1898] Contributions to Canadian Botany. 167 



Co., Ont., in the summer of 1897, and again in 1898. Com- 

 municated by Dr. T. J. W. Burgess. 

 Lespedeza Virginica (L.) Britt. 



In thickets at Leamington, Ont., 1892. {John Macoun.) 

 New to Canada. 

 Lespedez.\ frutescens, Brut. 



L. Stuvei, var. intemnedius. Gray. Man. Ed. vi. p. 147. 



L. reticulata, Macoun, Cat. Can. Plants, vol. I, pp. 119 and 

 511. 



Not rare in sandy woods and thickets from Niagara to 

 Sarnia. 



L.\THYRUS MVRTIFOLIUS, Muhl. 



L. palusfer var, rnyrt'folius, Gr. ; Macoun, Cat. Can. Plants, 



vol. I, p. 122. 



In thickets at Brandon. Man. Herb. No. 12,528. 1896. 

 {John Mucown.) Western limit 

 Prunus avium, L, 



Along a creek bank west ot Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. 

 {J. Peamess.) Not before recorded in Canada. 



SPIRiEA LOBATA, Jacq. 



Escaped from cultivation and naturalized at Boylston, N.S. 

 Dr.C. A. Hamilton.) Not before recorded in Canada. 

 Spir^a sorbifolia, L. 



Along roadsides near Baddeck, Cape Breton Island, N.S., 

 1898. {John Macoun.) Escaped from cultivation, but not be- 

 fore recorded as well naturalized. 



Potentilla nemoralis, Nastier ; Macoun, Cat. Can. Plants, vol. i, 

 p. 142. 



Discovered many years ago at Ste. Ann's, Cape Breton Is- 

 land, N.S., by Dr. Lawson. Collected in 1898 by Prof. Macoun 

 between Ste. Ann's and Baddeck Bay, Cape Breton 

 Island. 

 Ribes floridum, L'Her. ; Macoun, Cat. Can. Plants, vol. i, p. 163. 



Collections of recent years have shown this species to be 

 more widely distributed west of Manitoba than was supposi^d. 



