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(407.) R. cathartica, Linn. Buckthorn. 



Frequently planted for hedges and then left to run wild, as at Belle- 

 ville and Caj;itleton, Ont. 



XXVIII. VITAGEM. Vine Family. 



122. VITIS, Tourn. (GRAPE.) 



(408.) V. Labrusca, Linu. Northern Fox-Grape. 



Moist thickets, along Lake ^rie. Abundant on Pelee Point and 

 Pelee Island. (Macoun.) Vicinity of Hamilton, Ont. (Buchan.) 



(409.) V. cordifolia, Lam. Frost Grape. 

 V. imlpina, Muhl. Hook. Fl. I., 115. 



Annapolis, N. S. (Laivson.) Very abundant throughout Ontario ; 

 and often producing almost impenetrable thickets in river and stream 

 valleys. Frequent in Quebec, from the Island of Orleans westward. 

 Valley of the Eed Kiver, near Emerson. (Dawson.) Said to grow in 

 profusion in the valley of the Assiniboine and north-west of Portage 

 la Prairie, Man. The writer has never noticed it in any part of the 

 North-west, except the Assiniboine valley. 



(410.) V. riparia, Michx. FL IL, 231. 



V. cordifolia, var. riparia, Gray, Manual, 113. 



This and the preceding species grow in the same situations, and are 

 often confounded, This species may be easily known by its deeply 

 lobed, smaller and thinner leaves. On the shore of Grand Lake, N.B, 

 (Fowler's Cat.) Frequent in western Ontario. (Macoun.) Extending 

 to the south end of Lake Winnipeg, in Lat. 52\ (Richardson.) 



123. AMPELOPSIS, Michx. (VIRGINIAN CREEPER.) 



(411.) A. quinquefolia, Michx. Hook. Fl. I., 114. 

 Cissus hederacea, Pers. Pursh, 170. 



Eiver banks and low thickets, from Grosse Isle, Quebec, to the valley 

 of the Assiniboine, Man. Common in cultivation. Not reported from 

 the Maritime Provinces, except as a cultivated species. 



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