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(2282.) S. hispida, Muhl,, Cat. 97. 



Low swampy woods not common, eastward. Abundant in black ash 

 swamps in man3- parts of Hastings Co. ; borders of Cold Creek, 

 Brighton, and along the Trent above Campbellford, and in woods west 

 of Newcomb'8 Mills, Cramahe, Northumberland Co., Ont. (Alacoun ) 

 Vicinitj- of Hamilton, Ont. (Logie.) Low woods and thickets at 

 London and Owen Sound, Ont. (Burgess.) Port Dover, Lake Erie. 

 (Macoun.) 



(2283.) S. herbacea, Linn. Michx., Fl. L, 238; Pursh, Fl. I., 25L 



S. peduncularis, Mulil. Hook., FL II., 173 ; Pursh, Fl. I., 251. 

 S. pulverulenta, Miclix., Fi. I., 238. 

 S. laxionmron, Hook., Fl. II., 173. 



Eather common in I'ich woods and thickets. Rothesaj^ and Frederic- 

 ton ; ratlier common along the St. John Eiver, St. llilaire, N.B. 

 (Fowler, Cat.) Montical Mountain, 1821. (Dr. Holmes.) Quebec and 

 Island of Orleans. (Thomas.) Ste. Anne de la PcSrade, Champlain Co., 

 Q. (St. Cyr.) Devil's Rivei , on sand climbing over bushes, 

 Argenteuil Co., Q. (D' Urban.) River banks and on islands at 

 Ottawa. (Fletcher, Fl. Ott.) Thickets around Prescolt, Ont., and 

 northward; common. (Billings.) Borders of fields west of Hamilton, 

 Ont. (Logie.) Neighborhood of London, Ont. (Burgess. MiUman.) 

 Borders of fences at Castleton and Belleville, Ont. ; common ; also 

 15 miles up the Kaministiqua, west of Lake Supei-ior; in thickets 

 along the Assiniboine River, west of Portage la Prairie, Man. 

 (Macoun.) Thickets at Kmerson, on the Red River, Man. (Burgess.) 

 Canada to Lake Winnipeg and Red River, and west to Fort Carleton, 

 on the Saskatchewan. (Hooker, Fl.) 



608. ASPARAGUS, Linn. Gen. 424. (ASPARAGUS) 



(2284.) A. OFFICINALIS, Linn. Puish, Fl.L, 235. (Garden Asparagus.) 



A garden escape in a number of localities. Waste places around 

 Ottawa. (Fletcher, Fl. Ott.) Waste places at London, Ont. (Burgess. 

 Millman.) Burlington Beach, near Hamilton, Ont. (Buchan. Burgess^ 

 Waste heaps, and growing in a piece of woods near Belleville, Ont. ; 

 also at Victoria and Nanaimo, Vancouver Island. (Macoun.) 



