242 Rhodora [NOVEMBER 
J. Macoun 68554, 68555; dry rocky woods, Bic, July 1904, Collins 
& Fernald; wooded crest above limestone-conglomerate cliffs and 
ledges, island-headland east of Baptiste Michaud’s, Bic, July 1904, 
Collins & Fernald. New Brunswick: Little Branch, Mirimichi, 
1892 & 1894, Fowler; under small balsams in rich soil, Shediac Cape, 
1914 & 1916, Hubbard; St. Francis Parish, July 1900, Walliams. 
Prince Epwarps Isuanp: dry woods, Dundee, Aug. 1912, Fernald, 
Long, & St. John 7878. Nova Scoria: dry woods, near Pictou, 
July 1901, Howe & Lang 632; Smoky Mountain, Cape Breton, Aug. 
1914, Nichols 861!; mountains west of Ingonish, Aug. 1914, Nichols 
752. New ENGLAND: common throughout. New York: Stony 
Creek Ponds, Adirondack Mts., July 1899, Rowlee, Wiegand, & Hast- 
ings; rather rare, damp moist woods, Canton, July 1914, Mrs. O. P. 
Phelps 750. Prennsytvanta: Pocono Plateau, 1904, Harshberger; 
Pond Hill Station, Luzerne Co., 1892, Heller & Halbach 624. NEw 
JERSEY: Locust, July 1903, Williams. Vireinta: damp woods, 
Cherrydale, June 1913, Tidestrom 6353. ONTARIO: dry or rocky 
woods, Elgiver, June 1878, J. Macoun 1182; crevices of greenstone 
north of Speke’s Point, Lake Nipigan, 1912, H. E. Pulling; woods 
near Snell’s Lake, West Ontario, July 1889, R. Lees. MICHIGAN: 
common, woods, Keweenaw, July 1890, Farwell 343!; open pine woods, 
Hamlin Lake, Ludington, July 1910, R. W. Chaney 83. Wisconsin: 
Kilbourn, 1861, Hale. Minnesota: Star Island, Cass Lake, 1914, 
Pammel, Pammel, & McNutt.— In the British Museum are specimens 
from “ Massachusetts,” Nuttall, and “North America,” Pursh. 
Var. MEXICANA DC. Planta valida 2-3.5 dm. alta; folia cuneato- 
lanceolata vel cuneato-obovata acuta mucronulata utroque 7-13 
dentibus acutis praedita (3.8) 5-7 em. longa 0.8-2 em. lata infra valde 
venosa; flores 4-7 racemosi, pedicellis anthesi adscendentibus vel 
suberectis; sepala depresso-deltoidea vel deltoidea saepius longiora 
quam lata ciliolata et erosa obtusissima vel acutiuscula; capsula 7.5- 
8.5 mm. diametro; stigma 2.3-3.7 mm. latum.— DC.! Prod. vii. 
775 (1839). C. mexicana (DC.) Rydb. in Britton, N. Am. Fl. xxix. 
31 (1914).— Southern Mexico.— Vera Cruz: vacqueria del Jacal, 
Mt. Orizaba, 3050 m., Sept. 1841, Liebmann. STATE or Mexico: 
forest at San Nicolas, Sept. 1865-66, Bourgeau 1002; near Mexico 
City, 1827, Berlandier 605 (TYPE CoLL.: hb. Prod., Brit. Mus.); moun- 
tains near Mexico City, 1856, Schmitz 555 (Brit. Mus.); shady woods, 
Ixtaccihuatl, 2745-3050 m., Nov. 1905, Purpus 1765. CHIAPAS: 
1864-70, Ghiesbreght 114 & 647; near San Cristobal, 2135-2685 m., 
Sept. 1905, E. W. Nelson 3204. ; 
Var. occidentalis (Rydb.) Planta saepius valida 1.5-3 dm. alta; 
folia cuneata vel cuneato-obovata acuta mucronulata utroque 10-18 
(saepius 11-13) dentibus acutis praedita 2.5-9 (saepius 3-7) cm. 
longa 1.1-2 (2.5) em. lata, infra obscurissime vel haud venosa; flores 
1 These specimens are remarkable for their ovate acuminate sepals. 
