26 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



CYL AMAKYLLIDACE^E. AMARYLLIS FAMILY. 

 605. HYPOXIS, Linn. Gen. 417. (STAR-GRASS) 



(2279.) H. erecta, Linn. Pursh, Fl. I., 224; Hook., Fl. II., 207. 



H. Carolinianum, Michx., Fl. I., 188. 



Meadows^and grassy woodlands. Not common, eastward. Sandy 

 meadow near Trenton station, and in a meadow near the Ferry House, 

 opposite Belleville, Hastings Co., Ont. (Macoun.) Prince's Island, near 

 Hamilton, Ont. (Logie.} Sandy woodland, Hatch ley, Ont. ; also bor- 

 ders of woods Emerson, Man. (Burgess.} Yery abundant on the prairie 

 at Brandon and the country around the Brandon Hills and westward 

 (Macoun.) South of Moose Mountain, Assiniboia. (J. M. Macoun.y 

 North Antler Creek, 49th parallel. (Dawson.) 



CYII. DIOSCOKEACE.E. YAM FAMILY. 



606. DIOSCOREA, Linn. Gen. 1122. (YAM) 



(2280.) D. villosa, Linn. Pursh, Fl. I., 251; Hook., Fl. II., 207. 



D. panieulata, Michx., Fl. I., 239. 



Very rare in Canada. Only found west of Toronto. Marsh near 

 Dundas, Ont. (Buchan.} Thickets on river bank, London, Ont, 

 (Burgess. Millman.) 



CYIII. L1LIACE.E. LILY FAMILY. 



607. SMILAX, Linn. Gen. 1120. (GREEN-BRIER) 



(2281.) S. quadrangularis, Pursh, Fl. I., 251. 



S. rotundifolia, var. quadrangularis , Gray, Man. Ed. V., 519. 

 S. rotundifolia, Linn. Hook., Fl. II., 172 ; Pursh, Fl. I., 250. 

 S. cauduca, Pursh, II. I., 250. 



Thickets in damp woods on Pelee Point, Lake Erie, 1882. (Macoun.) 

 Low woods near Leamington, Essex Co., Ont. (Burgess.) 



