49G 
BULLETIN OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON BOTANY. 
Tliere is urgent need of a new list of plants of the province that 
will include the many additions to our flora since Professor Fowler 
published his list more than twenty years ago ; and also to bring the 
nomenclature more in accordance with the usage of botanists which 
prevails at the present time. A strong effort should be made by our 
botanists during the approaching season to accomplish this work for 
the Society. 
The list of fungi collected, new to the province, during the past 
3 ^ear, embraces some twenty species, several of which are rare in North 
America. The study of these interesting plants is now engaging the 
attention of several students in different parts of the province, includ- 
ing Miss Van Horne, at St. Andrews ; Mr. Vroom, at St. Stephen ; 
Mr. Moser, in King’s County, and several others. Additions to the 
list will be presented next year. 
The following is a list of flowering plants new or little known 
jn the province. A list of plants collected on the borders of Maine 
and New Brunswick by Mr. M. L. Fernald, of the Botanic Garden, 
Cambridge, Mass., and accompanied by specimens has been pre- 
sented by that gentleman to the Society. He has for years mani- 
fested a deep interest in our botanical section, and merits our 
hearty thanks for his help and encouragement. 
1 Clematis verticillaris, 1). C. New Canaan, Queens County. J. Moser. 
A new station near St. Stephen. J. Vroom. 
I) Anemone riparia, Fernald. Ury open woods. Four Falls. M. L. 
Fernald. 
UO Raiuianus Raphanistrum, L. Of late years becoming a very trouble- 
some weed in Charlotte County. J. Vroom. 
()3 Viola lanceolata, L. In different parts of Charlotte County. J. Vroom. 
(>4 V. primuhefolia, L. Quite frequent on banks of St. Croix River, above 
Sprague’s Falls. J. Vroom. 
€S \\ cucullata, Ait. As heretofore understood in New Brunswick, this 
species must be divided into several, of which, probably, the true 
V. cucullata is among the least common. The group needs study. 
68a Viola ovata, Nutt. A violet found some years ago on the shore of 
Lake Utopia should probably be referred to this species, which 
occurs near Bear River, Nova Scotia. 
