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collected, mounted, and named by Professor John Macoun since he has resided at Sidney, B.C., 

 together with a collection of Musci and Lichens made by him on Vancouver Island and a portion 

 of the Mainland of this Province. This collection, made and named by so eminent a botanist, 

 will be a valuable acquisition as a source of reference in the identity and for determination of 

 other specimens. 



Mr. W. B. Anderson, of Victoria, has contributed a large number of plants, collected in his 

 leisure hours, from the Interior, which cover many localities, from Fort George to Penticton and 

 extending through West Kootenay. This collection will undoubtedly add much new material to 

 the Herbarium, especially as regards distribution. 



The Fort George specimens cover a new area not hitherto represented in the collection. 

 A few of the plants from the various localities mentioned are as follows: — 



Chenopodium botrys. Physostegia parviflora. 



Amyris amarantoides. Orthocarpus luteus. 



Calochortus elegans. Potentilla flabelliformis. 



Melampyrurn lineare. Oolcopsis tetrahit. 



Anemone virginiana. Crepis tectorum. 



Chrysothamniis nauseosus. Echium vulgare. 



Chimaphila menziesii. Hieracium scouleri var. cynoglossoides. 



Antennaria rosea. ■ Erigeron acris var. dr&bachiensis. 



Antliriscus sativa. Senecio balsamitm var. thomsoniensis. 



Gilia aggregata. 



Among these Axyris amarantoides L. and Crepis tectorum L., introduced plants, appear to 

 be additions to the flora of British Columbia. 



Mr. W. A. Newcombe has also donated a representative collection made in the vicinity 

 of Quesnel Bake and a portion of the Chilcotin country during the seasons of 1916 and 

 1917 ; amongst the rarer species and some not previously reported from these regions are the 

 following : — 



. Chilcotin, 1916. 



Stephanomeria minor. Solidago decumbens. 



Calochortus macrocarpus. MentzaMa Iwvicaulis. 



Quesnel Lake, 1917. 



Epipactis repens var. ophioides. Alnus tenuifolia. 



Habenaria orbiculata. Mitella nuda. 



Parnassia palustris. Ribcs glandulosum. 



Rubus strigosus. Ribes oxyacanthoides. 



Spirma menziesii. Taccinium canadense. 



Dracoccphalum, parviflorum. Hieracium umbeUatum. 



Stephanomeria minor. Senecio eremophilus. 



In this as in Mr. Anderson's collection there are a number of doubtful specimens, which 

 have been forwarded to Mr. J. M. Macoun, Chief of the Division of Biology, Geological Survey, 

 Ottawa, and Professor J. K. Henry, of the University of British Columbia, for comparison with 

 authenticated specimens and identification, and until such time as this work has been completed 

 no adequate list can be chronicled. 



Specimens of two additions to the flora of Vancouver Island, Arnica cordifolia and Roman- 

 zoffla uualascliensis, collected by Dr. C. F. Newcombe, of Victoria, have been donated by him to 

 the collection in the Herbarium. 



On June 16th, 17th, and ISth, Mr. F. Kermode, Director, accompanied by Dr. F. C. Newcombe, 

 of Victoria, made a small collection of the more uncommon plants growing around Bella Coola ; 

 the following, which are usually plants growing at much higher altitude, were collected on the 

 river-bottom, a little above sea-level : — 



Epilooium laiifolium. Pentstemon diffusus. 



Mimulus lewisii. 



In the matter of distribution the following interesting species were collected in close 

 proximity to salt water : — 



Trauivctteria grandis. CorydaHs sempervirens. 



Ranunculus ortliorynehus var. platyphyllus. Aralia nudicaulis. 



Hemicva ranunculifolia. _ Senecio balsamitw var. tliomsonicnsis. 



