, Eocky Mountains ; and extremely abundant in the same 

 situations at the Selkirk summit, B.C. (Macoun.) 



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(1363.) V. ovatum, Pursh. North Point of Texada Island, Gulf 

 of Georgia, B.C. (Dawson.) 



361. CHIOCENES. 



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(1367.) C. hispidula, Torr. & Gray. In swamps at Donald, 

 Columbia valley, and westward to the Selkirk summit, B.C. (Macoun.) 



353. ARCTOSTAPHYLOS. 



(1369.) A. alpina, Spreng. Ford's Harbor, coast of Labrador ; 

 also Cape Chudleigh, Cape Prince of Wales and the Eskimo Village of 

 Hyla, Hudson Strait. (B. Bell.) Grand M^catina Island, Straits of 

 Belle Isle. (St. Cyr.) 



