1899] Fern ALD— Plants. 149 



Erigekon uniflorus, L. Depot Island, Sept., 1893. 

 Collected by Tyrrell near the forks of Telzoa River. 



Matricaria inodora, L, var. nana, I look. Whale 

 Point, July, 1894. Collected by Tyrrell at Fort Churchill. 



Chrysanthemum arcticcm, L. Depot Island, Sept., 

 1893. Previously known on Hudson Ba}- at York Factory 

 {Druinviofid) and Churchill River {Bell.) 



Senecio palustris, Hook., var. congesta, Hook. Depot 

 Island. Formerly collected by Tjrrell at Fort Churchill. 



FOUR RARE PLANTS FROM ALASKA. 



By .M. L. Fernai.d. 



Among some plants collected during July and August, 1898, 

 on the Sushitna and Kuskkavvim rivers in Alaska, by Mr. P'rank 

 C. Hinckley of Bangor, Maine, were four species of great 

 interest. 



Viola BIFLORA, L., a common plant of northern Europe 

 and Asia, (Japan, Kamtschatka, &c.), has been known on the 

 American continent only from the mountains of Colorado, 

 although it has naturally been expected to occur further north. 



Mr. Hinckley found this delicate species, with clear yellow 

 flowers, a common plant in July on the rich wooded slopes of 

 mountains on the headwaters of the Sushitna and Kuskakwim, 



Pedicularis hirsuta, L. a species well known from 

 Arctic Europe and Asia but more rare on our own Arctic coast. 

 Found b\' Mr. Hinckley on the mountain summits. 



Bryanthus TAXIFOLIUS, Gray, was also collected on these 

 mountain summits. This, the " Phj'llodoce " is common in 

 Arctic Europe and Asia, but in America, according to the 

 Synoptical Flora, has been known only on the alpine summits 

 of Maine and New Hampshire, and in Labrador. 



Chrysanthemum bipinnatum, L., growing from Lapland 

 through northern Asia, has been known from only two American 

 stations, Cape Espenburg and the Yukon valley. Mr. Hinckle>' 

 found it along the middle and lower valley of the Kuskakwin, 

 thus extending its known range considerabl}' southward. 



