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parts of till' country. The rnn^re of tlic plant is from the Dt'trnit 

 River to the liOWerSt. liawronco an<l Newtninidland. The variety 

 mirriinflnis oecurson the north shore of Luke Superior, and theiieo 

 westward and south-westward. 



C(>ri/<lii(is (iiirid, Willd. At Ottawa. I fmind this phint aiuonc^ 

 the rocky del)ris on the hanks of tlic river, alonir with introduecij 

 plants. Dr. Bi'll has observed a siinil ir spre.idinu' tendiMuiy on 

 the Manitoulin Islands. This habit is. as yet, hut little developed, 

 as elsewhere the species i.s only known in its normal state. It i.s 

 well distributed over the two Provinces, except in the Krie district. 



OxdlU utri'rfa, ]j. At Kingston, this is eoininoii in u,arden.s. 

 Excepting.' on the north shore of Lake Superior, it is well ditVused 

 over Ont.irio and Qui-bec. 



(KiKitliirn lii'i lull's, L., is now a LMrden plant. It is sonietinie.s 

 found irrowini; in rubbish and on road-sid'S. The distributioti of 

 the plant over the two I'rovince.s is very <>eneral. 



Saiiihiiriis Cmi'idnisis, Ji. This is exceedingly coninion in 

 fence lows. It isu well-known species from the .southern shores of 

 the Gcorj^ian JJay and I'rojii the l)t'troit Uiver to the Lower St. 

 Lawrence. Its abnormal habits have been observed in the United 

 States, and the question has breu raised whether it is a native 

 there or not. 



Ei'ujcrDH Cirnddnitils, L., is a plant of wide distribution, both 

 on this and other continents. Here it rangeH over the jxreater 

 portion of the two Provinces, and often occurs in neglected fields. 

 Twootherspccie.'iof thi.-,geiius I'J.iiinninin, Pers. and E.stri'g(i.si(in, 

 Muhl. have also a tendency to beeonu! intruihrs. 



Jinl/jic/ciu liirla, L., is a .Mtuthern plant, Indiiicnous in the 

 Ontario peninsula, and e.istw.irds as f.ir as Belleville, but also 

 fre(iuent in irrain fields around London and on St. Joseph'.s 

 Island, Lake Huron, and .spreading in the County of Northum- 

 berland. 



Antenuiiria p!i(nt(ijtiii/o(!it, Hook. This plant is found every- 

 where throughout the Provinces, and beyond them extends to 

 Hudson's Bay and the Koeky Mountains. Farm yards and the 

 road-sides are favourite resorts of it. Anion'-- its near allies, the 

 Gnaphaliums, there is also a tendency to spread. 



B'uhnH /roiidoHa, L. This, and perhaps one or two other 

 species of the same genus, frequently stray into railway and 

 roadside ditches. The known range of B.frondnsa is from Lake 

 Erie to the Lower St. Lawrence. 



