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237. FERULA, Linn. 



(884.) F. dissolute, Watson, Bot. Calif. L, 271. 



F. dissecta, Gray. Macoun's Cat., No. 748. 



Abundant on the mountain slopes above Spence's Bridge, B. C. 

 (885.) F. multiflda, Gray. 



Leptotcenia multifida, Nutt. Torr. & Gray, Fl. I., 630. 



Common in rich grassy thickets, near Victoria, Vancouver Island. 

 (Macoun.) Mountains in the S. Kootanie Pass, Lat. 49. (Dawscm.*) 

 All the specimens examined, of those two species, are very young and 

 may be incorrectly determined. 



238. DAUCUS, Tourn. (CARROT.) 



(886.) D. pusillus, Michx. var. microphyllus, Torr. & Gray. 

 D. microphyllus, Presl. Hook. Fl. I., 271. 



Nootka Sound and Straits of De Fuca. (Scouler.) Abundant on diy 

 hills around Victoria, Vancouver Island. (Macoun, Hill.} 



(887.) D. Carota, Linn. Cultivated Carrot. 



Occasionally found, for a year or two, in gardens and fields, but can 

 scarcely be said to have become spontaneous anywhere. 



239. ARCHEMORA, DC. (COWBANE.) 

 (888.) A. rierida, DC. 



Sium rigidius, Linn. Pursh, 194. 

 Sison marginatum, Michx. Fl. L, 168. 



Sandy or other swamps, western Ontario. Colchester Station, 

 Canada Southern Railway. (Macoun.) Maiden, Ont. (Maclagan.*) 

 Port Colboroe. (McGill Coll. Herb.) 



XLVI. AEALIACE^). GINSENG FAMILY. 



240. ARALIA, Tourn. (GINSENG.) 



(889.) A. racemosa, Linn. Spikenard. 

 On turned up stumps in damp woods. Common at Pictou, N.S. 



