140 The Ottawa Naturalist. [February 



Echium vulgare L. Viper's Buglos. Blueweed. Blue Devil. 



When the Flora Ottawaensis was issued this plant was noted 

 as "gradually becoming a troublesome weed." It has since 

 spread with great rapidity in all directions, especially in dry or 

 stony soil and well deserves its name of blue devil. Occasionally 

 the flowers are pinkish and such plants .have a more pleasing 

 aspect. 



Dracocephalum parviflorum Nutt. Dragon Head. 



On gravelly shore near Aylmer Park, August 5, 1905, and 

 in open rockv woods, top of King's Mt, larger plants August 

 1, 1909. 



Hedeoma pulegiodes (L.) Pers. American Pennyroyal. 



Fletcher recorded this plant as found in "rich wood 

 Billings' Bridge, very rare." It was one for which I was speci- 

 ally on the lookout for several years without success. On June 

 14, 1916, while I was walking leisurely from Chelsea to Kings- 

 mere, and about half way from Old Chelsea to the lake, a patch 

 of bright colour, not far from the roadside, attracted my attention. 

 On examination it was found to be Hedeoma growing thickly 

 over an area of some twenty feet or so square. Nearly every 

 summer this pleasant hillside road had been frequently traversed 

 and a sharp lookout kept for insects, birds and plants. It seemed 

 scarcely possible that the little mint should have been overlooked, 

 although when not in bloom it would be inconspicuous. From 

 the area occupied it would seem to have been colonized for some 

 time. 



Pycnanthemum virginianum (L.) Durand & Jackson. Virginian 

 Mountain Mint. 



Several specimens were found October 20, 1906,, in a dry 

 field, between the Ottawa Golf Club, P.Q., and the river. The 

 plants were about two and one-half feet high, with small lanceo- 

 late leaves and large-fruited corymbs. 



Verbascum Blattaria L. Moth Mullein. 



Dry pasture, Billings' Bridge, August 19, 1905. Slopes at 

 north end of Fairy Lake, P.Q., July 25, 1908. Common along 

 roadside near Buckingham, P.Q., July 1912. 



Penstemon hirsutus (L.) Willd. Hairy Beard-tongue. 



On talus under limestone cliff, Cache Bay, Hull, in flower, 

 June 9, 1906. On limestone ledges, Tetreaultville, P.Q., in 

 flower July 11, 1906. Among the rocks on top of King's Mt, 

 fruited July 25, 1909, and common in same locality in full 

 flower June 19, 1910. 



Mimulns moschatus Dougl. 



In 1908 this plant, so easily recognized by its soft, pubescent 

 leaves, and sweet musk-scented yellow tubular flowers, was found 



