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liii and Bear Lake, and west to the dry prairies of the Eocky Mountains. 

 {Richardson & Brummond.) From Edmonton to the Peace Eiver region, 

 and through the Eocky Mountains to the Findley Branch of the Peace 

 Eiver, on the west side of the Eoclcy Mountains. {Mitcoun.) 



(532.) O. deflexa, DC. 



0. foliolosa, Hook. Fl. I., 146. 



From Carlton to the Eocky Mountains, Lat. 54". (^Drunimond.) 

 Abundant from the middle crossing of the Little Saskatchewan to the 

 Eocky Mountains ; generally on the sides of couk^es. (Macoun.) 

 Southern British Columbia, in the dry region. (Dawson.) 



144, HEDYSARUM, Tourn, (HEDYSARUM.) 

 (533.) H. boreale, Nutt. 



H. alpinum, Richards, in Frank!. Journ. 17. 



H. alpinum, var. Americanum, Michx. Fl. II., 274. 



Newfoundland. (McGill Cnll. Herb.) Grand Falls of the St. John, 

 also on the jSTepisiquit Eiver, N.B. (Foivler's Cat.) Borders of Lake St. 

 John, Q. (Bnmet.) Labrador. (Butler.) Eocky banks of the Dartmouth 

 Eiver, Little Falls of the Magdalen Eiver, and on clitts along the Gaspe 

 coast. Very abundant on the prairies, and extending nortli to the 

 Peace Eiver region. (Macoun.) North shore of Lake Superior. (Agassiz.) 

 Throughoxit the wooded country and north to the Arctic circle. 

 (Richardson.) Summit of Pine Pass, Lat. 55°. (Dawson.) Kotzebue 

 Sound and Cape Lisburne. (Rothr. Ala.sJ<.) Between the Mackenzie 

 and Coppermine Eivers. (Sinipsoji.) 



(534.) H. Mackenzii, Eichards. 



H. boreale, Richards. Frankl. Journ., 745. 

 H. canescens, Nutt. Torr. & Gray, Fl. I., 357. 



Barren grounds north of Lat. 04° ; as far north as the shores of the 

 Arctic Sea. (Richardson.) On the Saskatchewan, about Carlton and 

 westward to the mountains. (Drummond.) On the Eagle and Eed 

 Deer Hills of the Saskatchewan. (Douglas.) On Hayes Eiver and the 

 east coast of Hudson's Bay. (R. Bell.) In great abundance 20 miles 

 west of Moose Mountain; on the Cypress Hills; vicinity of the Hand 

 Hills ; in the Bow Eiver Pass and on the banks of Peace Eiver and the 

 lower slopes of Mount Selwyn, Peace Eiver Pass. (Macoun.) Youcon 

 River, 50 miles west of Fort Youcon. (Rothr. Alash.) This is a very 

 beautiful species. Its root is eaten by the Indians wherever it is found. 



