•430 GEOLOGICAL SURVET OF CANADA. 



539. MORUS, Linn. (MULBERRY.) 



(1952.) M. rubra, Linn. 



M. rubra, var. Canadensis, Loudon, Arboretum III., 1360. 



Eicli woods throughout the forest bordering on Lake Erie. Not 

 uncommon from Niagara town along the river to the Whirlpool ; com- 

 mon on Pelee Island, and frequent in the woods at Amherstburgh and 

 west to Windsor. {Macoun.) One young tree noticed near the water's 

 edge below Niagara Falls. (JDavid F. Day.) Sandy soil, Leamington, 

 Essex Co., Ont. (Burgess.) 



(1953.) M. ALBUS, Linn. White Mulberry. 



Cultivated and occasionally wild from Niagara Falls (Macoun), to 

 the sandy wastes near Sarnia, Ont. (Burgess.) 



540. URTICA, Linn. (NETTLE.) 



(1954.) U. gracilis, Ait. Common Nettle. 



U. dioica, MictK. Fl II., 112, in part. 

 U. procera, Willd. Pursh. Fl. I., 113. 

 U. dwica, L. Hook. Arct. PI. 



Not uncommon in rich soil on the borders of woods, along fences, 

 around dwellings, and in river bottoms, from Nova Scotia and New 

 Brunswick westward to Morley at the base of the Eocky Mountains. 

 Specimens collected in the far east are identical with western ones. 

 From Lake Huron to the Saskatchewan and throughout the wooded 

 country on the east of the Eocky Mountains, as far north as Fort 

 Franklin on the Mackenzie Eiver. (^Richardson.) 



(1955.) U. DIOICA, Linn. Stinging Nettle. 



Naturalized in many places in the older settlements, Pictou, N.S. 

 (McKay.) Along the railway at Bedford Basin, N.S. (Macoun.) On 

 ballast at St. John, N.B. (Say.) Naturalized in a few places, Gaspe 

 Basin, Q. Ferry Point, Belleville, Ont., and at Stone Mills, Bay of 

 Quinte ; also at Port Stanley, Lake Erie. (Macoun.) 



(1956.) U. Lyallii, Watson. Western Nettle. 



Occasionally met with in Beaver Creek valley and other places in 

 the Selkirk mountains, B.C. (Macoun.) On Yancouver Island, B.C. 

 (Lyall & Fletcher.) Abundant about old Indian villages and camping 

 places, Vancouver Island. (Dawson.) 



