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prepare the red dye with which they colour the feathers and other ornaments of their dress. Some speci- 

 mens of G. palustre of our country, when they have more numerous leaves than usizal, are scarcely distin- 

 guishable from the G. tiiictorium. 



3. G. asprellum ; caulibus decumbentibus foliosis angulis foliorumque margine et iiervo 

 manifeste retro-aculeolatis, foliis senis ovali-lanceolatis acumine flaccido raniiilis floriferis 

 versus summitates paucis foliosis, floribus albis brevissime pedicellatis, fructu glabro, DC, — 

 Mich, Am, v, \, p, 78. Pursh, FL Ain, v, \, p. 103, BigeL FL BosL ed, 2, p, 54. De Cand. 

 Prodr, V, 4. p, 598. 



Had. The northern parts of Canada. Michaux. — I am unacquainted with this species, if it be really dis- 

 tinct from the preceding*. What I have received from the United States, under this name, is identical with 

 the G, Claytoni of this work. 



4. G. ruhioides ; caulc erecto stricto tetragono glabriusculo, foliis quaternis lanceolatis 

 latitudine quadruplo quintuplove longioribus 3-nerviis subtus in nervis et margine ssepe 

 scabris, pedunculis axillaribiis trichotomis folio iiiulto longioribus in paniculani tcnninalem 

 dispositisj bracteis ovato-oblongisj fructu glabro. Z)C. — Linn, Sp, PLp, 152. Cham, etSchkcht, 

 in LinncBa, v, 4), p, 220. De Cand, Prodr, v, 4./). 599, — /3. foliis angustioribus longioribus, 

 foliis paucioribus. G. rubioides. Hooh, et Am. in Bot, of Beech, Voy, v, 1. p. 115 et 125, 



Hab. /3. Kotzebue*s Sound. Messrs. Lay and Collie. Abundant in dry elevated soils, under the shade 

 of solitary Pines, in the valley of the Columbia, North -West America. Douglas. — The leaves in our speci- 

 mens are almost as narrow as in G. boreale; but the inflorescence and fruit are very different. I have 

 received the same plant from the United States, under the name of G. Bermudianum. 



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Fructu hispido. 



5. G, boreale; caule erecto stricto tetragono glabriusculo, foliis quaternis lineari-Iancco- 

 latis 3-nerviis glabris, pedunculis axillaribus trichotomis folio multo longioribus in paniculam 

 tenninalem dispositis, bracteis obovato-orbiculatis. DC. — Linn. Sp. PL p. 156. FngL Bot, 

 t, 105. Pursh^ Fl, Am. v. \. p, 104. Torrey^ Fl, of Un, St. v. 1. p. 169. Rich, in FrankL 

 \st Journ. ed, 1. n, 41. De Cand, Prodr, v. 4. p, 600. — G. strictum. Torrcy, Cat. of PL 

 of N. Yorky p, 23, — G. septentrionale. Eoem. et Schultes, v. S, p, 253. Bich. in FrankL 1st 

 Journ. ed, 2, App. p. 4. BigeL FL Bost. ed. 2. p, 54. De Cand. Prodr. v. 4. p, 601. 



Hab. Falls of Niagara. Torrey. From Lake Winipeg to the Rocky Mountains, and to lat. 68° North, 

 abundant. DoiigJas. Drummond. Richardson, Columbia River on the West coast. Mr. Garry.— Like 

 Europfean specimens of G. boreale, this is liable to considerable variation ; but the numerous individuals 

 in the Herbarium prove that the G. septentrionale of Roem. and Schultes, and of Dr. Ricbardson, generally 

 passes into the more usual appearance of G. boreale. " The Cree women dye red with the roots of the G. 

 Claytoni and G. boreale indiscriminately." Hick. 



6. G. lanceolatum ; caule erecto glabro, foliis quaternis ovato-lanceolatis acutis margini- 

 bus ciliato-scabris basi trinerviis, pedunculis terminalibus dichotomis divaricatis folio 

 longioribus, floribus lateralibus sessilibus deflexis, corollis acutissimis, fructibus uncinato- 

 set°sis.— Torrey, FL of Un, St. v, I, p. 163.— G, Torreyi. BigeL FL BosL ed, 2. p, 56.— G. 

 circtezans, /3. lanceolatum. Torrey, Cat.ofPL ofN, York, p. 23. De Cand, Prodr, v. 4. p. 601. 



Hab. About Quebec. Mrs. Percival Lake Huron. Dr. Todd.— The true G. circtezans has not, so far 

 as I am aware, been found in the British Possessions ; and our G, lanceolatvm only in their more southern 

 parts. The leaves are very dissimilar in the two, and Torrey finds these differences to be permanent My 

 specimens of G. brachiatum, from the United States, are not distinguishable from the present. 



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