LIST OP THE PLANTS KNOWN TO OCCUR ON THE COAST AND IN THE INTERIOR OF THE LABRADOR PENINSULA. COMPILED BY JAMES M. MACOUN The EDITH and LORNE PIERCE COLLECTION of CANADI ANA Queen's University at Kingston List of the Plants known to occur on the Coast and in the Interior op the Labrador Peninsula. Compiled by James M. Macoun. (Reprinted from Annual Report, Geological Survey of Canada.) Vol. VIII., Part L, Appendix VI. The following list, which has been carefully compiled from lists already published and from MS. notes and specimens in the herbaiium of the Geological Survey, is divided into four columns, so that the dis- tribution of each species, so far as known, may be seen at a glance. The fir>t column contains those species known to occur on the coast of Labrador, the second those growing in the bas;n of the upper Ham- ilton River, the third those growing in the basins of the Rupert and East Main rivers and the fourth those growing along the shores of James Bay. The area included in the second and third columns com- prises the whole central part of the peninsula, and many of the plants noted in the thiid column and not in the second doubtless grow in the basin of the Hamilton River ; but, while the third column repre.-ents the c Elections made in three season , under favourable conditions and over a wide area, one season only was spent on the Hamilton River. The first column has been copied from Dr. Packard's "The Labrador Coist," with the addition of a few species overlooked when his list was compiled, or which have since been collected. The species included in th° other three columns have all been collected by Mr. Low or his assistants, Mr. J. ML Macoun having made the collections in 1885 and 1887, and Mr. A. H. D. Ross, in 1892, the very complete collection of the plants growing along the East Main River. Lists of the plants found at Lake Mistassini, on the Rupert River and along the shores of James Bay have been printed as addenda to Mr. Low's reports of 1885 and 1887, and to these the results of his explorations in 1888, 1892, 1893 and 1894 are now added. Recent revisions of genera have in some cases changed the names that appear in this list, but to obviate the printing of synonyms the names under which species and varieties have been already recorded from the Labrador Peninsula have been retained, except where a cor- rection was necessary or there was the possibility of confusing two plants : in such cases both names are given. (Page in original Report 353 l) 1 LABRADOR PENINSULA. RANUNCULACEiE. Anemone par\ iflora, Michx t. niultifida, DC .. dichotoma, Linn Thalictrum dioicum, Linn .' ii polygamum, Muhl. [T. Cornuti, Linn.)... Ranunculus aquatilis, Linn., var. trichophyllus, Chaix. ii Cymbalaria, Pursh ii rep ans, Linn ii affinis, R. Br .. .1 var. validus, Gray I- abortivus, Linn ii recurvatus, Poir 11 pygmreus, Wahl .1 nivalis, Linn ii ac is, Linn .. Pennsylvanicus, Linn Caltha palustris, Linn Coptis trifolia, Salisb Actsea spicata, L., var. rubra, Ait ,i alba, Big NYMPH^EACEJi. Nuphar ad vena, Ait. SARRACENIACE^. Sarracenia purpurea, Linn PAPAVERACE^. Pa paver nudicaule, Linn FUMARIACE^. Corydalis glauca, Pursh. CRFCIFER^. Nasturtium palustre, DC Cardamine hirsuta, Linn it pratensis, Linn Arabis stricta, Huds. (A. confinis, Wat.) .... ti alpina, Linn .1 humifusa, Wat., var. pubescens, Wat P.arbarea vulgaris, R. Br Erysimum cheiranthoides, Linn Sisymbium humile, C. A. Meyer Draba alpina, Linn., var. (?) corymbosa, Dur . stellata, Jacq., var. nivalis, Regel incana, Linn H