17" CKoi.itiili Al. SI UVKV OK ("ANADA. 



north to Lnt. (14'; livtiiu'iit. ( /i'/V/j<WY/.N('n <l- Dnnnmond.) North-west 

 cojiMt near the sr:i. (^Scouler.) \'itiiiily <>r (^)uol»oc n\u\ 'ratloiisiic. 

 {^fintittt.) C'oiniiioii on tho pniirios, wostoT Maiiilolia ; also in Northern 

 Hiitisli I'oliiinhia and thi> uppiM- vaMcy oftho Frasi>r. {Miirnun.) (^>iu'i'n 

 Cliailotto Islands and tlu' nmnntains alorii:^ (he coast of Ihitish Coliiin- 

 l.ia. (^iKiirsoii.) York Kaclory anti Nelson K'iver Vall«-y. ( /»'. />'(■//. ) 



(^T'.f-*.) E. coloratum, Mnld. 



Coninion in Nova Seotia, New liiunswiok, Quehee and Ontario. 

 This seems to he tlie eastern forni of I he j)rccotlin^ sjiecies, and a <rarc- 

 lul examination of livini^ specinums is neeessary to sepai-ale them, 

 lied Deer Jiiver, near the Jland Hills, N.W.T., Um^. 112\ {Mikohu.) 

 Slopes ot the Jioeky iMonntains, Jv(X)tanie Pass. (^Dawson.) I'lains of 

 the Saskatchewan, (ffirlidnlson.) 



(T'.>:5.) E. minutum, liindl. Hook. F\. 1., 207. 



North west eoast ol" America. {Mcn:ies.) On moist rocks near s])rings, 

 on the high mountains of the Upper Columbia Jiiver. (^Duuglas.) 

 Lake Athahasca, near Fort Chipe3'wan, Lat. 5I)°. (^Macoun.) 



(71>4.) E. palustre, Linn. 



Labrador. (^Morrison.^ Mount Albert, Shickshock Mountains, 

 Gaspe, Q. ; Moose Jaw Creek and Old Wives Lakes, and numerous 

 other localities tlii-oughout the prairie j-egion, N.W.T. {Macoun.) 

 Sitka. {Rothr. Alash.) Greenland. {JIoo/c. Arct. FL) 



Var. lineare, Gniy. 



E. oliganthwn, Mii-lix. Hook. Fl. I., 208. 



E. rosmarinijoJlum, rni-sli, 259. 



E. tcmllum, Eaf. Hook. Fl. I., 207. 



E. palnxtre, var. albescens, Ricliards. in Frankl. Journ., 12. 



E. paluslre, var. alhiflorum, Hook. Fl. I., 207. 



E. palustre, Gray, Manual, 1st ed., 135. 



Abundant in peat bogs and marshy places, from Labradoi- and Nova 

 Scotia to British Cohimbia, and north to Lat. G4° on the Mackenzie 

 Elver. 



(795.) E. paniculatum, Nutt. 



Abundant on newly clearecUand at Oxendon, Colpoj^'s Bay, Geoi-gian 

 Baj", Lake Hui-on ; common on dry sand hills near the source of the 

 Qu'Appelle, and on the southwestern plain, N.W.T. (Macoun.) Van- 

 couver Island, near Victoria. (Dawson.) 



