1878 



1878 



SECRETARY FOR AGRICULTURE. 



47 



1 the Pro- 

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faideuhair 

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ly spring; 

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 ly 4, 1868 ; 



n August^ 



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cb appear 

 e northern 



June. 

 Common. 



ion. June, 

 ry woods. 



yhlte plant. 



llotainiDg 

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18— Sept. 

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ist in salt 



Imers sent 



bearing a 

 le flowers. 



July. 

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I. Muddy 



and slow 



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401. 



SCROPHULARIACE.'E— Figwort Family. 



Veubascum Thapsus, L. Common Mullein. Fields and roadsides. 



LiNAKiA vuLOARis, Mill. Toud Flux. BuUer-and-Eggs. Escaped from gardens in a few 

 places. 



CiiKLONK glabra, L. Turtle.-h»ad. Snake head. Common In wet places. Aug.— Sept. 



MiMULUS ringecs, L. Monkey-flower. Wet places. Common. 



Ilysanthes gratlololdes, Benth. False Pimpernd. A smooth, much branched, spread- 

 ing little plant frequent in wet sandy or grarelly plaoou subject to inundation. 



Vkhonica. Virglnlca, L. Culver' s-root. Culver's Phi/sic. Though this plant Is native la 

 Vermont I have never seen it here exceot in gardens. July — Aug. Valuable in medi- 

 cine. 



V. Amcriccna, fe^cbwelnltz. American Brooklime. Brooks and ditches. Common. 

 July — Aug. 



V. scutellata, L. Marsh Speedwell. In wet places. Coretnon. July. 



V. ofllclniUis, L. Common Speediodl. Dry flelds or hills. Norton. Apparently rare. 

 July. 



V. serpyllifolia, L. Thyme-leaved Speedwell. A littltj Mant 2-6 Inches high ; very common 

 along roadsides and often In wet places, flowering i.<> early spring and continuing to 

 blossom till July. 



V. peregrlna, L. Neckweed. Purslane Speedwell. Have not noticed It except at Koaclil- 

 bouguasis in waste ground. May. 



V. AGUK8TIS, L. Field Speedwell Introduced a few years ago Into a garden at Rlcbl- 

 bucto and now spreading beyond. A specimen collected In Frederlcton appears in the 

 University Herbarium. 



Castkllkia pallida, Kunth, var., septentrlonalis, Gray. Painted Ctip. Hills of Resti- 

 gouche. Aug. 



EuniUAsiA officinalis, L. Eijebright. Very abundant on dry hills near Bathnrst and St. 

 John. Formerly In high i-epute for its medicinal properties, and hence its lame in 

 Milton's "'Paradise Lost.V 



RiuNANTiiES Crlsta-gHJll, L. Common YelloioRattle. Common near St. John. North of 

 Miramicbi on Butburst road. Blticklands, Restigoucbe. 



Pkoiculaius Canadensis, L. Common Lousewort. Wood Bctowj, Mr. Moser has col- 

 lected It at Qrand Falls. 



MELAMrvituM Amerlcanum, Mlchx. Coio Wheat. Common In open woods. July— Aug, 



t 



VERBENACEiE-Vervaln Family. 

 Verbena bastata, L. .Blue Vervain. Waste grounds. Not common. 



LABIAT.K— Mint Family. 



TuNCRiUAf Canadense, L. American Germander. Wood Saijc. Sand-beacb. Koucbl- 

 bouguac. 



Mkxtiia piperita, L. Peppermint. Sparingly escaped from gardens. 



M. sativa, L. Whorlcd-mint. Escaped from gardens. 



M. arvensis, L. Corn Mint. Field at Norton. 



M. Canadensis, L. Wild Mint. Common in damp, shady places. 



Var. glabrata, Beutb. Rather rare. St. John. Restigoucbe. 



Lvcorus Virglnicus, L. Buijle-vced. Kent. 



L. sinuatus. Ell. Common In Wf^t grounds. 



Calami-ntha Clinopodiura. Beuth. Basil. Open woods on hillsides In Restigouche. 



ilEDEOAiA pulegioides, Pers. Ahiencaa Pennyroyal. In ii waste lleld at Greeu Head, St. 

 John. 



Nki'eta Catahia, L. Catnip. A rare scape from gardens. 



N. Glechoma, Beuth. Ground lou Gill. About dwellings. Abundant on roadsides be- 

 tween Shedlac and Shemogue. 



BmiNKLLA vulgaris, L. Common Self-heal or Heal-nll. Fields and woods. Common. 

 June — Sept. 



ScuTELLAitiA gaierlciulata, L, SatUcai). Common in wet, shady places. 



S. lateriflora, L. Wet, shaded places. Common. 



Galeoi'sls Tktuaiut, L. Comnii»t Jfevip X(.'Ule. A very common uud troublesome weed. 

 Aug. 



Stachys aspera, Michx. A small patch near Naparf Hriclgc, Northumberland Connty, 

 among fjrass. 



Lkonuuus Caudiaca, L. Common Mutherwort. Common in waste places around dwell- 



ings. 



BORRAGINACE.E-Borage Family. 



Lvcoi'sis auvknsis, L. Small Bngloss. Sand beach. Eel River, Restigouche. 

 nt ott the I 404. Sympuytum officinalk, L. Common Comfrey, Apparently naturalized In St. JoUa 



Cemetery. 