var. confusa, Poir arabisans, Michx aurea, Vahl Cochlearia officinalis, Linn .1 tridactylites, Banks Capsella Bursa-pastoris, Mcench Thlaspi arvense, Li i- .. var. glabrata, Benth . . * Lycopus sinuatus, Ell.. * Dracocephalum parviflorum, Nutt . . . Brunella vulgaris, Linn . . Scutellaria galericulata, Linn. . . * " lateriflora, Linn. . . *- Lamiumamplexicaule, Linn. . * Galeopsis Tetrahit, Linn. . *• Stachys palustris, Linn " * * (360 l) LIST OF PLANTS. PLANTAGINACEJE. Plantago major, Linn . . ii eriopoda, Torr. . ii maritinia, Linn. CHENOPODIACE.E. Chenopodium album, Linn POLYGONACE^. Polygonum aviculare, Linn rar. borealis, Lange. (new to Canada) ,i amphibium, Linn ii cilonode, Michx ii Convolvulus, Linn n ii viviparum, Linn u lapathifolium, Ait., var., incanum, Hook Oxyria digyna, Camp Rumex veiticillatus, Linn ii occidentalis, Wat H maritimus, Linn Kcenigia Islandica, Linn EL,^EAGNACE^. Elaeagnus argentea, Pursh . . . Spehnerdia Canadensis, Nutt SANTALACEiE. Comandra livida, Rich. Urtica gracilis, Ait . . . Myrica Gale, Linn URTICACE.E. MYRICACE^E. BETULACE^. Betula lutea, Michx ii papyrifera, Michx n pumila, Linn ii glandulosa, Michx. ii nana, Linn Alnus incana, Willd ii viridis, DC SALICACE.E. Salix adenophylla, Hook . . arctica, R. Br argyrocarpa, Anders., balsamifera, Barratt . Candida, Willd chlorophylla, Anders , cordata, Muhl desertorum, Rich discolor, Muhl (361 l) 10 LABRADOR PENINSULA. 1. 2. 3. 4. SALICACE.-E. Salix glauca, Linn ii herbacea, Linn * * „ it lucida, Muhl. * * ii myrtilloides, Linn .. Richard soni, Hook., var. Macouniana, Bebb * ii reticulata, Linn .... * .1 rostrata, Rich * . # ii vestita, Pursh * * * 11 Uva-ursi, Pursh Populus tremuloides, Michx n balsamifera, Linn * * * # EMPETRACEyE. Empetrura nigrum, Linn • *• CONIFERS. Thuya occidentalis, Linn Juniperus communis, Linn * * * Taxus baccata, Linn., var. Canadensis, Gray * * * * * * * * * * * Picea alba, Link * * # Abies balsamea, Marsh Larix Americana, Michx , . . * ORCHIDACEvE. Calypso borealis, Salisb Corallorhiza innata, R. Br Listera cordata, R. Br it convallarioides, Nutt Spiranthes Romanzoviana, Cham # * Goodyera repens, R. Br Orchis rotundifoiia, Gray * Habenaria hyperborea, R. Br ii obtusata, Rich * * *■ ii dilatata, Gray Cypripedium pubescens, Swartz ii acaule, Ait IRIDACE^. Iris Hookeri, Penny * * ii versicolor, Linn * * * * •X- Sisyrinchium mucronatum, Mx LILIACE.E. Streptopus amplexifolius, DC n roseus, Michx * * Smilacina stellata, Desf H trifolia, Desf * Mianthemum Canadense, Desf. {M. trifolium of Mistassini list.) Allium schoenoprasum, Linn .... * Tofieldia borealis, Wahl. (T. palustris, Huds. ).. . * * ii glutinosa, Willd. . Chntonia borealis, Raf * (362 l) LIST OF PLANTS. 11 juncace.f:. Juncus filiformis, Linn m Balticus, Willd , var. littoralis, Engel it triglumis, Linn m effusus, Linn .1 castaneus, Smith n tenuis, Willd it bufonius, Linn ii alpinus, Villars, var. insignia, Fries ii nodosus, Linn ii Canadensis, J. Gay, var. coarctatus, Engelm. Luzula spadicea, DC. M ii var. parviflora, Meyer ti spicata, Desv i. comosa, Meyer ii arcuata, Meyer TYPHACEzE. Sparganium simplex, Huds ii hyperboreum, Last., var. Americanum, Beeby AROIDEJE. Calla palustris, Linn . . LEMNACE.E. Lemna minor, Linn ALISMACE^E. Sagittaria variabilis, Engelm NAIDACE.E. Triglochin palustre, Linn ii maritimum, Linn Potamogeton heterophyllus, Schreb. (Includes two varieties of P. gramincus in Mistassini list. ) n pauciflorus, Pursh ii pectinatus, Linn ii marinus, Linn i. perfoliatus, Linn ii pusillus, Linn H rutilans, Wolfgang M rufescens, Schrad Naias flexilis, Rostk Zannichellia palustris, Linn CYPERACE.E. Eleocharis palustris, R. Br Scirups lacustris, Linn. (S. validus, Vahl.). . . . ii sylvaticus, Linn., var. digynus, Bceck. Presl.)