CATALOGUE OP CANADIAN PLANTS. 145 



(667.) R. nitida, Willd. Pursh, 344. 

 R. blanda, Pursh, 334 & 749. 



Newfoundland. (Morrison.) Possibly mixed with R. lucida, in the 

 Eastern Provinces. (Macoun.) 



(668.) R. parviflora, Ehrh. 



R. Caroliniana, Michx. Fl. L, 295. 

 R. Lyonii, Pursh, 345. 



Along Belly River, N.W.T., 1881. (Dawson.) 



(669.) R.' rubiginosa, Linn. Sweet Briar. 

 R. suaveolens, Pursh, 346. 



Introduced and run wild. Old Windsor .Road; also, near Bedford, 

 N.S. (Lawson.) Common in gardens and about dwellings, N. B. 

 (Fowler's Cat.) Borders of cultivated grounds, Q. (Brunet.) Along 

 roadsides, in fields in all the old settlements of Ontario. 



(670.) R. micrantha, Smith. 



Sparingly escaped from cultivation in a few localities. Montreal and 

 vicinity. (McG-ill Coll. Herb.) Vicinity of Kingston, Ont. (J. Bell.) 

 Vicinity of Hamilton, Ont. (Buchan) 



NOTE. There is much confusion regarding the distribution of the 

 roses, and both in the east and west collectors should aim to get complete 

 specimens of every species. 



173. P1RUS, Linn. (PEAR. APPLE.) 



(671.) P. coronaria, Linn. American Crab-Apple. 

 Mains coronaria, Mill. Michx. Fl. I., 292. 



Open woods and thickets, western Ontario. Valley of the Humber ; 

 Queenston Heights, and woods along Lake Erie to Amherstburg, Ont. 

 (Macoun.) Prince's Island, Lake Medad, Ont. (Logie.). Chippewa 

 and Maiden, Ont. (Maclagan.) Kettle Point, Lake Huron. (Gibson.) 

 Vicinity of London, Ont. (Burgess.) Aldboro, Ont. (Me Grill Coll. Herb.) 

 (672.) P. malus, Linn. Cultivated apple. 



Spontaneous in thickets, in fence corners and old fields, at Belleville 

 and Picton, Ont. (Macoun.) 



(673.) P. arbutifoiia, Linn. Choke-Berry. 



Mespilus arbutifoiia, Linn, Spec. 478. Michx. Fl. L, 290. 



Common in swamps. Bedford, N.S. (Lawson.) Pictou, N.S. (McKay.) 

 Straits of Canso. (Ball.) Common throughout Quebec and Ontario. 



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