CATALOGTTE OF CANADIAN PLANTS. 397 



(1825.) A. KETROFLEXUS, Linn. Pigweed. 



Apparently unknown in Nova Scotia, but common at Fredericton, 

 N.B. Introduced and well established in all well manured soils through- 

 out Ontario. It has also reached the North-west and penetrated to 

 the summit of the Eocky Mountains, along the Canadian Pacific Eail- 

 way, and will be a perpetual source of trouble to westei-n farmers. 

 Common at Victoria, B.C. ( Fletcher.') 



(1826.) A. ALBUS, Linn. 



Naturalized on waste heaps near towns and extensively spreading 

 along railways throughout the whole country, being found in the North- 

 west and British Columbia wherever railway construction is going on. 



(1827.) A. BLiTOiDES, Watson. 



"Well established at Point Edward near Sarnia, Out., Sept. 15, 1884. 

 Possibly a railway introduction. (J. M. Macoun.) 



504. ACNIDA, Linn. (WATER HEMP. 



(1828.) A. ruscocarpa, Gray. 



Montelia tamariseina, Gray, Man. 413, 1868. Maooun's Cat. No. 1506. 

 A. rusucarpa, Michx. Pursh, Fl. I., 205, in part. 

 A. altissima, Michx. Herb. Vide Gray. 



A tall dioecious plant, growing on alluvium in river bottoms. 

 Hull, P.Q. {Fletcher Fl. Ott.) In muddy places along the Nation 

 Eiver at Casselman, west of the Canada Atlantic Eailway ; also in 

 the Mill Pond at Madoc Village, North Hastings and along the Salmon 

 Eiver at Shannonville, east of Belleville, Ont. (Macoun.') Maiden, 

 Ont. (Maclagan.) Low flats along the Eiver Thames, London, Ont. 

 (Saunders & Burgess.) 



(1829.) A. tuberculata, Moq. 



A. rusocarpa, Moq. DC. Prod. XIII., II., 278. 



A. cannahina, var. concatenata, Moq. DC. Prod. XIII., II., 278. 



Montelia tamariseina, var. concatenata, Gray, Man. 413, 1868. 



This form has the flowers, on the lower part of the stem, gathered 

 into close clusters in the axils of the leaves. On sand along the Ottawa 

 Eiver at Brittania, near Ottawa. (Macoun.) Low, wet fields, London 

 Ont. (Burgess.) 



