28 aEOLOGIOAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



609. POLYCONATUM, Adans. (SOLOMON'S SEAL) 



(2285.) P. biflorum, Ell. Gray, Man. Ed. V., 531. 



P. mvltiflorum, Desf. Hook., Fl. II., 176, in part. 



P. angustifolmm, canaliculatum, pubescens, hirtwm, latifolium and mvltir 



florum, Pursh, Fl. I., 234-235. 

 Convallaria mvltiflora, Michx., Fl. I., 202. 



Eather common in rich woodlands and by fences. N'ear Halifax, 

 H.S. (Iiawson.) Not rare, Pictou, N.S. (McKay.) Truro, Annapolis, 

 and Windsor, N.S. (Macoun.) Fredericton; St. Stephen; common 

 at Salmon Eiver and Andover ; St. Francis and Upper St. John, N.B. 

 (Fowler, Cat.) Island of Orleans. (St. Cyr.) In rich woods at Eivi^re 

 du Loup, Q. (Thomas.) Abundant in roCky woods, Argenteuil Co., Q. 

 (D' Urban.) Montreal Mountain, 1821. (Dr. Holmes.) Eich woods, 

 vicinity of Ottawa. (Fletcher, Fl. Ott.) Ejch woods, common at Pres- 

 cott, Ont. (Billings.) Kemptville, Ont. (Porter.) Eich low woods, 

 very common throughout central Ontario. (Macoun.) Common at 

 Hamilton, Ont. (Logic.) Eich wooded banks at London ; and Parry 

 Sound, Georgian Bay. (Burgess.) Hilton, near Wiarton, Ont. (J. Bell.) 

 "Woods at Owen Sound, and in woods ujd the Kaministiqua, west of 

 Lake Superior. (Macoun.) 



{2286.) P. giganteum, Dietr. Gray, Man. Ed. V., 531. 



P. latifolium, var. commulatum, Baker, Journ. Linn,, Soc. XIV., 555, 



chiefly. 

 P. mvltiflorum. Hook., Fl. II., 176, in part. 



Confined to westei-n Ontario and westward. Dunning's farm, near 

 Niagara, and at Amhei'stburgh, Detroit Eiver, Ont. ; also at Portage 

 la Prairie, Man. (Macoun.) Vicinity of London, Ont., and in thickets 

 &t Emerson, Man. (Burgess. Millman.) Along the Saskatchewan. 

 (Hooker, Fl.) 



6IO. STREPTOPUS, Michx. Fl. I., 200. (TWISTED-STALK) 



<2287) S. amplexifolius, DC. Fl. Fran. III., 174. 

 S. distortus, Michx., Fl. I., 200. Hook., Fl. II., 173. 

 S. ampkxicaulis, Poir. Baker, Journ. Linn., Soc. XIV., 591. 



In cool ravines and deep shade, along mountain brooks ; not com- 

 mon anywhere, but extending across the continent to Vancouver 

 Island. Labrador. (Butler.) Windsor and Pictou, N.S. (Sommers, Oat.) 



