80 GEOLOGICAL SUEVET OF CANADA. 



85. SPERCULARIA, Pers. (SAND SPURRY.) 

 (319.) S. media, Presl. 



Arenaria rubra var. jS. Michx. Fl. I., 274. 



A. Canadensis, Pers. Pursh. 319. 



Arenaria rubra, Hook. Fl. I., 98. 



SpergvUa rubra, var. (?) y. Terr. & Gray PI. I., 175. 



Spergvlaria rubra, var. marina. Matthew, PI. Acad. 21. 



Lepigonum, medium, Fries. Wat. Index, 103. 



Salt mai'shes and sands both along the Atlantic coast and throughout 

 the pi-airie region. PictoUjN.S. {McKay.) Salt marshes and sands, N.B. 

 (Fowler's Cat.) Very common on the borders of salt lakes and ponds, 

 from Winnipeg to the Eocky Mountains. (Macoun.) Between Cum- 

 berland House and Bear Lake. (Richardson.) James's Bay. (^Burgess.) 



(320.) S. rubra, Presl. 



Arenaria rubra. Hook. Fl. I., 98 , in part. 

 Spergula rubra, Torr. & Gray, Fl. I., 175. 

 Spergvlaria rubra, var. campestris. Gray, Manual, 95. 

 Lepigonum rubrum, Fries. Wat. Index, 103. 



On comparatively dry soil. Windsor, Halifax and Pictou, N.S. 

 (Lawson.) Sandy soil; abundant in Fredericton, N.B. (Fowler' s Oat.) 

 Cacouna, Q. (Buchan.) 



(321.) S. salina, Presl. Gray, Manual, 95. 

 Lepigonum salinum, Fries. Wat. Index, 104. 



Brackish sands, along the sea coast. Labrador. (Brwnet.) Pennant, 

 N.S. (Sommers.) Sand on seashore, N.B. (Fowler's Gat.) Shore of 

 Gasp^ Bay. (J. Bell.) Frequent from the head of the Bay of Uhaleur, 

 around the Gasp^ coast, up to Eivi^re du Loup, Q. (Macoun.) Green- 

 land. (Ebok. Arct. PL) 



86. SPERGULA, Linn. (CORN SPURRY.) 



(322.) S. arvensis, Linn. 



Introduced. A weed in Nova Scotia. (Lawson.) A pestilent weed 

 in damp soil. N.B. (Fowler's Cat.) A very abundant weed through- 

 out the Gasp4 peninsula, and the south shore of the St. Lawi-ence. 

 (Macoun.) Fields and pastures, St. Joachim, Q. (Brunet.) Vicinity 

 of Ottawa. (Fletcher, Fl. Ott.) 



