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Philad, V. 5, p, 158. t 8, {A. Nuttallii,) excellent. Rich, in Frankl, \st Journ. ed. 2. 

 App. p. 21. 



Hab. Profusely in the eastern prairie district ; and, more scattered, in the central limestone tracts from lat. 

 45*^ to 67<* on the Mackenzie. Dr. Richardson. Valleys in the Rocky Mountains. T>rronmond. Douf/Ias, — 

 There is no difference whatever hetween this American plant and the A.pateiis which I possess from the 

 Russian Empire, fl^athered hy Dr. Goldbach, and from Silesia on the borders of Poland, by Professor Trevi- 

 ranus. Both are liable to vary in the breadth of the segments of their leaves, and in the colour o^ their flowers. 

 Mostly, however, these are purple. The pale yellow-floworcd variety from Siberia, is cultivated in Enyhind; 

 and the fresh juice of that kind, Gmeliu tells us/is enipluyed by the inliabitiiuts of Irkutsck to cure deafness, 

 and newly gathered leaves for pain in the head, as vesicatories. The plant affects sandy soils, and its blos- 

 soms appear among the earliest of the season. The young buds are eaten by the Marmots, inhabitants of 

 the plains of N. America. — A. HaUeri comes too near to this species. Its Ho^'ers I have often gathered in 

 Switzerland before the leaves have appeared; but since, in both, tlie flowers continue a long time, they and 

 the leaves are sometimes gathered in perfection together, I possess specimens from Moscow, in which the 

 former year's leaves are present with the vernal flower ; quite dead, indeed, and brown, but perfect in form 

 and shape. 



2. A, alpina; subsericeo-villosa, foliis longe petiolatis biternatim plnnatifidis, fbliolis 

 laciniatis laciniis linearibus acutis involucrailbus conformibus, flora erecto, sepalis 6 

 patcntibus, aristis longis barbatis. — Linn, Sp. PL p. 760. Bot Mag. t, 2007. — («. major.) 

 A. sulphurea. Linn Mant p, 78. — A. apiifolia. Willd. Sp, PL v, 2. p, 9. 



Hab. Eastern declivity of tlie Rocky Mountains, lat. 52° to 55°. Drummond. — Hitherto unnoticed as 

 a native of America. Mr. Drumraond*s specimens have the flowers white, with a purplish tinge at the base, 

 and accord with the var. «. major of De Cand. Stems from six inches to a foot and a half high. Heads 

 of pericarps very large. Awiis long, very silky. 



3. A, parvijlora ; foliis tripartitis, lobis cuneatis trifidis crenatisque obtusis, involucrail- 

 bus sessilibus subconfornubus longioribus angustioribusque, sepalis 6 ovalibus, — Mich, 

 Am, V. 1. p. 319. De Cand, Prodr, v, 1. p, 19. Rich, in Frankl. Ist Journ, ed, 2. App, 

 p, 21. — A, cuneifolia. Juss, Ann, du Mus, v, '^, t, 2\. f. ^. Pursh, FL Am, v, 2, p. 386. — 

 A. tenella. Herb. Banks, [non Purshii.) — A. borealis. Rich, in Frankl, \st Journ. ed. 2, 

 App, p, 22. ' 



Hab. Eastern primitive district, central limestone tract, barren grounds, and Rocky Mountains, from lat. 

 45** to the Arctic Sea, lat. TC. Dr. Richardson. Drummond. Labrador. Pursh. Morrison. — Very variable 

 in size; the sub- Arctic and Labrador specimens are scarcely more than from two to four inches high: 

 those from Slave River a foot high, with smaller flowers in proportion. These, indeed, seem to be the 

 chief differences between the A. parvijlora and Dr. Richardson's A. borealis. But the Second Expedi- 

 tion has enriched the collection with a series of specimens which show that they gradually merge the one 

 into the other. Richardson's description is excelleut. The root is iibrous, but the fibres proceed from an 

 elongated and often procumbent and creeping woody trunk, not at all agreeing with the subdivision in 

 which De Candolle has placed the species. The flowers are white, with a blue tinge at the base of the 

 petals, especially in a young state. Heads of pericarps rounded, very compact, clothed with a great deal of 

 silky tomentum, which especially arises from the base of the seed-vessels, and is easily separated. Styles 

 subulate, naked. 



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4. A. Baldensis ; foliis glabratis subcarnosis ternatim partitis segmentis tripartito- 

 laciniatis, laciniis linearibus obtusis, involucralibus breviter petiolatis conformibus, petiolis 



