100 FLORA OF NOVA SCOTIA — LAWSON. 



by intenuixture ol:" other larg-e-llowered species. The annual 

 field and garden weed V. arvensls, with corolla not exceeding 

 the calyx, is, without sufficient reason, connected by many 

 authors with tricolor as a sul )species or variety ; it has not been 

 fciund in Nova Scotia. 



V. odorata, the Sweet Violet of England, has been found at 

 Pictou, by Mr. Mackay, but merely as a garden escape. 



CARYOPHYLLACEiE. 



Saponaria officinalis, Linn. Soapwort. An escape from 

 cultivation. Near Twelve Mile House, Halifax County, (flowers 

 double, pale rose color). Windsor, Hants, escaped, How. 



SiLEXE CucuBALUS, Wihel. Cow Bells. S. injiata. Smith. 

 About dwellings, etc., Lucyfield, introduced, proljably from Bay 

 Chaleur, Gulf of St. Lawrence, where it is abundant. 



Truro, lately introduced with lawn-grass seed. Dr. G. C 

 Campbell. 



SiLEXE ACAULLS, Linn. Moss Campion. St. Paul's Island 

 and Cape Breton Island, A. H. Mackay, in Macoun's Catalogue, 

 I., p. 68. 



SiLEXE XOCTIFLORA, Linn. Catchfly. Formerly a garden 

 weed at Lucyfleld, but has not been observed of late years. 



Lychxis ALBA, Miller. L. vespertina, Sihthorp. Annapolis, 

 Dr. How. Probably a remnant of the French occupation. 



Lychxis diurxa, Sibtlioiy. L. dioica, Linn. Annapolis and 

 Kentville. Probabl}^ a remnant of the French occupation. 



Lychxis Githago, Lamarck. Corn Cockle. In flelds. Intro- 

 duced with foreign seed-grain, not a permanent weed. Lucyfield, 

 occasionally. 



Halifax, Dr. Somers. Pictou, A. H. Mackay. Strait of Canso, 

 Guysborough, Rev. E. H. Ball. New Glasgow, Dr. How. 



Arenaria serpyllifolia, Linn. Sandy and gravelly soils, 

 introduced. Halifax. 



