376 THE FLORA OF NEWFOUNDLAND, LABRADOR 



and Trinity Bay, S. John's, and the Bay of Islands (A. C. W.) 

 Fields and roadsides. July September. Flora Miq. 



351. Matricaria inodora, L. Wild Chamomile. Har- 

 bour Grace (McGill Coll. Herb, Cat. II., 253). Only on rubbish 

 heaps, S. John's (R. & S.) ; Trinity Bay (A. C. W.). August. 



352. Tnula Helenium, L. Common Elecampane. Jackson's 

 Arm, White Bay (Bullman). Rocky ground. August. 



353. Petasites palmata, Gray. Butterbun, Sweet Coltsfoot. 

 " Swamps and shady banks of streams from Newfoundland and 

 Labrador to Rocky Mountains (Richardson, Cat. II., 260) ; White 

 Bay (Revd. S. I. Andrewes Macoun). Lab: Hopedale (Weiz- 

 Paekard), 



354. Prenanthes alba, L. White Lettuce. *(PiGROOT). 

 (Cormack, Cat. II., 282). (Reeks). Flora Miq., very common 

 in bushes. August. 



355. P. serpentaria, Pursh. Rattlesnake Root. Trinity 

 Bay (Cormack), and New Harbour Brook (?) (A. C. W.) ; S. 

 John's (Miss Southcott and Lady Blake), and Bay D'Espoir in 

 Hermitage Bay; all named by Prof. Macoun. Var. Nana, Gray. 

 Holyrood and S. John's (R. & S.). Rocky hillsides, 6 inches to 2J 

 feet high. August. Lab : L'anse au Clair (A. C. W. Fowler). 

 September. 



356. P. altissima, L. Tall White Lettuce. (Reeks) 

 (Cormack, Cat. IL, 282). 



357. Onopordon Acanthium, L. Cotton or Scotch Thistle. 

 Harbour Grace (Clift). 



358. Rudbeckia hirta, L. Cone/lower. S. John's and 

 Holyrood, not yet abundant, (R. & S.). Near meadows, Bay of 

 Islands (A. C. W. Fowler) ; Tiddleton, near Conception Bay 

 (Clift Macoun). Fields. August. 



359. Senecio aureus, L. Golden Groundsel, Common Rag- 

 wort. " From Newfoundland and Labrador to the Rocky 



* The Flora Miquelonensis remarks on this plant," Pigs are very fond of the 

 root known as the plant nnder the name of ' Mountain Turnip.' It gives to the flesh 

 an excellent flavour." 



