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the margin of the great prairies ; in the Peace River region, it is very- 

 abundant, north to Lake Athabasca. (Macoun.) Plains of Saskat- 

 chewan, abundant, to Fort Franklin on the Mackenzie River. 

 (Richardson.') Assiniboine River. (Dou;/las.) Dog Head, Lake 

 Winnipeg ; Selkirk and along the C. P. R. west of Brandon. (J. 31. 

 Macoun.) 



487. NEPETA, Linn, (CAT-MINT.) 



(1'782.) N. Cataria, Linn. Catnip. 



Naturalized and very common, on roadsides, along fences, in old 

 gardens and around old buildings both in town and country. There 

 are no settlements in Ontario, where it does not appear. Rare in the 

 eastern provinces. 



(1783.) N. Clechoma, Benth. Ground Ivy. 



Glechonm, hederacea, Willd. Pursh Fl. II., 408. 



Escaped from gardens and commonly found around fences and 

 amongst stones. Harbor Grace, ISTewfoundland. {McGill Coll. Serb.) 

 Escaped from gardens at Pictou, N.S. (McKay.) Abundant at Truro 

 and "Windsor, N.S. (Macoun.) Vicinity of Halifax, N".S. (Lindsay.) 

 Abundant on roadsides, and about dwellings, between Shediac and 

 Shemogue, N.B. (Fowler's Cat.) Montreal Mountain, and Durham, Q. 

 (McGill Coll. Herb.) Vicinity of Ottawa. (Fletcher Fl. Ott.) Along 

 fences in London, Ont. (Burgess.) Very common on waste places, in 

 gardens, and along the streets at Sarnia and Amherstburgh, Ont. 

 (Macoun.) 



488. DRACOCEPHALUM, Linn. (DRAGON-HEAD.) 



(1784.) D. parviflorum, Nutt. 



This species seems to extend eastward only to the neighborhood of 

 Ottawa, but in north-western Ontario it is very plentiful. Its usual 

 habitat is in recently burnt woods, where the land is only partly cleared, 

 or sparsely timbered. In such localities it extends west to the Pacific, 

 and northward to Fort Fi-anklin on the Mackenzie River. Fort Youcon, 

 Alaska. (Rothr. Alask.) 



