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Aquilegia, Tourn. Columbine. 



A. Canadensis, L. American Columbine. 



Indigenous. Rocky hill sides and op^u woods. Common from Isle of 

 Orleans (Dr. Thomas), Beloeil Mountain (Dr. Bell), through Quebec (Brunet), 

 and Ontario, up to the Kaministiquia River, Lake Superior (Macoun). Lake 

 Winipeg (Capt. Back, Prof. Lawson). Saskatchewan Plains (Bourgeau). 

 Hudson's Bay (Hooker). Not found north of 56° N. according to Barnston. 

 California to Alaska, according to S. Watson. 



A. brevistyla, Hooker. 



Indigenous. Pocky grounds. Stems low, 6' — 8' high, spreading ; leaves 

 biternate ; leaflets 3-lobed, crenate, 6" — 9" long ; crenatures ovate, rotund ; 

 flowers small, blue, about 6" long including the spur ; sepals oblong-ovate ; 

 petals a little exceeding the stamens ; spurs hooked at the tip ; styles shorter, 

 included (Fl. of Colorado by T. C. Porter and J. M. Coulter). Western 

 Canada (Drummond). Lake Nipigon, chiefly near Lake Superior (Gov. 

 (McTavish, Prof. Lawson). Native of Western Canada (Richardson). Rocky 

 Mountains (Bourgeau). Telegraph Trail, Upper British Columbia; Peace 

 River, lat. 56° (Macoun). '^ 



A. vulgaris, L. Common Columbine. 



Introduced from Europe. Spiir of the petals incurved, capsules hairy, stem 

 leafy, many-flowered ; leaves nearly glabrous ; styles as long as the stamens 

 (Hooker's British Flora). Abundant in the groimds at the Prince's Lodge, 

 Halifax County, and in spots along the railway line, and Windsor Road (Prof. 

 G. Lawson). Bass River, Kent Co., New Brunswick (Rev. Dr. Fowler). June. 



Delphinium, Tourn. Larkspur. 

 D. Consolida, L. Field Larkspur. 



Introduced from Europe. Banks of the St. Lawi-ence, west of Prescott, 

 Ont. (Billings). Gardens and wheat fields near Belleville, Out. (Macoun). 

 June, July. 



Hydrastis, L. Herb Yellow Root. 



H. Canadensis, L. Orange Root. 



Indigenous. Pdch shady woods. Mirivin's Woods, near Prescott, rare 

 (Billings). Maiden, Ont. (Dr. Maclagan). Township of Williams, Ont. 

 (Saunders). Co. of Norfollc (Dr. Nichol, Moatreal.) It seems to be almost 

 wholly confined to the Western Peninsula. May. 



AcT^A, L. Baneberry. 

 A rubra, Bigel. Bed Baneberry. 



Indigenous. Extends, in great abundance, from Newfoundland (Richardson), 

 to Lake Superior (Macoun), and across the Continent through the wooded 

 country to the Rocky Mountains (Macoun). West coast of Newfoundland 

 (Dr. Bell). 



A. alba, Bigel. White Baneberry. 



Indigenous. Rich woods and flats of streams. Extends in abundance from 

 Nova Scotia (Dr. How), Anticosti (A. E. VerriU), through Quebec and Ontario 



