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2264. C. ACAULE, Ait. (Stemless Lady's Slipper.) 



Peat-bogs. Local. Becchwood (Dr. II. B. Small*), Lake Flora, 

 Hull (J. F.) Oasselman (Wm. Scott). May i. 



IRIDACEiE. Iris Family. 



IRIS, L. Flower-de-Luce. Fleur de Lis. Flag. 

 2200. I. versicolor, L. (Blue Flag.) 

 Low ground. Common. June 1. (B.) 



2271. I. tenax, Dougl. 



Swampy wood on the banks of the Gatincau, Hull, P.Q. The 

 plant so named by Dr. George Vasey, was one of two growing 

 together, the leaves were slender and grass-like, less than | inch 

 wide, the flowers less than half the size of 2269 and of a deeper 

 purple. 



SISYRINCHIUM, L. Blue-Eyed Grass. 



2275. S. anceps, Cav. 



Low ground. June 1. Scape 6-18 inches high, branched, bearing 

 2 or more peduncled spathes, bract less elongated. Seeds small, 

 rough. ( Wm. Scotf ) 



2276. S. angustifolium, Mill. (Gray's New Manual, 1890.) 



Low ground. June 1. The same as S. mucronatwn, Mx. and S. 

 Bermudiana, L. var. mucronatum } Gray, of the old Manual. 



LILIACEiE The Lily Family. 



SMILAX, L. Green-brier. 



2283. S. herbacea, L. (Carrion-Flower.) 



Moist woods and banks of streams. Common. June 2. Flowers 

 green, fetid ; Berries black, glaucous, in round clusters on very 

 long peduncles. (B.) 



ASPARAGUS, L. 



2284. A. officinalis, L. Garden Asparagus. 

 An escape from cultivation. June 1. 



POLYGONATUM, Adans. Solomon's Seal. 



2285. P. biflorum, Ell. 

 Rich woods. May 2. (B.) 



