ATRTPLEX, L. Oraclie. 

 1841, A. patida, L. 



" Specioiens which we take for this species, are almost smooth and 

 bright-green, with the cusps of the leaves erect. In every case 

 introduced. This form is found around all towns and villages in 

 Ontario." (Macoun's Cat., Pt. Ill, p. 401.) 



■ -vav. HASTATA, Gray. 



Low ground. Uncommon. River side below Parliament Hilh 

 Gatineau Point. ISTew Edinburgh. Aug. — 2. Leaves thick, the 

 lower ones triangular-halberd-shaped. 



KOCHIA. 



K. scoparia, L. 



Introduced. Two patches of this annual plant have been noticed 

 for some years ; one by the roadside near the old Crown Timber 

 Office, the other by the roadside at Billings Bridge. It is a 

 curious, erect, branching plant with somewhat the appearance of 

 a Sitceda. Leaves lanceolate, thin and pubescent. Flowers, 

 bearing a tuft of white down at the base. 



PHYTOLAOCACEiE.— Poke-weed Family. 



PHYTOLACCA, L. Poke-weed. 



1860. F. decandra, L. (" Pigeon Berry." Garget.) 



Introduced, here. Waste places, Stewarton. Aug.— -2. A tall^ 

 handsome perennial with deep green foliage and purplish red 

 stems. The flowers small and white, in slender I'acemes, followed 

 by dark purple, depressed, 5 — -12-celled berries. 



POLYGONAOE^— Buckwheat Family. 



POLYGONUM, L. Knot-weed. 



1869. P. AVICULARE, L. (Knotgrass Door-weed.) 



Sandy soil and waste places. June — 4. (B.) A very variable 

 plant. We doubtless have both native and introduced forms of 

 this plant. Dr. Gray notices in his Manual that the American 

 torm has '-'stamens, chiefly 5 in the American, 8 in the European 

 plant." 



