292, NOTES ON THE BOTANY OF MANITOBA, 
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vay , and I noticed them nowhere except among the hair of the 
tail, to which they clung with such pertinacity that any attempt to 
extricate them tore away the hair itself. 
Vicia americana M undant on the prairie during early 
July. _ Var. linearis ?._ Ditto. 
Lathyrus venosus Muh]. Sand-hills. Not common; it reaches 
a height of two feet. Various kinds of wild pea are abundant in 
places on the prairie, and among the sand-hills. 
amerhodos erecta Bge. Not uncommon on the prairies round 
erry. 
Spirea salicifolia LL. Common round sleughs and on the 
moister portions of the prairie, J uly and the beginning of August. 
ugust. 
P. pennsylvanica var. strigosa Pursh. Prairies about Carberry. 
U Macoun mentions it only as a British 
ts e of th 
_ vay few prairie shrubs which are able in any degree to resist 
extermination by the fire. Its hips are igtantis roasted and 
scorched by the fire, which often hang upon the blackened twigs 
fora long time, Sometimes standing up above the snow in winter. 
bein, ore: they become extremely hard, and Mr. 
“ies son has observed that in the district round Carberry, where 
-c, 18 an entire absence of small stones and even grit, the 
Steir Pedi } swallow the seeds the 
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_, Samia to help grind ‘the food in- their gizzards, exactly. ac. they 
