1908] Botanical Note. 81 



until rather late in June. It is found associated with various 

 species of [uncus, Scirpus americanus, Pers., the Wild Rice 

 {Zizania aquatica, L.), Silverweed (Poteniilla Anserina, L.), 

 Wild Pennyroyal (Mentha canadensis, L.), Cocklebur (Xan- 

 ihium canadense. Mil.), Bugleweed (Lycopus virginicus, L.), 

 Arrowhead (Sagittaria variabilis, Englm.). 



The Banewort, Samhucus F.bulus, has, so far, only been 

 found by Brother Victorin at one place, on the side of a ditch 

 which crosses the "Bord de I'eau" road between Longueuil 

 and Boucheryille. It grows there vigorously and in abundance. 

 This is not a very attractive plant. It is practically a herb- 

 aceous perennial Elder, the coarse, grooved stems of which, 

 from two to three feet high, die down every year. The leaves 

 consist of from seven to eleven lanceolate leaflets, and have 

 at the base of the petiole conspicuous green stipules, a character 

 by which the species ma}^ be readily distinguished. The flowers 

 are white, tipped with pink, and the cymes have three main 

 branches. This is not nearly as desirable an introduction as 

 the showy aquatic Flowering-rush, on account of its rank odour 

 and its aggressive mode of growth. We have had the plant 

 growing for some years in the Botanical Garden at the Central 

 Experimental Farm, and Mr. W. T. Macoun tells me that it 

 requires constant attention to prevent it from becoming a 

 troublesome weed. 



j. Fletcher. 



NEW BIRDS FOR BRITISH COLUMBIA. 



Mr. Charles de Blois Green, of Fairview, British Columbia, 

 has been working energetically this season on the birds of the 

 Lower Okanagan Valley, and has added no less than three species 

 to the Canadian list; these are: the White-throated Swift, the 

 Canyon Wren and the Sage Thrasher, and all have been found 

 breeding near Mr. Green's home. 



Years ago Mr. Green collected the butterflies and moths of 

 the Okanagan Valley, and added several new species of butter- 

 flies to the Canadian list. I. F. 



