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149. Empetrum nigrum, L.—W. B.

Daly Lake.

Hinde Lake.

Carey Lake.

Loudon Rapids, on Tobaunt River.

Mouth of Chesterfield Inlet.

Ashe Inlet, on Hudson Strait.

Very little fruit wss found on the bushes north of the edge of the Barren Lands.

XXXII. CONIFERÆ.

150. Juniperus communis, L.—W.

Fort Chippewyan, Lake Athabasca.

Esker, near the middle of Daly Lake.

North shore of Carey Lake.

151. Juniperus Sabina, L., var. procumbens, Pursh.—W.

Fort Chippewyan, Lake Athabasca.

152. Pinus Banksiana, Lambert.—W.

On dry sandy or rocky slopes as far north as the north end of Selwyn Lake.

153. Picea nigra, Link.—W. B.

North shore of Lake Athabasca.

Telzoa River, just below Daly Lake.

This species occurs in scattered groves down the Telzoa River to Tobaunt Lake. On the shore of Hudson Bay it reaches its northern limit at the mouth of Nelson River. The most northern examples are spreading shrubs, in the middle of which may be found a small upright stem four or five feet high.—J. B. T.

154. Picea alba, Link.—W. B.

North shore of Lake Athabasca.

The sandy eskers near Hinde and Boyd lakes were thinly covered with fine large trees of this species. Groves of large trees were also growing on the wet but well drained flats or slopes beside the Telzoa River down to within a short distance of Tobaunt Lake. Many large drifted trunks were also found at the Forks below this lake. Its northern