348 UEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



LXIX. SOLAXACEiE. 1'otato Family. 



428. SOLANUM, Linn. (NIGHTSHADE.) 



(IGOT.) S. triflorum, Nutt 



Around " biKliror " holes on the prairie, or where the sod lia.s been 

 broken. In the vicinity of Fort Carlton and at the entrance to " badger " 

 holes westward to Edmonton. {Drummond.) Very common neai- 

 " badger " holes and along the railways throughout the prairie region. 

 {Macoun.') South of Wood Mountain, not uncommon over a great part 

 of the second and thii-d prairie steppes. Another form was observed 

 at the First Crossing of the Souris in low ground, 49th parallel. 

 {Daioson.) Eathcr common on the Souris Plain, and westward to the 

 Blackfoot Crossing on Bow Eiver. (J. M. Macoun.) 



(1608.) S. nigrum, Linn. 



Common in damp shady situations, especially in low woods lately 

 burnt over. AYe seem to have two forms : one native which is low 

 and spreading, and a stouter form which is commonly in cultivated 

 grounds. Frequent in suitable localities from the Atlantic provinces 

 to the Rock}' Mountains and perhaps beyond. 



(1609.) S. Dulcamara, Linn. Bittersweet. 



Near dwellings, around gardens and in fence corners. It is also 

 frequently found climbing over logs in low wet woods and in the 

 vicinity of small brooks far from dwellings. Completely naturalized 

 in Ontario and growing from seeds carried by birds. 



(1610.) S. rostratum, Dunal. 



S. lieterandrum, Pursh Fl. I., 156. 

 Spontaneous within the limits of the city of Ottawa for a number of 

 years. (Fletcher Fl. Ott.) 



(1611.) S. Carolinense, Linn. 



Sandy and waste grounds near Fort Erie at the foot of Lake Erie. 

 {David F. Bay.) 



429. LYCOPERSICUM, Mill. (TOMATO.) 



(1612.) L. esculentum, Mill. Cherry-Tomato. 

 Fi-equently spontaneous in gardens. Throughout Ontario tomato 



