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Observations on the Geology, Zoology and Botany of Hudson's Strait and Bay, Made in 1885

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Appendix I.

LIST BY PROFESSOR MACOUN

OF PLANTS COLLECTED IN NEWFOUNDLAND IN 1885, BY DR. ROBERT BELL.

I, Brigus. II, Petty Harbour. III, St. John’s. IV, Topsail.

---+------------------------------------------------+---+---+----+--- No.| | I.|II.|III.|IV. ---+------------------------------------------------+---+---+----+--- | I. RANUNCULACEÆ. | | | | | | | | | 1 |Thalictrum Cornuti, Linn. | | | | ● 2 |Ranunculus acris, Linn. | ● | | | 3 | ” repens, Linn. | ● | | | | | | | | | II. NYMPHÆACEÆ. | | | | | | | | | 4 |Nymphæa odorata, Ait. | | | ● | 5 |Nuphar advena, Ait. | | ● | | | | | | | | III. SARRACENIACEÆ. | | | | | | | | | 6 |Sarracenia purpurea, Linn. | | ● | | | | | | | | IV. VIOLACEÆ. | | | | | | | | | 7 |Viola blanda, Willd. | ● | | | 8 | ” cucullata, Ait. | | | | ● | | | | | | V. CARYOPHYLLACEÆ. | | | | | | | | | 9 |Stellaria media, Smith | | | | ● 10 | ” borealis, Bigel. | ● | | | 11 |Cerastium viscosum, Linn. | ● | | | 12 |Sagina procumbens, Linn. | | ● | | | | | | | | VI. SAPINDACEÆ. | | | | | | | | | 13 |Acer spicatum, Lam. | | | | ● | | | | | | VII. LEGUMINOSÆ. | | | | | | | | | 14 |Vicia Cracca, Linn. | | | | ● | | | | | | VIII. ROSACEÆ. | | | | | | | | | 15 |Prunus, Pennsylvanica, Linn | | | | ● 16 | ” Virginiana, Linn | | | | ● 17 |Spiræa salicifolia, Linn | ● | | | ● 18 |Poterium Canadense, Gray | | | | ● 19 |Agrimonia Eupatoria, Linn | | | | 20 |Potentilla fruticosa, Linn | ● | | | 21 | ” tridentata, Ait | ● | | | 22 |Rubus strigosus, Michx | ● | ● | | 23 | ” villosus, Ait | | ● | | ● 24 | ” triflorus, Richards | | | | ● 25 |Rosa nitida, Willd | | | | 26 |Pirus arbutifolia, Linn | | ● | | 27 |Amelanchier Canadensis, T. & G., | | | | | var. oligocarpa, Gray | | ● | | | | | | | | IX. ONAGRACEÆ. | | | | | | | | | 28 |Epilobium angustifolium, Linn | | | | ● 29 | ” coloratum, Muhl | | ● | | | | | | | | X. DROSERACEÆ. | | | | | | | | | 30 |Drosera rotundifolia, Linn | ● | ● | | | | | | | | XI. CORNACEÆ. | | | | | | | | | 31 |Cornus Canadensis, Linn | | | | ● | | | | | | XII. CAPRIFOLIACEÆ. | | | | | | | | | 32 |Linnæa borealis, Gronov | ● | | | ● 33 |Viburnum nudum, Linn | | ● | | 34 | ” pauciflorum, Pylaie | | | | ● 35 |Lonicera cærulea, Linn | ● | | | 36 |Diervilla trifida, Mœnch | | ● | | | | | | | | XIII. COMPOSITÆ. | | | | | | | | | 37 |Aster radula, Ait | ● | | | 38 | ” nemoralis, Ait | ● | ● | | 39 |Eupatorium purpureum, Linn | | | | ● 40 |Solidago uliginosa, Nutt | ● | | | 41 |Achillæa Millefolium, Linn | | ● | | 42 |Solidago Canadensis, Linn | | | | ● 43 |Centaurea nigra, Linn | | ● | | ● 44 |Nabalus serpentaria, Pursh | ● | ● | | ● 45 |Leontodon autumnale, Linn | ● | ● | | ● | | | | | | XIV. CAMPANULACEÆ. | | | | | | | | | 46 |Campanula rotundifolia, Linn | ● | | | | | | | | | XV. ERICACEÆ. | | | | | | | | | 47 |Vaccinium Oxycoccus, Linn. | ● | | | 48 | ” Vitis-Idæa, Linn. | ● | | | 49 | ” macrocarpon, Ait. | ● | | | 50 | ” Pennsylvanicum, Linn. | ● | ● | | 51 |Chiogenes hispidula, Torr, and Gray | ● | | | 52 |Cassandra calyculata, Don. | ● | | | 53 |Kalmia angustifolia, Linn. | ● | ● | ● | 54 |Rhodora Canadensis, Linn. | | | | ● 55 |Ledum latifolium, Ait. | ● | | | 56 |Pyrola secunda, Linn. | ● | | | | | | | | | XVI. SCROPHULARIACEÆ. | | | | | | | | | 57 |Euphrasia officinalis, Linn. | | | | ● 58 |Rhinanthus Crista-galli, Linn. | | | | ● | | | | | | XVII. LABIATÆ. | | | | | | | | | 59 |Brunella vulgaris, Linn. | | | | ● 60 |Scutellaria galericulata, Ait. | | | | ● 61 |Galeopsis Tetrahit, Linn. | | ● | | | | | | | | XVIII. BORAGINACEÆ. | | | | | | | | | 62 |Myosotis laxa, Gray | | ● | | ● | | | | | | XIX. GENTIANACEÆ. | | | | | | | | | 63 |Halenia deflexa, Griesb. | | ● | | | | | | | | XX. POLYGONACEÆ. | | | | | | | | | 64 |Rumex acetosella Linn. | ● | | | | | | | | | XXI. EMPETRACEÆ. | | | | | | | | | 65 |Empetrum nigrum, Linn. | ● | ● | | | | | | | | XXII. MYRICACEÆ. | | | | | | | | | 66 |Myrica Gale, Linn. | ● | | | | | | | | | XXIII. BETULACEÆ. | | | | | | | | | 67 |Alnus viridis, D. C. | | | | ● | | | | | | XXIV. CONIFERÆ. | | | | | | | | | 68 |Juniperus communis, Linn. | | ● | | 69 | ” Sabina, var. procumbens, Pursh | ● | | | | | | | | | XXV. ORCHIDACEÆ. | | | | | | | | | 70 |Habenaria tridentata, Hook. | | | | ● 71 | ” dilatata, Gray | ● | | | 72 |Spiranthes Romanzoviana, Cham. | ● | | | | | | | | | XXVI. IRIDACEÆ. | | | | | | | | | 73 |Iris versicolor, Linn. | | ● | | 74 |Sisyrinchium Bermudiana, Linn. | | ● | | | | | | | | XXVII. LILIACEÆ. | | | | | | | | | 75 |Clintonia borealis, Raf. | ● | | | 76 |Smilacina bifolia, Ker. | ● | | | | | | | | | XXVIII. JUNCACEÆ. | | | | | | | | | 77 |Juncus bufonius, Linn. | ● | ● | | 78 | ” Canadensis var. coarctatus, G. | ● | | | 79 | ” effusus, Linn. | ● | | | | | | | | | XXIX. CYPERACEÆ. | | | | | | | | | 80 |Eriophorum vaginatum, Linn. | ● | | | 81 | ” Virginicum, Linn. | ● | | | 82 |Carex sterilis, Willd. | | | | ● 83 | ” crinita, Lam. | ● | | | 84 | ” vulgaris, Fries | | ● | | 85 | ” canescens, Linn. | ● | | | | | | | | | XXX. GRAMINEÆ. | | | | | | | | | 86 |Alopecurus aristulatus, Michx. | | ● | | 87 |Agrostis vulgaris, With. | ● | | | 88 |Agrostis canina, Linn. | ● | | | 89 |Poa pratensis, Linn. | | ● | | 90 |Festuca ovina, Linn. | | ● | | 91 |Triticum repens, Linn. | | | | ● 92 |Aira cæspitosa, Linn. | | ● | | | | | | | | XXXI. FILICES. | | | | | | | | | 93 |Asplenium Filix-foemina, Bernh. | | | | ● 94 |Aspidium spinulosum, Swz. | | | | | var. Boottii. Tuck. | ● | | | ● 95 | ” ” dilatatum, Horn. | ● | ● | ● | 96 |Onoclea sensibilis, Linn. | | | | ● 97 |Osmunda cinnamomea, Linn. | ● | ● | ● | 98 | ” regalis, Linn. | | ● | | ● | | | | | | XXXII. LYCOPODIACEÆ. | | | | | | | | | 99 |Lycopodium dendroideum, Michx. | ● | | | 100 | ” clavatum, Linn. | ● | | | 101 | ” annotinum, Linn. | ● | | | 102 | ” alpinum, Linn. | ● | | | | | | | | | XXXIII. MUSCI. | | | | | | | | | 103 |Sphagnum fimbriatum, Wils. | ● | | | 104 | ” acutifolium, Ehrh. | ● | | | 105 |Polytrichum juniperinum, Hedw. | ● | | | 106 | ” formosum, Hedw. | | ● | | | | | | | | XXXIV. LICHENES. | | | | | | | | | 107 |Cladonia deformis | ● | | |

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