■loO nEOl^OCICAI, SUKVEV oi' CANAt»A. 



539. MORUS, Linn. (MULBERRY.) 



(1!»52.) M. rubra, Mnn. 



.V. rtibni, \ar. Canadams, Loudon, Arboretum III., 13()0. 



Rk\\ woods throughout the forest bordoring on Lake Krie. Not 

 uncommon from Xijigura town along the rivortothc Whirlpool; com- 

 mon on Poloo Island, and froquont in the woods at Amhcrfstbuigh and 

 west to Windsor. (Macouii.) One )'oung tree noticed near the water's 

 edge below Niagara Falls. {David F. Day.) Sandy soil, Leamington, 

 Essex Co., Ont. (Burgess.) 



(1053.) M. Ai-nrs, Linn. White Mulbeny. 



Cultivated and occasionally wild from Niagara Falls (Macoun), to 

 the sandy wastes near Sarnia, Ont. (Burgess.) 



540. URTICA, Linn. (NETTLE.) 



(1954.) U. gracilis, Ait. Common Nettle. 



U. dioica, Michx. Fl. II., 112, in part. 

 U. procera, Willd. Pursh. Fl. I., 113. 

 U. dioica, L. Hook. Arct. PI. 



Not uncommon in rich soil on the borders of woods, along fences, 

 around dwellings, and in river bottoms, from Nova Scotia and New 

 Brunswick westwai-d to Morley at the base of the Eocky Mountains. 

 Specimens collected in the far east are identical with western ones. 

 From Lake Huron to the Saskatchewan and throughout the wooded 

 country on the east of the Rocky Mountains, as far north as Fort 

 Franklin on the Mackenzie River. (Richardson.) 



(1955.) U. DIOICA, Linn. Stinging Nettle. 



Naturalized in many places in the older settlements, Pictou, N.S. 

 (McKay.) Along the railway at Bedford Basin, N.S. (Macoun.) On 

 ballast at St. John, N.B. (Hay.) Naturalized in a few places, Graspe 

 Basin, Q. Ferry Point, Belleville, Ont., and at Stone Mills, Bay of 

 Quinte ; also at Port Stanley, Lake Erie. (Macoun.) 



(1956.) U. Lyallli, Watson. Western Nettle. 



Occasionally met with in Beaver Creek valley and other places in 

 the Selkirk mountains, B.C. (Macoun.) On Vancouver Island, B.C. 

 (Lyall & Fletcher.) Abundant about old Indian villages and camping 

 places, Vancouver Island. (Dawson.) 



