230 Rhodora [November 



Wulf. Fl. Norica Plum. ed. Fenzl & Graf. 145 (1S5S). F. ovina subsp. 

 eu-ovina var. rapillata (Lam.) Hack. Monogr. Fest. 85 (1882); Hitchc. 

 in Gray Man. ed. 7, 1(52 (190S).— Field and herbarium study convince 

 me that this is a clearly defined species rather than a variety of F. 

 ovina. The principal characters which distinguish it from F. ovina 

 are the capillary, usually longer and flexuous leaves, the smaller spike- 

 lets with awnless lemmas and the later date of flowering; in some cases 

 as much as two weeks later than that of /'. ovina. 

 Cambridge, Massachusetts. 



SOME ALLIES OF ANTENNARIA ALPINA FROM NEW- 

 FOUNDLAND AND THE LABRADOR PENINSULA. 



M. L. Fernald. 



Antennaria cana (Fernald & Wiegand), n. comb. A. alpiiia, var. 

 carta Fernald & Wiegand, Rhodora xiii. 24 (1911), in part. Planta 



humifusa, stolonibus foliosis confertis perbrevibus (ad 2 cm. longis); 

 foliis basilaribus anguste cuncato-obovatis vel late oblanceolatis obtusis 

 nee nnicronatis basi latis 3-11 mm. longis 2-5 mm. latis supra albidis, 

 tonicnto denso minuto; eaule florifero 2.5-12 cm. alto gracile; foliis 

 caulinis 9 -15 subapproximatis linearibus, imis 8-15 mm. longis 1-2 mm. 

 latis apice subulato, superioribus 5-8 mm. longis 0.5-1 mm. latis apice 

 scarioso lanceolate; capitulia femineis (1-) 2-0 campanulatis corym- 

 bosis, pedicellis ad 1 cm. longis: involucro 5-7 mm. alto basi lanato; 

 bracteis 3-seriatis snbaequalibus tenuissimis, exterioribus oblongis 

 obtusis brunncis, interioribus lanceolatis fulvis leviter fimbriates; 

 fovcis receptaculi maturi denudati 00-100 0.1 mm. latis quam jugis 

 separantibus acutis multo latioribus. 



Humifuse, the crowded leafy stolons very short (up to 2 cm. long): 

 rosette-leaves narrowly cuneate-obovate or broadly oblanceolate, 

 obtuse, not mucronate, broad-based, 3 1 1 nun. long, 2 5 mm. broad, 

 white above with dense minute tomentum: flowering stem 2.5-12 dm. 

 high, slender: eauline leaves 9 15, rather crowded, linear, the lower 

 8 15 mm. long, 1-2 mm. broad, subulate-tipped; the upper 5 X mm. 

 long, 0.5 I mm. wide, with a lanceolate scarious tip: pistillate heads 

 (1-) 2-0, campanulate, corymbose, on pedicels up to 1 em. long: 

 involucre 5-7 mm. high, lanate at base: bracts 3-seriate, subequal, 

 very thin, the outer oblong, brown; the inner lanceolate, tawny, 

 slightly fimbriate: pits of the mature denuded receptacle 60-100, 



