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writer. This was in a swamp just south of Madoc village, in the 

 county of Hastings, and I have not heard of its occurrence elsewhere 

 in older Ontario. It is found in the north-western part of the Province 

 and far north. The leaves resemble those of the black garden currant, 

 and the sweet-scented flowers are in an erect cluster. 



31g. Elbes rubrum (L.). Wild Red Currant. 



This is the same species as the cultivated Red Currant, but grows wild 

 in the north. It resembles R. prostratum, but is erect and not 

 ill-scented, while the flower-clusters grow from separate buds, not with 

 the leaves. 



32a. Hamamelis Virginiana (L.). Witch-Hazel. 



A rather tall branching shrub, often growing in clumps in moist soil. 

 The yellow flowers appear in October while the fruit of the previous 

 year yet remains, which fact, with its fame as a divining rod, may 

 account for the popular name. It is reported as rare east of Toronto, 

 but I have found it rather common in parts of Durham county, 

 and frequent in Muskoka. An extract of the bark has medicinal 

 properties. 



33a. Aralia hispida (Vent.). Bristly Sarsaparilla. 



This scarcely deserves the rank of a shrub, though its short bristly 

 stem is quite woody. The leaves are twice-pinnate ; i.e., compound 

 with the parts again divided pinnately into lesser parts or leaflets. 

 Rather common in sandy soil, at least in the north. It is a 

 near relative of the Wild Sarsaparilla and of the Ginseng of commerce. 



34a. Cormis Florida (L.). Flowering Dogwood. 



Our largest species, frequent in south-western Ontario and bearing 

 very conspicuous flowers and fruit. Its nearest relative in the north 

 is an herb of a few inches in height but with similar heads of flowers 

 surrounded by showy white leaves. Fruit bright red. 



34b. Cormis circinata (L'Her.). Round-leaved Dogwood. 



Common throughout the Province in rich woods. The large leaves are 

 nearly round and thickly downy on the lower surface. The twigs have 

 green bark with peculiar warty markings of darker color. Fruit light 

 blue. 



34c. Cornus sericea (L.). Silky Dogwood. 



Resembling the Red Osier Dogwood, but smaller and less brightly 

 colored, with more downy leaves. It is common along Sparrow Lake 

 and the Severn River. Fruit blue. 



34d. Ctrnus asperifdlia (Michx.). Rough-leaved Dogwood. 



Found only along Lake Erie and known by the leaves, which are rough 

 to the touch above and downy beneath. Fruit white. 



