1906] Contributions to Canadian Botany. 169 



Galium bifolium, Wats. 



Abundant on clay banks along- the Dewdney Trail, west 

 of Sophie Mt., B.C. Alt. 5,000 ft. No. 64,890. (/. M. 

 Macoun ) New to Canada. 



Anaphalis margaritacea, B. & H. var. occidentalis, Greene. 



Characterized by its bright green leaves, glabrous above. 

 Confined in Canada, apparently, to the vicinity of the Atlantic 

 and Pacific coasts where it is rare. We have no specimens 

 from the interior. 



Xanthium glabratum, (DC.) Britton. 



In ditches by roadsides and along streams near Sarnia, 

 Ont. (C K. Dodge.) New to Canada. Mr. Dodge has 

 also collected X. Pennsylvanicum at Port Huron, Mich., just 

 opposite Sarnia. 



Xanthium Canadense, Mill. 



Typical specimens of X. Canadense were collected by 

 Prof. Macoun by the mill at Blue-berry Point, near Aylmer, 

 Que., in 1903. During the same summer he collected X. 

 echinatutn, Murr., at Wakefield, and X. Pennsylvanicum, 

 Wall, near St. Patrick's Bridge, Ottawa. 



Galinsoga parviflora, Cav. 



Toronto, Ont, 1904. {W. Scoit.) First collected in 

 Canada by J. Dearness in north London, Ont. in 1901 and 

 more recently in the southern part of that city. 



Chrvpanthemum Leucanthemum, L. 



Typical C. Leucanthemum as represented in our herbarium 

 seems to be confined to the Atlantic and Pacific coasts our 

 only specimens being from Newfoundland, No. 10,955, 

 {Robinson and Schrenk) ; Boylston, N.S., No. 22,830, [Dr. C. 

 A. Hamilton) ; Big Intervale, Margaree, Cape Breton Island, 

 N.S., No. 19,672, ijolm Macoun) ; New Carlisle, Bonaventure 

 Co., Que., No. 69,071, [Williams And Fernald); Montmorency 

 Falls, Que., No. 68,327, {John Macoun) ; Cedar Hill, Van- 

 couver Island, B C, No. 14,503, {John Macoun.) The var. 



