1914) Fernald,— A northern Variety of Aster linariifolius 193 
rare. (Fowler's Cat.) Three Rivers, Q. (Maclagan.)," and in Hook- 
er's Flora Boreali- Americana from “Canada. Mrs. Sheppard. New- 
foundland. Mr. Cormack.” Beyond the Cormack record there is no 
other evidence of the plant from Newfoundland and in a detailed 
survey of Newfoundland botanical data Cormack's records have been 
found so generally untrustworthy that, without supporting evidence, 
this one can hardly be accepted as satisfactory. It is highly probable 
that Cormack had Erigeron hyssopifolius which is common along many 
of the Newfoundland rivers. Fowler’s material from the Nepisiguit 
(or “ Nepisiquit") River has not been seen but the locality as given by 
him, " Pabineau Falls," is highly suggestive of the typical habitat of 
Erigeron hyssopifolius, which is found on the ledges and gravels about 
the falls of nearly all rivers of the Gaspé Peninsula, northern New 
Brunswick and northern Maine. The Three Rivers record may with 
more probability be accepted for A. linariifolius, though it is highly 
desirable that the exact identity of the plant should be determined. 
But from these notes it is evident that north and east of New England 
there have been known few, if any, undoubted stations for A. 
linariifolius. 
It is, therefore, interesting to find among the collections made in the 
Province of Quebec during the past summer by Brother Marie-Vic- 
torin of the Collège de Longueuil, Longueuil, Quebec, fine material of 
Aster linariifolius from the rocky banks of the River Ste. Anne at St. 
Raymond, Co. Portneuf, Quebec, somewhat northwest of the city of 
Quebec. Brother Victorin’s material, although clearly belonging 
specifically with A. linariifolius, differs from the typical form of the 
plant in its less rigid and shorter oblong-linear mostly round-tipped 
ascending leaves and in having the oblong-linear obtuse bracts of the 
involucre more herbaceous than in typical A. linariifolius. It is a 
well pronounced geographic variety, with which it is a pleasure to 
associate the name of its discoverer, who is emulating Provancher and 
Brunet in making better known to his own people the flora of the 
Province of Quebec. 
Whether the plant of Three Rivers, above referred to, is true A. 
linariifolius or the more northern variety is yet to be determined and 
this will not prove a difficult task; for, in writing of the plant from 
Ste. Anne River, Brother Victorin says: 
“While travelling on the C. P. R. between Montreal and Quebec, 
I noticed that very likely this plant occupied an extensive tract of sandy 
