In swamps and wet places throughout the region from Field west to Beavermouth along the railway; flowering during July. [Sidenote: =Mentha canadensis= L. _American Wild Mint._] Perennial by runners; stem more or less hairy with spreading hairs, simple or branched, 6 inches to 2½ feet high. Leaves oblong, ovate-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, slender-stemmed, acute at the apex, sharply serrate, smooth or sparingly hairy, the larger 2—3 inches long, ½—1 inch wide. Flowers numerous, small, ⅛ of an inch long, white, pink or pale purple, all in whorls in the axils of the leaves, the calyx about ⅓ the length of the corolla. In moist soil and marshy places, frequent along the line of the railway from Field west to Beavermouth; flowering during July. SCROPHULARIACEÆ _Figwort Family_ Herbs with alternate or opposite leaves without stipules and mostly perfect, complete and irregular flowers; calyx 4—5-toothed, -cleft, or -divided; corolla 2-lipped or nearly regular and stamens 2, 4, or 5, nearly equal. Stamens 5, the fifth sterile or rudimentary. Sterile stamen represented by a gland on the upper side of the corolla tube. =Collinsia.= Sterile stamen nearly as long as the rest. =Pentstemon.= Stamens 2, leaves opposite or whorled. =Veronica.= Stamens 4. Stamens not enclosed in the upper lip. =Mimulus.= Stamens enclosed in the upper lip. Anther cells unequal. Upper lip of the corolla much longer than the lower. =Castilleja.= Upper lip of the corolla scarcely longer and much narrower than the inflated lower one. =Orthocarpus.= Anther cells equal and parallel. Galea not prolonged into a beak; throat without teeth. =Pedicularis.= Galea prolonged into a very slender, recurved beak; throat with a tooth on each side. =Elephantella.= [Illustration: Collinsia parviflora Dougl. (⅔ Nat.) Small-Flowered Collinsia.] [Illustration: Elephantella grœnlandica (Retz.) Rydb. (⅓ Nat.) Long-Beaked Elephantella.] [Sidenote: =Collinsia parviflora= Dougl. _Small-flowered Collinsia._] Stems slightly hairy at length, diffusely branched, very slender, 3—15 inches long. Leaves oblong or lanceolate, mostly obtuse at the apex, narrowed at the base, ½—1 inch long, entire or sparingly toothed, the lower opposite, petioled; the floral sessile, opposite or verticillate. Flowers few, in whorls in the axils of the leaves, on long slender pedicels; corolla blue or whitish, the throat longer than the limb; the upper lip erect, 2-cleft, the lower lip 3-lobed, spreading. An inconspicuous little plant on rocks and in damp places throughout the region; flowering during June and July.