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(2282.) S. hispida, Muhl, Cat. 97. 



Low swampy woods not common, eastward. Abundant in black ash 

 swamps in many parts of Hastings Co. ; borders of Cold Creekr 

 Brighton, and along the Trent above Campbellford, and in woods west 

 of JSTewcomb's Mills, Cramahe, Northumberland Co., Ont. {Macmn ) 

 Vicinity of Hamilton, Ont. (Logie.) Low woods and thickets at 

 London and Owen Sound, Ont. {Burgess.) Port Dover, Lake Erie. 

 {Macoim.') 



(2283.) S. herbacea, Linn. Michx., PI. L, 238 ; Pursh, PI. I., 25L 



S. pedunculans, Muhl. Hook., Fl. II., 173 ; Pursh, Fl. I., 251. 

 S. pulvertdenta, Michx., Fi. I., 238. 

 S. lasioneuron, Hook., Fl. II., 173. 



Eather common in rich woods and thickets. Eothesay and Prederic- 

 ton ; rather common along the St. John Eiver, St. Hilaire, N.B. 

 (Fowler, Cat.) Montreal Mountain, 1821. {Br. Holmes.} Quebec and 

 Island of Orleans. {Thmnas.) Ste. Anne de la Parade, Cham plain Co., 

 Q. {St. Cyr.) Devil's Eiver, on sand climbing over bushes, 

 Ai-genteuil Co., Q. {D' Urban.) Eiver banks and on islands at 

 Ottawa. {Fletcher, FL Ott.) Thickets around Prescott, Ont., and 

 northward; common. {Billings.) Borders of fields west of Hamilton, 

 Ont. {Logie.) Neighborhood of London, Ont. {Burgess. Millman.) 

 Borders of fences at Castleton and Belleville, Ont. ; common ; also 

 15 miles up the Kaministiqua, west of Lake Superior; in thickets 

 along the Assiniboine Eiver, west of Portage la Prairie, Man. 

 {Macoun.) Thickets at Emerson, on the Eed Eiver, Man. {Burgess.} 

 Canada to Lake Winnipeg and Eed Eiver, and west to Port Carleton, 

 on the Saskatchewan. {Hooker, FL) 



608. ASPARAGUS, Linn. Gen. 424. (ASPARAGUS) 



(2284.) A. OFFICINALIS, Linn. Pursh, Pi. I., 235. (Garden Asparagus.) 



A garden escape in a number of localities. "Waste places around 

 Ottawa. {Fletcher, Fl. Ott.} Waste places at London, Ont. {Burgess.. 

 Millman.} Burlington Beach, near Hamilton, Ont. {Buchan. Burgess^ 

 Waste heaps, and growing in a piece of woods near Belleville, Ont. ;. 

 also at Victoria and Nanaimo, Vancouver Island. {Macoun.} 



