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L XXXVI. PIPERACE^. Pepper Family. 



523. SAURURUS, Linn. (LIZARD'S TAIL.) 



(1918.) S. cernuus, Linn. 



Rather local in Ontario, but abundant where found. Growing in 

 great profusion in mud along the Nation River at Casselraan on the 

 Canada Atlantic Railway, 40 miles from Ottawa. (Macoun & Fletcher.) 

 On Charles Island, above Magara Falls. (Burgess.} Muddy places, 

 Chippewa and Maiden. (Maclagan.) Mud flats at the mouth of the 

 Bayfield river, below Goderich, Lake Huron. (John Gibson.) 



LXXXVII. LAURINE.^. Laurel Family. 



524. SASSAFRAS, Nees. (SASSAFRAS.) 

 (1919.) S. officinale, I^ees. 



Laurus Sassafras, Lima. Pursh. Fl. I., 277. 

 In thickets as small shrubs at the mouth of the Humber, Toronto ; 

 abundant in the forest around Queenston Heights and becoming twenty 

 inches in diameter ; evidently common all along Lake Brie in the foi'est 

 back from the lake ; abundant at Pelee Point, Essex Co. (Macoun.) 

 At Ancaster and on Prince's Island, also in East Flamboro', between 

 the Waterdown Road and Burlington Bay. (Logic & Buchan.) Com- 

 mon in the Niagara district. (Maclagan.) At the Whirlpool, Niagara 

 Falls, and Point Abino, Lake Erie. (David F. Bay.) Sandy woods 

 near Toronto and Mount Pleasant, Brant Co., Ont. (Burgess.) 



525. LINDERA, Thunb. (WILD ALLSPICE.) 



(1920.) L. Benzoin, Meisner. Spice Bush. 



Benzoin odoriferum, Nees. Hook. Fl. IL, 137. 

 Laurus Benzoin, Linn. Pursh. Fl. I., 276. 

 L. Pseudo-Benzoin, Michaux Fl. I., 243. 



In boggy ground along the base of the hills four miles north of 

 Trenton ; also around springs in numerous places, Quaker Valley, near 

 Wooler, and half a mile north of Colborne on the road to Castleton, 

 Northumberland Co., Ont. ; forming a small tree in the woods around 

 Queenston Heights and on Pelee Point, Essex Co., Ont. ; also in low 

 woods, Royston Park, Owen Sound. (Macoun.) The Dell, Ancaster, 

 near Hamilton. (Logic & Buchan.) Chippewa and Maiden. (Maclagan.) 

 Low woods, near London, Ont. (Burgess.) English's Woods and else- 

 where near London. (Saunders.) 

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