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NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



[no. 27. 



Viburnum pauciflorum Pylaie. Few-flowered Viburnum. 



This viburnum is common throughout the wooded country. 

 Through the southern part of the region it blossoms in June, and the 

 berries are ripe in August. Farther north it blossoms later, but 

 ripens its fruit at about the same time. On the canoe route north of 

 Great Slave Lake ripening fruit was noted on Grandin River on Au- 

 gust 1, 1903, and the leaves had turned scarlet, south of MacTavish 

 Bay, on August 24. 



The shrub is common along the Mackenzie. At Fort Simpson its 

 buds began to swell on April 12, 1904, and its leaves began to unfold 

 on May 18. On the Nahanni Mountains, where it ascends to timber- 

 line, its leaves were only half grown on June 4, and they were in the 

 same condition at Fort Norman a week later. The shrub was in 

 flower at Fort Good Hope on June 21. 



The Tyrrell brothers took specimens on Daly Lake in 1898. 



Symphoricarpos racemosus Michx. Snowberry. 



The snowberry is an extremely abundant shrub on the road between 

 Edmonton and Athabaska Landing, and in suitable places along the 

 river down to Fort McMurray, where it is common. Its berries are 

 ripe in late August. 



Symphoricarpos occidentalis Hook. Wolfberry. 



Specimens of this shrub, just forming fruit, were collected at Fort 

 McMurray in August, 1901. It is much less abundant than S. race- 

 mosus. 



Lonicera glaucescens Kydb. Douglas Honeysuckle. 



This is a common shrub along the Athabaska and upper Slave 

 rivers. Specimens were collected at several points between Atha- 

 baska Landing and Smith Landing. In late August the clusters of 

 beautiful coral-red berries are conspicuous along the banks of the 

 Athabaska. 



Lonicera involucrata (Richardson) Banks. Involucred Fly-honey- 

 suckle. 



This shrub is common on the banks of the Athabaska, attaining 

 a height of at least 5 or 6 feet. Near the Pelican Rapid on August 

 28, 1904, the blackish berries had fallen. 



Artemisia frigida Willd. Pasture Sagebrush. 



This slightly shrubby sage grows abundantly along the banks of 

 the Athabaska, especially about the rapids. It is said by Macoun to 

 occur abundantly as far north at least as Peace River, and to be of 

 great economic importance as a forage plant. 



Several herbaceous sages occur in the region, some far northward. 

 Merritt Gary collected A. longifolia at Boiler Rapid, and A. vulgaris 

 at Fort Wrigley. 



