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very sweet. Its var. illinoensis and F. vesca are more common, 

 but their fruits, especially of the latter, are very poor. Va- 

 rious forms of the June-berry are esteemed by the Indians. The 

 best of these forms, though not the commonest, is Amelanchier 

 canadensis var. oligocarpa. This occurs nearer the Boundary. 

 The small gooseberry, Ribes oxyacanthoides, occurs occasionally, 

 but apparently is not abundant enough to furnish any consider- 

 able article of food. The dry, almost inedible fruits of a haw- 

 thorn (typical Crataegus tomentosa) are also eaten. The only 

 members of the genus Primus are the choke-cherry (P. virginiana) 

 and the bird cherry (P. pennsylvanica). The fruits of the former 

 are sometimes eaten. Red raspberries are abundant, even on 

 Hunter's island. Black raspberries, blackberries and dewberries 

 do not occur. Grapes are not found, and they appear to be en- 

 tirely unknown to the Indians. 



PLANTS COLLECTED BETWEEN LAKE SUPERIOR AND 

 THE INTERNATIONAL BOUNARY, JULY, 1886. 



By J. C. Arthur, L. H. Bailey, Jr. and E. W. D. Holway. 



To facilitate the work of collecting each of the three members 

 of the party devoted his chief attention to a particular part of 

 the flora, and numbered his specimens consecutively as gathered, 

 prefixing his initial. Each number in this list, therefore, repre- 

 sents a specimen deposited in the herbarium of the survey, 

 bearing a corresponding number. This renders it possible to 

 verify or revise the list at any time, by the use of the original 

 material. 



The catalogue comprises some 374 genera and about twice as 

 many species, somewhat equally divided between the flowering 

 and flowerless plants. There are observations and critical re- 

 marks appended to many of the species, and the following new 

 species and varieties are described: 



Anthostomsi flavo-viricle Ellis & Holway. 

 Boletus americanus Peck. 

 Carex pinguis Bailey. 

 Ciboria tabacina EIlis.& Holway. 

 Nectria perforata Ellis & Holway. 

 Peziza borealis Ellis & Holway. 

 Peziza olivatra Ellis & Holway* 

 Puccinia halenise Arthur & Holway. 

 Puccinia ornata Arthur & Holway. 

 Etamularia vari egata Ellis & lioiwav. 



