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now brought decidedly south of their supposed ranges on the 

 eastern coast. The ranges of Lychnis affim's, Sagina nivalis 

 z.x\<^. , Braya purpurescens are extended south from Hudson 

 Straits, of Crepis nana from Melville Peninsula, and of Draba 

 hirta, var. arctica and Lesquerella arctica south from Grinnell 

 Land. 



Several plants formerly known only from regions much fur- 

 ther to the west are now found on the Atlantic coast. LatJiyrus 

 niaritinms, var. aleuticiis, a form apparently common on the 

 Labrador coast, was recently described from the north Pacific 

 coast of America, and Arnica alpina, var. Lcssingii, found by 

 Mr. Sornborger on the mountains at Rama, has been known 

 onl}^ from extreme northwestern America and adjacent Asia. 

 Luzula parviflora, \-d.x. fastigiata and Draba stenoloba have been 

 unknown east of the Rocky Mountains. Petasites sagittata and 

 Senecio palustris are apparently unrecorded east of Hudson 

 Bay. Poa glujnaris, a common grass of the Alaskan shores, 

 has been well known from the mouth of the St. Lawrence, and 

 is now found at Nain, well up the Labrador coast. Vac- 

 ciniuni ovalifolium, common in northwestern America, has been 

 known only from Lake Superior and Gaspe Peninsula in the 

 east. The range of Viola canina, var. adunca is now extended 

 from its almost extra-limital station on the Ottawa to the north 

 coast of Labrador. 



Three Greenland species, not generally supposed to occur on 

 the American continent, are represented in these collections— 

 Polygonum islandicum, already reported from Rupert river and 

 James Bay, is probably common on the Labrador coast ; while 

 Arenaria uliginosa and Potentilla Ranunculus were found at 

 only one station each. 



Some plants, new to Labrador or little known from that 

 region, are of interest as highly local species. PJileiun alpinuni, 

 Juncus trifidus, Cardamine bellidifolia and Arenaria ciliata, var. 

 huniifusa occur on the higher mountains of New England or 

 adjacent Canada and in Greenland, and by analogy should be 

 expected abundantly in Labrador, where they are apparently of 



