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13, ACT/EA, Linn. (BANEBERRY.) 



(73.) A. alba, Bigelow. White Cohosh. 



A. spicata, var. alhci, Linn. Michx. Fl. I., 308. 

 A. Americana, var. a. Pursh, 306. 



Rich woods and low flats along sti'eams. Nova Scotia. (Dr. How.) 

 Anticosti. ( Verrill.) New Brunswick. {Foivler's Cat.) Throughout 

 Quebec and Ontai'io, and through the wooded coimtr}^ to the Coast 

 Range in British Columbia. 



(74.) A. spicata, Linn. var. rubra, Ait. Red Cohosh. 



A. rubni, Willd. Hook. Fl. 1., 28. 



A. hrachypetala, var. ji. Richards, in Frankl. Journ., 12. 



A. Americana, [i. Pursh. 366. 



Common in rich woods fi-om Nova Scotia and New Brunswick to the 

 Rocky Mountains and north to Lat. 60'. It is exclusively a forest 

 plant. Near Emerson, Manitoba. {Burgess.) 



Var. arguta, Torrey. 



A. arguta, Nutt. in Torr. & Gfay, Fl. I., 36. Macoun's Cat., No. 73. 



This is the British Columbian form, and extends in rich woods from 

 Washington Terj-itory to Alaska. It is much taller and stouter than 

 the eastern foi-m. ' 



14. CIMICIFUCA, Linn. (SNAKEROOT.) 



(75.) C. racemosa, Nutt. Black Snakeroot. 



Actasa racemosa, Linn. Hook. Fl. I., 27. 

 Rich woods, Cayuga, G-rand River, Ont. (Maclagan.) Norfolk Co., 

 Ont. (JDr. Nichol.) Apparently rare in the southwestern part of 

 Ontario. 



Doubtful Species. 

 (75 b.) C. elata, Nutt. 



Actsea cimicifuga. Hook. Fl. I., 26. 

 This species is mentioned in Hooker, on the authority of Pursh. 

 We know nothing of it. 



15. HYDRASTIS, Linn. (YELLOW ROOT.) 



(76.) H. Canadensis, Linn. Yellow Puccoon. 



Rich, shady woods. Mirvin's Woods, Prescott, Ont. (^Billings.) 



