BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA. 
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Orchidace^ 
Cypripedium speciabile, Swartz. Fort Garry. 
LiLIACEiE. 
Smilacina stellata, Desf. Wild Rice to Red Lake River. 
S. racemosa, Desf. Wild Rice to Red Lake River. 
S. gigantea, Dietrich. Snake Hill River to Pembina. 
Lilium PMladeljphicum, L. Fort Garry, 
CyPERACEiE. 
Cyperus Jiliculmis, Vahl Fort Garry. 
Gr AMINES. 
Bromus ciliatus^ L. 
EquISETACEiE. 
Equisetum Umosum^ Gray. Otter Tail Lake and River. Greedily eaten by horses. 
FiLICES. 
Pterts aqmlina, L. Snake Hill River to Pembina. Red Lake River. Wild Rice 
to Red Lake River. Otter Tail Lake and River. 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCAL FLORA OF KINGSTON. 
By a. T. Drummond, Jr., B. A. 
During the summers of 1859 and 1860 I made several excursions in the rear of 
this city, to collect botanical specimens. Occasional visits were also made, for the 
same purpose, to the neighboring islands. The appended list of plants, obtained 
during these excursions, as a local Flora must certainly be regarded as very in- 
complete, since several of our most important natural orders, as for example, Um- 
belliferee, Gramineae, Musci, «&;c., are entirely unrepresented ; yet, taken as it it is, 
it serves to show how many specimens may, with little difficulty, be collected even 
within such a small area as the neighborhood of our town. Among Phanerogamous 
plants, the natural orders Ranunculaceae, Rosaceee, Compositae, Coniferee and Grami- 
neae, are well represented in this vicinity ; among Cryptogams, Lichens, Mosses and 
Fungi are to be found in considerable variety, although, with the exception of the 
Fern tribe, I have not, comparatively, paid any attention to this class of plants, as 
will be seen by referring to the list. The prevailing growth of timber is Maple, 
Pine and Oak. 
As may be inferred from the proximity of this portion of Canada to the State 
of New York, and the consequent similarity of the climates of both districts, the 
plants which occur in this locality are like wise, for the most part, to be found with- 
in the limits of that State. It may, in fact, be said of the whole of Canada that 
nearly all the plants which compose its Flora occur in the Northren States of Amer- 
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