1827, JULY. PLANTS COLLECTED 281 



Mr. Jones received me witli every demonstration of kindness, and politely 

 invited me to his house and said that I should be no stranger during my 

 stay. Returned home at midday and put some plants in order. Very 

 warm and cloudy. 



Monday, 16*^.— Arranged the following plants collected on my way 

 from Norway House : 



(107) Cucumis sp., annual ; flowers white ; leaves five-lobed ; in 

 shady places, banks of rivers ; abundant western shores of Lake Winnipeg 

 and Red River. 



(108) (?) aquatic ; abundant in still waters, in all shallow muddy 



bays of Lake Winnipeg. 



(109) (?) aquatic ; abundant with the former. 



(110) Populus trepida,i Lake Winnipeg. 



Betula papyracea, in some parts this attains a great size, 18 inches 

 to 2|- feet diameter, 40 to 80 high ; Lake Winnipeg. 



(111) Alnus sp. ; a common tree, with the two former ; this is no 

 doubt A. glutinosa ; attains a considerable size. 



(112) Carex sp. ; small, in all dry shady woods, among Hypnum ; 

 Lake Winnipeg. 



(113) Stellaria glauca, on the Umestone and granite rocks of Lake 

 Winnipeg ; found in conjunction with Potentilla tridentata. 



(114) Ribes sp. ; leaves somewhat five-lobed, serrate, smooth ; 

 flowers erect, faint yellow, tinted with purple ; berry appears to be 

 hirsute ; abundant ; a strong bush. 



(115) Gnaphalium sp. ; perhaps dioecious ; on the granite rocks. 



(116) Poa sp. ; perennial ; a low grass, in dry light or rocky 

 situations. 



(117) Carex sp. ; abundant in dry open woods. 



(118) Poa sp. ; perennial ; a fine low-growing plant in rocky places ; 

 abundant at Norway House, Lake Winnipeg. 



(119) Gaprifoliumn sp. ; leaves smooth, glaucous under; flowers 

 yellow-rose ; a slender plant ; outskirts of woods, Norway House. 



(120) Vaccinium sp. ; flowers yellowish-white ; in woody places ; 

 abundant at Norway House. 



(121) Ledum latifolium ; in marshy grounds ; abundant among 

 Sphagnum. 



(122) Vaccinium huxifolium; in dry open and rocky situations; 

 abundant at Norway House. 



(123) Rosa sp. ; flowers fine pink colour, fragrant ; a low, slender, 

 twiggy plant ; in woody places. 



(124) Umbelliferae, 18 inches to 2|- feet high ; in damp open woods 

 and low meadows ; plentiful. 



(125) Shepherdia, in fruit ; abundant on the River Winnipeg, forming 

 the underwood on the banks of creeks ; 3 to 5 feet high ; in fruit. 



(126) Hippophae, in fruit ; found in the same places with the former 

 plants ; 4 to 6 feet high ; more slender than it. 



1 Populus tremvloides, Sargent, SEva N. Am. ix. p. 158. 

 * Lonic&ra, Benth. and Hook, f . Gen. PI. ii. p. 5. 



