88 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 
V. macrocarpon Ait. Very abundant in most of the wet dune 
liollows. The cranl)erries form the only erop pro(ku-ed on the island 
tliat is of any importance. From 50 to 200 barrels are picked and 
exported every year. ./. /''. IT. Drs Barrrs reported that in 1706 
and 1767 he found, "hollows and ponds of fresh-water, the skirts 
of which abound with cranberries the wliole year" (Atlantic Nep- 
tune, i. 68, 1777). Joseph II owe in 18.")! found that "Cranberries 
of Large size, and fine flavour, grow in al)undance on Sable Island. 
A few barrels of these are generally picked in the autumn, but the 
cranberry, as a source of income, or a means of employment, has 
scarcely ever been thought of by our people" (Append, to Journ. 
of House of Assembly, Prov. of N. S. 161, 1851). J. B. Gilpin 
recorded in 1858 that "cranberries are in abundance (G. p. 18). 
J. C. Tache mentions that, "on y trouve, en fait des fruits, * * * 
les atocas. " "Les ntocas y abondent et constituent un objet 
d 'exportation, dont la valeur annuelle s'eleve a quelques cen- 
taines de piastres," (T. p. 29). -/. Diright, Jr. (D. p. 13) speaks of 
the abundance of "Cranberries {Schollcra macrocarpa (Ait.))." 
They are also included in the lists of J. Macouu (also M. p. 21 5A 
& 216A); and H. T. Giissow. H. St. John, no 1,298 (H). 
Fr. — August and September. 
[V. OxYCOCCUS L. The only record for this species is by Capt. 
Fawson in his report, October 15, 1801 (see Murdoch, Beamish: 
Hist, of Nova-Scotia ii. 6, 1866), where he refers to it by the common 
name, " bogberries. " He mentions both "bogberries" and "cran- 
berries," so he is apparently intending to distinguish between the 
two, but as there are no other records of the former from the island 
and no specimens, this record needs confirmation.] 
PRIMULACEAE. 
Lysimachia terrestris (L.) B. S. P. Occasional in the wet dune 
hollows. Listed by J. Macoun; and //. T. Gilssow. H. St. John, 
nos. 1,299, and 1,300 (H). 
Fl. — August. 
Trientalis borealis Raf. (T. americana (Pers). Pursh). Com- 
mon on the turf -covered dunes and barrens. Listed by J. Macovn. 
H. St. John, nos. 1,301 and 1,302 (H); H. S. Glazcbrook (H). 
Fl. — ^June. 
