CATALOGUE Of CANADIAN PLANTS. 391 



in the prairie i-egion quite common around small ponds or marshy 

 spots ; common in the Eocky Mountains and British Columbia. North 

 to Fort Fi-anklin on the Mackenzie Eiver. {Richardson.) 



(1801.) S. aspera, Michx. 



6'. hispidu, Pursh Fl. II., 407. 



S. paluslris, var. aspera, Gray, Man. Ed. V., 358. 



Apparently rare in Ontario and confined to the western part. Vicin- 

 ity of London, Ont. (Burgess.) Vicinity of Toronto. (Fowler.) 



(1802.) S. ciliata, Dougl. 



Oregon to British Columbia, along the coast in damp shady places. 

 (Gray.) In the vicinity of Victoria, Vancouver Island. (Fletcher & 

 Meehan.) In woods near Port Moody, B.C. (Hill.) 



Var. pubens, Gray. 



Washington Territory to Fraser River, B.C. (Gray.) Queen Char- 

 lotte Islands. (Dawson.) 



LXXVIII. PLANTAGINACEiE. Plantain Family. 



497. PLANTAGO, Linn. (PLANTAI N) 



(1803.) P. cordata, Lam. 



p. Kentuckensis, Michx. Fl. I., 94. 

 P. data, Pursh Fl. I., 98. 



Along streams, Canada. (Pursh.) Maiden, Ont. (Maclagan.) 

 Ditches and swamps along the Canada Southern Railway, at Colchester 

 station, near Amherstburgh . (Macoun.) 



(1804.) P. major, Linn. Common Plantain. 



Naturalized in all the older settlements throughout Canada Besides 

 the introduced form there is an indigenous one, which is always found 

 along the margins of i-ivers or lakes, generally in damp crevices of 

 rocks, or amongst gravel. This form is common from Lake Superior 

 westward, and is particularly abundant along small streams in the 

 prairie region. It has also been collected in the Kootanie Valley, B.C., 

 by Dr. G. M. Dawson. 



