Report of the Botanical Section. 
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allies. Our botanists are earnestly recommended to turn their 
attention to this part of our flora, which has been so long over- 
looked. 
As may be seen by the subjoined list of plants, but few districts, 
comparatively, have been explored during the past season — small 
portions of Queens, Victoria, and Carleton, sections of St. John 
and Charlotte Counties, and portions of Albert and Westmorland. 
The discovery of so many species new to the Province will, no 
doubt, stimulate our botanists to turn their attention in the future 
to districts hitherto unexplored. Among the plants found this 
year are two which occupy comparatively limited areas in North 
America. These are Montia fontana , and Potamogeton obtusi- 
folius , the latter of which is very rare. The former is rare in 
North and South America. Torrey and Gray’s stations for it 
are Oregon, Sitka, and Labrador ; Macoun’s stations are Green- 
land, Alaska, Vancouver Island, Newfoundland, Gaspe, and 
Halifax. 
Of Ornithopus Scorpioides, the weed found in a garden at St. 
Stephen, it may be said that this is probably its first appearance 
in America. Mimulus moschatus has been marked in the subjoined 
list as introduced, although by some botanists it is described 
as indigenous to North America. 
The following plants, hitherto considered rare, are known to 
occur more frequently than previous lists would indicate : Cau- 
lophyllum thalictroides, Michx ; Brasenia peltata, Pursh ; Nuphar 
advena, Ait. ; N. pumilum, Smith, (N. luteum, Sm., var pumi- 
lum, Gray,) Sanguinaria Canadensis, L. ; Ranunculus Flammula, 
L., var. reptans, Gray ; Sanicula Marilandica, L. ; Spiraea tomen- 
tosa, L. ; Penthorum sedoides, L. ; Ludiwigia palustris, Ell. ; 
Anemone multifida, D. C. (only along Upper St. John ) ; Geum 
album, Gmelin; Lobelia Dortmanna, L. ; Limnanthemum lacu- 
nosum, Griesb. ; Apocynum cannabinum, L. ; Solidago bicolor, 
L. ; S. thyrsoidea, E. Meyer; Asclepias incarnata, L. ; Asarum 
Canadense, L. ; Polygonatum biflorum, Ell. ; Streptopus amplexi- 
folius, DC. ; Viola canina, L., var. sylvestris, Regel ; Lonicera 
caerulea, L. ; Arethusa buibosa, L. ; Stellaria borealis, Bigelow ; 
S. longifolia, Muhl. ; Parnassia Caroliniana, Michx. ; Habenaria 
obtusata, Richardson; H. blephariglottis, Hook; Goodyera re- 
