56 The Ottawa Naturalist. [Aug. -Sept. 



( 'arex feta Bailey. Plentiful on the cleared townsite, Port Alberni. 

 Montia diffusa (Nutt.) Wolf. A few plants only, to which my 

 attention was directed by Miss M. E. St. G. Mahaffy, M.A., 

 perhaps introduced. 

 Viola pollens (Banks) Brainerd. Hidden Lake; fruiting plants 

 only, but matching specimens from Vancouver city so 

 det. by Prof. Brainerd. Our western plant differs from the 

 eastern in its smaller size and brown seeds. 

 Limosella tenuifoUa Wolf. With Lilaea subulata near the mouth 

 of the Somas River; best distinguished from /-.. dquatica by 

 its much stouter petioles and slightly fleshy blades. 

 Veronica scutellata L. var. villosa Schum. Stems densely soft- 

 pubescent (not pilose). This var., according to Gray's New 

 Manual, is introd. in Eastern America. It is undoubtedly 

 native at Alberni and probably so at New Westminster. Det. 

 by Prof. Macbride of the Gray Herbarium. 

 Sisyrinchium segetum Bicknell. Somas River above the falls; 



Cameron Lake. (W. R. Carter). 

 Castilleja Dixonii Fernald. Salt marshes, Prince Rupert to Wn. 

 Merely a thick leaved halophytic form of C. miniata Dougl. 

 GrindeUa oregana Gray and the var. Wilkesiana Piper. Salt 



marshes, Alberni Canal. 

 Variation is very marked m the plants of the West Coast. Mr. 

 Carter showed me the following albinos. 

 Allium cemuum Roth; 

 Camassia quamash Greene; 

 Calypso bidbosa (L.) Oakes; 

 Rubus spectabilis Pursh ; 

 Ribcs Lobbii Gray; 

 Gentiana sceplrum Gri>J> 

 And the following with double flowers. 

 Rubus spcciabilis Pursh; 

 Rubus macropetalus Dough; 

 Trillium ovatum Tursh ; 

 Claytonia lanceolata Pursh. 



Most of these variations are rare and only call for passing notice. 

 Color variations are, however, as Prof. Macbride has recently 

 pointed out, of great interest to the collector, and, when not uncommon, 

 deserving of recognition. The following mav be noted. 



Allium cemuum Roth, forma alba f.n. Perianth white. Mt. 

 Arrnwsmith where it has been collected on several occasions by Mr. 

 W. R. Carter. 



Veronica americana L. forma rosea f.n. Corolla pink. Port 

 Alberni; not uncommon at Crescent, B.C. (near Blaine, Wn.) A 

 striking form always clearly distinct from the specie-. 



