48 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



628. MEDEOLA, Linn. Gen. 455. (INDIAN CUCUMBER) 



(2343.) M. Virginica, Linn. Michx., Fl. I., 214; Puish, Fl. I., 244; 

 Hook., Fl. II., 179. 



Eich woods, rather common ; but seldom seen in abundance any- 

 where. Windsor, Dartmouth, Halifax, and Pictou, N.S. (Somviers, Cat.) 

 Truro, and North Woods, Annapolis, N.S. (Macoun.) Woodlands, 

 Glenelg, Guysborough Co., N.S. (Faribault.) Bathurst, KB. (Mc&ill 

 Coll. Herb.) Kouchibouguac, and Bass Eiver; St. John, N.B. (Fowler, 

 Cat.) Campbellton, and Hampton, N.B. (Chalmers.) Island of Orleans. 

 {Thomas.) Very abundant in rocky and sandy woods, Argenteuil Co., 

 Q. (D' Urban.) In a swamp, Montreal Mountain, 1821. (Dr. Holmes.) 

 Eich woods, around Ottawa. (Fletcher, Fl. Ott.) Woods at Prescott, 

 Ont. ; common. (Billings.) Eich deep woods, rather uncommon, in 

 centi'al Ontario. (Macoun.) Woods near Lake Medad, Hamilton, 

 Ont. (Logie.) Low rich woods, London, Ont., and Parry Sound, 

 Georgian Bay. (Burgess.) London, and Komoka, Ont. (Millman.) 

 Owen Sound, and Hilton, Ont. (./ Bell.) St. Joseph Island, Georgian 

 Bay. (E. Bell.) 



629. TRILLIUM, Linn. Gen. 456. (THREE-LEAVED 

 NIGHTSHADE.) 



(2344.) T. erectum, Linn., var. atropurpureum, Hook. Fl. 

 11., 180; Pursh, Fl. I., 245. 



T. rhomboideum, var. atropurpureum, Michx., Fl. I., 215. 

 T. obovatum, Pursh, Fl. 1., 246. (Montreal plant.) 



Low rich woods bj^ the borders of swamps. Halifiix, and near Rock- 

 head ; Hall's Harbor, King's Co., N.S. (Sommers, Cat.) Woods, Cape 

 Blomidon, N.S. (Macoun.) Common about St. John, Loch Lomond, and 

 St. Croix Eiver ; Upper St. John Eiver and its tributaries, Norton, Tobi- 

 que, near Pokiok, and Bald Mountain ; rare in the northern counties of 

 N.B. only reported from Eestigouche. (Fowler, Cat.) Island of Orleans. 

 (St. Cyr.) Papineau Eoad, near Montreal, 1821. (Dr. Holmes.) Eiviere 

 du Loup, Q. (Thomas.) Abundant in low woods, Argenteuil Co., Q. 

 (D' Urban.) Vicinity of Ottawa; common. (Fletcher, Fl. Ott.) Com- 

 mon at Prescott, Ont. (Billings.) Very common throughout central 

 Ontario in wet woods ; northward it is found on drier soil, as at North. 