... .1 caespitosus, Linn H atrovirens, Muhl Erio[»horum alpinum, Linn .1 cyperinum, Linn i. vaginatum, Linn H russeolum, Fries (363 l) {S. microcarpus,\ 12 LABRADOR PENINSULA. 1. 2. 3. 3. Er CYPERACEJE— Continued. lophorum capitatum, Host. (E. Scheuchzeri, Hoppe. ) * * n polystachyon, Linn * * H _ " i. var. angustifolium, Gray H gracile, Koch * #■ rex ambusta, Boott . . , * i adusta, Boott # H aquatilis, Wahl. (C. angustata of Mistassini list.) # * i alpina, Swartz * i ai-ctata, Boott., var. Faxoni, Bailey i atrata, Linn * * * # *- * i aurea, Nutt * ii Buxbaumii, Wahl i canescens, Linn * -A- * i ii i. var. alpicola, Wahl .... • ii n .1 vulgaris. Bailey . capillaris, Linn * * . castanea, Wahl. (C. flcxilis, Rudge.) i chordorhiza, Ehrh ^ i concinna, R. Br . echinata, Murr i Gmelini, Hook * i gyocrates, Wormsk * i flava, Linn * i lagopina, Wahl * t lanuginosa, Michx •X- i lenticularis, Michx * *- i laxiflora, Lam i maritima, Vahl * . Magellanica, Lam &' * t microglochin, Wahl . . . i miliaris, Michx i Michauxiana, Boeckl .... * # i nardina, Fries. . . . * . (Ederi, Ehrh. (C. flava, L., var. viridula, Bail. )...'..','.. i oligosperma, Michx # ••;• # * . polytrichoides, Muhl i pratensis, Dreg # * - riparia, W. Curtis *- - rotundata, Wahl * * i scripoidea, Michx ■* i salina, Wahl * i saxatilis, Linn *- i scoparia, Schk . . * i straminea, Willd * i stricta, Lam., var. decora, Bail. . * i teretiuscula, Good ■s:- * ■■* # i vaginata, Tausch # - vulgaris, Fries., var. hyperborea, Boott Be< Pai Hi, Al. GRAMINE^E. * licum dichotomum, Linn " borealis, Roem. and Schultz * * * * pecurus geniculate, Linn., var. aristulatus, Munro "i alpinus, Smith * (364 LIST OF PLANTS. 13 <;KAMI\|-:.1v-6Wr/„r/,r/ Stipa Richardsonii, Link Oryzopsis asperifolia, Michx Phleum pratense, Linn >. alpinum, Linn Agrostis scabra, Willd Cinna pendula, Trin Calamagrostis Canadensis, Hook ii neglecta, Knnth ■I Langsdorfii, Trin Deschainpsia atropurpurea, Scheele M n .1 var. minor, Varey i. caespitosa, Beanv . i. alba, Rcem. and Schultz. {D. liexuosa of Mistassini list.) Trisetiun subspicatum, Beauv., var. molle. Gray Catabrosa aqnatica, Beauv Poa alpina, Linn .. ctesia, Smith ii cenisia, All n glumaris, Trin ■I pratensis, Linn Glyceria Canadensis, Trin h arundinacea, Kunth ii nervata, Trin Festuca ovina, Linn i. ii i. var. brevifolia, Wats Bronius ciliatus, Linn Agropyrum tenerum, Vasey i. violaceum, Lange Hordeum jubatum, Linn Elymus mollis, Trin EQUISETACE^E. Equisetum arvense, Linn ii pratense, Linn .1 sylvaticum, Linn i. palustre, Linn H scirpoides, Michx OPHIOGLOSSACE^. Botryehium Lunaria, Swartz n Virginicum, Swartz n ternaturn, Swartz., var. lunarioides, Milde FILICES. Poly podium vulgare, Linn Pellaea gracilis, Hook Pteris aquilina. Linn Asplenium viride, Huds . i. Felix-fremina, Bernh. Phegopteris Dryopteris, Fee .1 ,i i. var. Robertianum, Dav. (P. culcarca, Fee.) n polypodioides, Fee Aspidium spinulosum, Swartz., var. dilatatum, Hook Onoclea sensibilis, Linn Cystupteris fragilis, Bernh H montana, Bernli (365 l) 14 LABRADOR PENINSULA. FILICES— Concluded. Woodsia glabella, R. Br . ... ii Ilvensis, R. Br ... . Osmunda regalis, Linn .. Claytoniana, Linn. LYCOPODIACE^. Lycopodium Selago, Linn lucidulum, Michx annotinum, Linn obscurum, Linn. {L. dendroideum, Mx.). clavatum, Linn sabinaefolium, Hook complanatum, Linn (3C6 l) :