1917] _ Blake,— Statice in North America iy 
and Labrador.— GREENLAND: Netiuleme, Whale Sound, 13 Aug. 
1894, Wetherill 176. Laprapor: Netlik Bay, 4 Aug. 1861, Hayes 
Expedition 35; Kangalaksiorvik Bay, Sept. 1908, O. Bryant; Nain, 
11 Aug. 1897, Sornborger 112. 
Var. submutica Blake, var. nov. Calycis lobi vel acuminati vel 
apiculati vel breviter cuspidati (cuspide 0.2 mm. longa vel breviore).— 
Calyx-lobes acuminate, apiculate, or short-cuspidate, the cusp 0.2 
mm. long or less. 
Forma glabriscapa Blake, forma nov. Scapus glaber.— Fie. 1.— 
Greenland to Newfoundland and Mt. Albert, Quebec.— GREENLAND: 
Aamhavyn,. 1870, Puggren; Fan Glacier, Inglefield Gulf, 2 Aug. 1894, 
Wetherill 143. LABRADOR: Forteau, 1870, Rev. S. R. Butler. NEw- 
FOUNDLAND: limestone barrens, near sea level, Pointe Riche, 4 Aug. 
1910, Fernald, Wiegand, & Kittredge 3880; serpentine tablelands, 
Bonne Bay, 380 m., 27 Aug. 1910, Fernald, Wiegand, & Kittredge 
3879; highest summits of the Lewis Hills, July 1911, L. S. Sanford; 
sandy plains, Coal River, 1896, Waghorne 29; Blomidon District, 
July 1911, C. C. Stewart 11; serpentine and magnesian limestone 
barrens, northern bases and slopes of Blomidon Mts., 24 July 1910, 
Fernald, Wiegand, & Kittredge 3878; serpentine tableland, 550 m., 
northeast region of the Blomidon Mts., 21 Aug. 1910, Fernald & 
Wiegand 3878a. QueEBEc: Mt. Albert, Gaspé, common above 915 
m., 27 July 1881, J. A. Allen; very abundant in crevices and detritus 
of serpentine, especially on open barrens, 900-1050 m., Mt. Albert, 
8 July 1905, Collins & Fernald 127; serpentine barrens, Mt. Albert, 
23 July 1906, Fernald & Collins 710 (TYPE in Gray Herb.). 
Forma pubiscapa Blake, forma nov. Scapus plus minusve dense 
breviterque patenti-pubescens.— Greenland and Labrador.— GREEN- 
LAND: near Cape Acland, Inglefield Gulf, 31 July 1894, Wetherill 
122; Cape York, 23 July 1894, Wetherill 65; Ulugsak near Arveprin- 
sens Ejland, 3 July 1883, Sylow; Godhavn, 7 Aug. 1877-78, Kumlein; 
Karsuk, Rink. Barrın Lanp: Nikkerton Islands, 15 July 1877-78, 
Kumlein. Uneava: Port Burnell, Hudson Strait, 18 July 1910, 
J. M. Macoun 79392. LABRADOR: Ehortiarsuk, Cape Chudleigh, 
Aug. 1896, C. Schmitt 308; 32 km. north of Narvak, 28 Aug. 1908, 
H. S. Forbes; Rama, July-August 1899, A. Stecker 328 (TYPE in Gray 
Herb.); Hebron, 4 Aug. 1908, H. S. Forbes; hills back of Okkak, Aug. 
1911, F. C. Hinckley; Flint I., near Port Manvers, 22 Aug. 1908, 
O. Bryant. 
e Wallroth’s Armeria labradorica was based on specimens collected by 
Sommer “in den Sumpfen auf Labrador” in 1833. Its relationship 
with Statice maritima Mill. of Europe is undoubtedly close, but I 
have seen no European specimens exactly matching our plant, and 
in any case the European species are so confused and so much in need 
of careful revision that it seems best to adopt for the American plant 
