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Uh-named Species of Composites. 



(1330.) A poor specimen of what may be Echinacea purpurea was 

 gathered on the shore of Lake Huron in July, 1871. Since then ' 

 nothing like it has been seen. As the specimens are without rays and 

 very immature, nothing certain can be predicated of them. 



(1331.) In August, 1883, Mr. James Fletcher picked up in the neighbor- 

 hood of Victoria, a small rayless composite, which at first sight might 

 be referred to Matricaria discoidea, but which differs very materially 

 from that species in many respects. It is evidently a denizen of ditches 

 and muddy places, but the specimens are too few and incomplete to 

 enable one to make a proper examination for their identification. 

 Lower leaves laciniate, upper ones much less so. The whole plant 

 quite smooth and branching at almost every leaf which sheaths both 

 stem and branch. 



Lin. LOBELIACE^E. LOBELIA FAMILY. 



344. LOBELIA, Linn. (LOBELIA.) 



(1332.) L. cardinal is, Linn. Cardinal Flower. 



Low swamps or marshy meadows and along streams. Low grounds 

 near St. Andrews, N.S. (Frown.) On Magaguadavic, Saint Croix, 

 and tributaries, N.B. (Matthew & Vroom.} From Quebec westward to 

 Owen Sound and north westward along the Georgian Bay. ( Macoun.) 



(1333.) L. syphilitica, Linn. Great Blue Lobelia. 



Low, wet meadows and borders of marshes. Bather local in Ontario 

 but frequent along the St. Lawrence and great lakes from Prescott to 

 "Owen Sound, and northward in the limestone districts. (Macoun.) 



(1334.) L. Dortmanna, Linn. Water Lobelia. 



A very remarkable species growing either in water or on the borders 

 of ponds and lakes. In a small lake at North Sydney, Cape Breton. 

 (Macoun.) Mahone Bay, Lunenburg Co., N.S. (Ball.') Vicinity of 

 Halifax, N.S. (Lawson.) Shallow borders of ponds and lakes, rather 

 rare, N.B. (Fowler's Cat.") Near Lake Mistassini. (J. Richardson.'} 

 Very abundant in Twelve Mile Lake and the Bushkong Lakes, Victoria 

 Co., Ont. (Macoun.) Lake Joseph, Muskoka. (Burgess.) Vermil- 

 lion Bay, C.P. K., with Subularia agnatria. (Fletcher.) Slave Lake, 

 English Kiver, and Portage la Loche, Lat. 57. (Richardson.} 



