172 Rhodora [NOVEMBER 
Var. GLANDULIFERUM Koch. Similar to var. legitimum but pubes- 
cence gland-tipped or mixed with glands: plant greenish.—Syn. Fl. 
Germ. 124 (1835).—Of similar range, south to southeastern Labra- 
dor and Hudson Straits. The following are the more southerly 
stations. LABRADOR: Rama, August, 1897, J. D. Sornborger, no. 
205, in part; Hebron, August 4, 1908, H. S. Forbes; Caribou Island, 
August 6-13, 1911, C. S. Williamson, no. 571. 
Var. GLUTINOSO-LANATUM Facchini. Inflorescence villous and 
conspicuously glutinous or with dark gland-tipped hairs: plant 
lurid: calyx dark.—Facchini in Reichenb. Deutsche Fl. der Nelk- 
engew. iii. 110 (1842-43). C. atratum Lapeyr. Hist. Abr. Pl. Pyr. 
265 (1813). C. squalidum Ram. Act. Acad. Paris, vi. 158 (1826). 
C. mutabile alpinum c. squalidum (Ram.) Gren. Mém. Soc. Émul. 
Doubs. i. 72 (1841). C. alpinum 8. atratum (Lapeyr.) Rouy & Fou- 
caud, Fl. Fr. iii. 205 (1896).—Greenland and the northwest side of 
Hupson Bay: Wager Inlet, lat. 65? 15’, September 8, 1910, J. M. 
Macoun, no. 79,084. 
Var. LANATUM (Lam.) Hegetschw. Plant covered with long en- 
tangling pale often flocculent tomentum, not glandular.—Reisen. 
154 (1825). C. lanatum Lam. Encycl. i. 680 (1783-84). C. villosum 
Baumg. Enum. Stirp. Transs. i. 424 (1816). C. eriophorum Kitaib. 
in Rochel, Plant. Banat. Rar. in ind. (1828). C. lanuginosum Willd. 
ex Reichenb. Fl. Germ. Exc. 797 (1832). C. mutabile alpinum 8. 
lanatum (Lam.) Gren. Mém. Soc. Émul. Doubs, i. 72 (1841). C. 
al pinum, d. c. villosum (Baumg.) Kittel, Taschenb. Fl. Deutschl. ed. 
2, 975 (1844).— The most southerly variety, reaching the Straits of 
Belle Isle and the foot of James Bay. "The southern specimens ex- 
amined are as follows. LABRADOR: Eclipse Harbor, September 6, 
1908, H. S. Forbes; Rama, August 20-24, 1897, J. D. Sornborger, 
no. 202; Makkovik, August, 1896, 4. Stecker, no. 197; Nain and 
Ford's Harbor, August 1, 1884, R. Bell; Nain, August 11, 1897, J. 
D. Sornborger, no. 52; 'Tub Harbor, July 11, 1892, J. D. Sornborger, 
no. 211; Gready Island, August 8, 1908, Owen Bryant; Indian Har- 
bor, July 28, 1892, Waghorne; Battle Harbor, Bowdoin College Exped. et 
al.; Chateau Bay, July 14, 1891, Bowdoin College Exped. no. 57;Forteau, 
1870, S. R. Butler; very abundant on dry, exposed crests, Blanc 
Sablon, July 30, 1910, Fernald & Wiegand, no. 3392. Uncava: Fort 
Chimo, September 8, 1896, Spreadborough, no. 34,357; along the 
Koaksoak River, August 16, 1896, Spreadborough, no. 16,290; Digges 
Island, Hudson Strait, August 16, 1884, R. Bell; Great Whale River, 
Hudson Bay, July 5, 1899, A. P. Low, no. 63,164, in part; South 
Twin Island, James Bay, August, 1887, J. M. Macoun, no. 34,356; 
Charlton Island, James Bay, July 8, 1887, J. M. Macoun, no. 4616. 
2. C. BEERINGIANUM Cham. & Schlecht. Plant densely or loosely 
matted, with spreading or ascending glandular-pilose stems 0.4-2 dm. 
long; upper internodes (1.5-)2.5-7.5 em. long: leaves of the season 
2-5(-7) pairs, linear to elliptic-oblong, mostly obtuse, pilose on both 
