1898] Contributions to Canadian Botany. 167 



Co., Out., in the summer of 1897, and again in 1898. Com- 

 municated by Dr. T. J. W. Burgess, 

 Lespedez.a Virginica (L.) Britt. 



In thickets at Leamington, Ont., 1892. {John Macoun.) 

 New to Canada. 

 Lespedez.^ frutescens, Brut. « 



L. Stuvei, var. intermediu'^, Gray. Man. Ed. vi. p. 147. 



L. reticulata, Macoun, Cat. Can. Plants, vol. I, pp. 119 and 

 511. 



Not rare in sandy woods and thickets from Niagara to 

 Sarnia. 

 Lathyrus myktifolius, Muhl. 



L. palusfer var, niyrt'tolius,Gr. ; Macoun, Cat. Can. Plants, 

 vol. I, p. 122. 



In thickets at Brandon. Man. Herb. No. 12,528. 1896. 

 (John Mncouii.) Western limit. 

 Prunus avium, L, 



Along a creek bank west of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. 

 (/. Pear7iess.) Not before recorded in Canada. 

 Spir.«a lobata, Jacq. 



Escaped from cultivation and naturalized at Boylston, N.S. 

 {Dr. C. A. Hamilton.) Not before recorded in Canada. 

 Spir/ea sorbifolia, L. 



Along roadsides near Baddeck, Cape Breton Island, N.S., 

 1898. {John Macoun.) Escaped from cultivation, but not be- 

 fore recorded as well naturalized. 



PoTENTiLLA NEMORAi.is, Ncstler : Macoun, Cat. Can. Plants, vol. i, 

 p. 142. 



Discovered many years ago at Stc. Ann's, Cape Breton Is- 

 land, N.S., by Dr. Lawson. Collected in 1898 by Prof. Macoun 

 between Ste. Ann's and Baddeck Bay, Cape Breton 

 Island. 

 RiBES FLORIDUM, L'Her. ; Macoun, Cat. Can. Plants, vol. i, p. 163 



Collections of recent years have shown this species to be 

 more widely distributed west of Manitoba than was supposed. 



