418 OEOLOaiCAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



(1915.) R. Acetosella, I/mn. 



Abuiulaiit in saiuly ami barren soils from Newfound hind, Nova Scotia 

 and New Brunswick westward to the Paeiiie. This species seems to 

 bo both native and introduced, especially eastward. In Ontario it is 

 certainly indiii^enous, and very abundant in the pine districts. 



LXXXV. AEISTOLOCHIACE/E. Birtiiwort Famit-t. 



522. ASARUM, Linn. (WILD GINGER.) 



(1916.) A. Canadense, Linn. 



Eich woods amongst leaves and dead wood. Common in Ontario. 

 Abundant on the upper St. John, St. Francis, and Salmon rivers, Queen's 

 Co., also on Fel River, and at Frcdericton, (^ueensbury, Morrison's 

 Mills, and in rich woods about Andover, and Darling's Island, N.B. 

 (Fowler's Cat.) Montreal mountain, Papineaii woods, and other places at 

 Montreal, 1821. (Holmes.) In a few low places along the River Eouge, 

 Ottawa Co., Q. (D' Urban.) Island of Orleans, Quebec. (Thomas.) 

 Sillery, Quebec, Nicolet and St. Anne, Champlain Co., Q. (St. Cyr.) 

 Eastern Townships and Bekeil Mountain, Q. (Maclagan.) Very 

 common in rich woods around Ottawa. (Fletcher Fl. Ott.) Common 

 in rich Avoods at Prescott, Ont. (Billings.) Kingston, Niagara and 

 Maiden. (Maclagan.) Rich woods from Kingston west to Cobourg, 

 and north to Madoc and Peterboro' ; also in woods at Owen Sound. 

 (Macoun.) Mountain side west of Hamilton, common. (Logie & 

 Buchan.) Common in rich woods at London. (Burgess.) Rich woods 

 some miles up the Kaministiquia, west of Lake Superior. (Macoun.) 

 Rich wooded hillsides, Pembina Mountain, Man., 49th parallel. (Dawson 

 & Burgess.) Throughout Canada to the Saskatchewan. (Richardson.) 



(1917.) A. caudatum, Lindl. 



A. Canadense, Var. (i. Hook. Fl. II., 139. 



In rich woods on the lower slopes of the Cascade Mountains at Yale, 

 B.C. (Macoun.) Abundant in shady pine woods, among moss, on the 

 north-west coast. (Douglas.) Yale and Spuzzum, and along the 

 Goldstream, 12 miles from Victoria, B. C. (Fletcher.) 



