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near Cacouna Point, and also in the more extensive 

 marsh at the Island. Owing to the prevailing color 

 which this plant attains with age, and its great 

 abundance, these marshes have a very pronounced 

 red color observable from long distances Flower. 



Salicornia herbacea, L. (Samphire.) 



Yery much less common than the preceding. A few 

 specimens were found on the beach of Cacouna 

 Island, more abundantly along the shore of Cacouna 

 Point and on the borders of the marsh. Flower. 



Eumex salicifolius, Weinmann. (White Dock.) 

 Yery common all along the shore. Flower. 



*Eumex crispus, L. (Curled Dock.) 



On the Island near the beach. On the mainland, every- 

 where in fields and low ground and along roadsides. 

 Flower. 



* Eumex acetosella, D. (Sheej:) Sorrel.) 



One of the most common weeds in fields and waste places. 

 Flower. 



Polygonum aviculare, L. (Knotweed.) 



Yery common along waysides, about dwellings, and on 

 the shore of the Island. Flower. 



^Polygonum persicaria. L. (Lady's Thumb.) 

 Yery abundant in grain fields. Flower. 



Polygonum arifolium, L. (Halbert-leaved Tear-thumb.) 

 Common in grain-fields with the following. Flower. 



Polygonum sagittatum, L. (Arrow-leaved Tear- thumb.) 

 Common along brooks and ditches ; everywhere in moist 

 land. Flower. 



*Fagopyrum esculentum, Mcench. (Buckwheat.) 



Extensively cultivated for the grain, and often escaped 

 into waste places. Flower. 



