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The Director and his assistant made a small collection on August 1st and 2nd of the more 

 interesting plants of Mount Arrowsinith. undoubtedly one of the richest floral fields of Vancouver 

 Island. The following specimens were collected, which appear to be additions to the flora of 

 Vancouver Island not hitherto recorded: — 



Oxijria digyua. Draba nivalis. 



Leicisia pygimea. Silene acaulis. 



sa.iifraga tgallii. Osmorrlitea purpurea. 



Antcnnaria rosea. Agoseris glauea. 



Other species of interest were : — 



Leicisia Columbiana. Ranunculus esclischoltzii. 



Erysimum datum. Saxifraga bronchial is. 



Saxifraga punctata. . Saxifraga tolmici. 



Potentilla dissecta var. glaucophglla. Potcntilla rillosa. 



Lomatiiim martindalei var. augustatum. Epilobium auagalliilifolium. 



Cladothamnus pyrolarflorus. Dodccatlteon paucifloriiui. 



Mimiiliis alpiiius. Phyllodoce filauduliftorus. 



Pedicularis ornithorgncha. Arnica latifoliu. 



Arnica amplexicaulis. Senecio triangularis. 



A few plants were also collected in the vicinity of Long Beach, on the west coast of 

 Vancouver Island, the latter part of September, including: — 



Polgpodium scoulcri. Botrgcliiiim silaifolium. 



Carex macrocephala. Hgdastglus bracligpus. 



Listen caurina. Empctruiu nigrum. 



Ocntiana douglasiana. Franseria bipinnatiftda. 



stadias ciliata var. pubens. 



A large number of specimens have been mounted by Miss H. J. Hendry, now in charge of 

 the office of the Museum, and placed in the collection of the Herbarium ; a card-index has been 

 completed of the mounted specimens, and the whole have been arranged in their systematic 

 order of families, according to the check-list of the plants of Gray's Manual. 



A record has also been made of all duplicates and unmounted material, and the same placed 

 in genus-covers and arranged in the same systematic order. 



The nucleus of the Herbarium, the original collection loaned by the Department of Agricul- 

 ture, and made by Mr. J. R. Anderson at the time he was Deputy Minister of Agriculture, has 

 been rearranged and placed in the accepted order ; this collection still remains in its original 

 genus-covers and is in an excellent state of preservation, due to the great care Mr. Anderson 

 took in preparing his specimens, many of which were collected twenty years ago. 



From an educational standpoint the collection now in the Herbarium is available to teachers 

 and other students of botany, and should prove a great facility to them for comparison in 

 identifying any plants they do not know. A number of the latest aud most authentic books on 

 our flora are also at hand for reference; these will be fouud in the office of the Museum. 



LIST OF VANCOUVER ISLAND PLANTS COLLECTED AND PRESENTED TO THE 



PROVINCIAL MUSEUM. 



By Professor John Macotjn, of Sidney, B.C. 



Por.TPODIACE.E. 



Adiantum pedatum L. Polgpodium occidcntalc (Hook.) Maxon. 



Axpidium spiiiiilosuw I O. F. Miiller) Sw., Polystiohum braunii (Spenner) Fee, var. 



var. dilatatum (Hoffm.) Hook. andersoni. 



Asplenium felix-fcemina iL) Bernh. Polysticlium munitum (Kaulf.) Presl. 



Cystopteris frag His iL ) Bernh. Pteris aquilina lanuginosa Bong. 



Cryptogramma acrosticlioides It. Br. Wood-wardia radicans (Smith), var. ameri 

 Lomaria spicant Desv. cana Hook. 



Ophioglossace.e. 



Botrychium simplex Hitchc. Botrgchiiim rirginianum (L.) Sw. 



BotrycUium silaifolium Presl. 



