120 GEOLOGICAL SUKVEY OF CANADA. 



Prince's Island, Lake Medad, near Hamilton, Ont. (Zogie.) St. 

 Catharines, Thorold, and Qneenston, Ont. (Maclagan.) Eather com- 

 mon at London, Ont. (Burgess.) 



(548.) L. capitata, Miohx. 



Dry sandy soil, in thickets and open woods. Eice Lake Plains, Oak 

 Hills, near Belleville, and Queenston Heights, Ont. (Macoun.) Gravel 

 Pit, west of Prescott, and westward along the St. Lawrence. (Billings.) 

 Prince's Island, near Hamilton, Ont. (Logie.) Huron County, Ont. 

 (Gibson.) Maiden, Ont. (Maclagan.) Common at London, Ont. (Burgess) 



147. VICIA, Tourn. (VETCH. TARE.) 



(549.) V. sativa, Linn. Common Vetch. 



Naturalized through cultivation, and by the agency of railways. It 

 is more commonly found in railway cuttings and along embankments 

 than in fields. 



(550.) V. tetrasperma, Loisel. 



Ervum tctraspermum, Linn. Hook. Fl. I., 158. 



Introduced from Europe. Windsor and Halifax, N.S. (Dawson.) 

 Abundant along the railway track near St. John, N.B. (Fowler's Cat.) 

 Isle of Orleans, Q. (Brunei.) Longueuil, Q. (Maclagan.) Montreal, Q. 

 (McGill CoU. Herb.) Vicinity of Ottawa. (Fletcher B I. Ott.) Grassy 

 meadows, Ontario. (Douglas.) 



(551.) V. hirsuta, Koch. 



Ervum hirsutum, Linn. Hook. Fl. I., 158. 



Introduced in a few places. Along the railway near St. John, N.B. 

 (Fowler's Cat.) Common in Quebec. (Brunei.) Common at Eivi6re 

 du Loup, Q. (Thomas.) Garden weed in Ottawa and Perth, Ont. 

 ( Whyie.) Vicinity of Hamilton, Ont. (Buchan.) 



(552.) V. Cracca, Linn. 



Newfoundland. (Morrison.) Common in Nova Scotia. (McKay.) 

 Fields and waste places, N.B., not common. (Fowler's Cat.) Very 

 common throughout Quebec. Collected at Ottawa, Prescott and Belle- 

 ville, which latter is its western limit in Ontario. This is with us an 

 eastern species. 



(553.) V. Caroliniana, Walter. 

 V. parmflora, Michx. Fl. II., 69. 

 Eiver banks and lake shores. Bay of Quinte, both sides, rather 



