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here that the illustration was prepared. It is in truth one of our 

 most sho^-y wild-flowers, but its attractiveness is sadly marred 

 by the disagreeable and foetid odor given off by its numerous 

 glands at flowering time. 



As I am acquainted with it, it is a most typical member of the 

 flora of the tussock-sedge {Carex strtcta) swamps, and I do not 

 remember having seen it elsewhere. The manuals give it a most 

 extensive range, as from Newfoundland to British Columbia, and 

 south to Kentucky and New ISIexico, but this range is open to very 

 considerable doubt. 



The plant here described is the one which for many years has 

 been passing in all our floras as Etipatorium maculatum, but it is 

 to be noted that the description of Linnaeus apparently applies 

 better to another plant. 



Kenneth K. Mackenzie. 



Explanation of Plate. Fig. 1. — Flowering stem. Fig. 2. — Flower-head, 

 X2. 



