to it as iiHliiiciious in Hritish North Aiiu'ricii. It occurs within 

 tho Arctic z inc. 



Cii'Hiina <irvi,nc, Sc'»[). In the Hctlldl districts f\ orrnisr is 

 decidedly iiatiirali/rd. hut soiiu! aiithdrs ro-anl it as probably 

 iiidiu^fuoiis ill till! Hudson's IJay Territory. It is well diffused 

 throiiLcliout Ontario and Qiubcc. 



Phtiitdiin tiKijnr, L., is very comninn everywhere anionirst 

 <"*ass in fields and on roadsides. A'ja.ssiz thinks it indiirenous 

 on the north shore of Lake Superior, ami Maeoim has inlitrnied 

 nic of its occurrence, in the native state, on rocks aloiiir rivers in 

 the northern part of the Ccuuity of IVlerhonm.L'h, Ontario. 



Vinmini. sn-pi/l/!/i>liti, Iv., is a familiar field and waysido 

 plant from the Detroit River to Gaspe and Newtoundland. Its 

 habits are those of an introduced plant, hut some observers have 

 met with it in the native state. 



linniillii riil<i<iris. L., is well distributed over the two Pro- 

 vinces. TIu' naturalized state occurs abundantly in lawns and in 

 pastures, and sonmtimos on roadsides. 



(^ihiiiiiiifJi'i cHiinpridiinii, Benth., is well known throuLihout 

 Ontario, hut in Quebec does not seem to have been observed. At 

 Kingston I think it is indi.i:enous, and Mucoun similarly retrards 

 the Helh'ville ]ilant. The liake Superior form A^assiz also con- 

 siders native rather than naturalized. 



Pol 11(1(111 II III (iiunil'iir, L. This, the most common of weeds, 

 almost everywhere meets the (ye. I have only seen the intro- 

 duced i'orm. and have doubts whether it is, at any locality, indi- 

 genous. The variety eircfnni {]\ cmtinn, L.) is an aboriginal, 

 us also is var. llnnndi' (P. mnrlfhiiiim, Kay.) 



Ilidnnliiti Liipidiis, L., has escaped from cultivation, and some- 

 what permaiieutly settled in some places. I have seen it around 

 Montreal and at Lennoxville. It is indigenous on the north 

 shore of Lake Supeiior, and during the past sunuuer I found it 

 entwinin:^; itself among the shrubs which border Salmon (h'eek, in 

 the Township of .Melbourne, Province of Quebec. It can no 

 longer bo reg irded as a plant of purely W.isteru range. 



Fcxtncd (iviiKi, (iray, var <hiri'iiscii/'(, Oray. 



Poll <'/>mpi<ss(i^ L. 



P. pnitciiiiln, I . 



A(jrostis vii/giiris, With. 



Pdiilciiiu g/dhrinn, Gaudin. 



P. criisgdl/i, L. 



