CATALOGTTE OF CANADIAN PLANTS. 18t 



(811.) P. triternatum, Nutt. 



Seseli triternatum, Pursh. Hook. Fl. I., 264. 

 Will very likely be found along the southern boundary of British 

 Columbia. 



(8*78.) P. ambiguum, Nutt. 



P. laemgatum, Nutt. Torr. & Gray, Fl. I., 627. 

 Along the Fraser Eiver in the vicinity of Yale, B.C. (Macoun.) 



(879.) P. utriculatum, Nutt. 



Vicinity of Victoria, Vancouver Island, and along the Fraser, above 

 Yale, B.C. (Macoun.) 



(880.) P. foeniculaceum, Natt. 



Ferula fcenicuiacea, Nutt. Hook. Fl. I., 268, in part. 



Carlton House, on the Saskatchewan. (Drummond.) On the Assini- 



boine, near Brandon, at the narrows of Lake Manitoba, and frequent 



on bluffs along the Coteau de Missouri, and the high banks of rivers, 



, N.W.T. (Macoun.) Wood End, Souris Eiver, N.W.T., Lat. 49°. 



(Dawson.) 



(881.) P. macrocaroum, JSTutt. 



Ferida fcenicuiacea, Hook. Fl. I., 268, in part. 

 Thaspium macrocarpum, PI. Bourgeau, 257. 



Along the Fraser at Lytton, B.C. (Macoun, Dawson.) Saskatche- 

 wan Plains. (Bourgeau.) 



(882.) P. sativum, Benth. & Hook. Common Parsnip. 

 Pastinaca sativa, Linn. Macoun's Cat., No. 725. 

 Very common in many localities in and around gardens and orchards, 

 and along roadsides. It has become thoroughly established in Ontario. 

 Escaped from gardens ii; New Brunswick. (Fowler's Cat.) In various 

 localities, Quebec, (Brunei.) Common in Manitoba and at many H. 

 B. Co's. posts. (Macoun.) 



236. HERACLEUM, Linn. (COW ARSNIP.) 



(883.) H. lanatum, Michx. 



Very common in almost every part of the country, from Newfound- 

 land and Labrador, and the islands in the Gulf of St. Lawrence to the 

 Pacific and north to Sitka. The Indians of northern British Columbia 

 chew the petioles of the leaves, and seem to relish the juice very much. 

 The south-western branch of the Peace Eiver is named the " Parsnip,*' 

 on account of the abundance of this species in its valley. 



