204 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



256. SHERARDIA, Linn. (BLUE FIELD-MADDER.) 



(051.) S. arvensis, J.iim. 



Iiitrodini'd ill oia' or two pljicos. Ta(iinia<i;oucl)c, t'ok'liester Oct., 

 N.S. i^McKiif/.) Jioadsidos and waste places, Ottawa. Gathered two 

 years in .sueeession. {Ami.) In Parkdalo on the Gwynne Estate near 

 Toronto. (^Fowler.) 



L. VALEEIANACEiE. Valerian Family. 



257. VALERIANA, Linn. (VALERIAN.) 



(952.) V. dioica, Linn, var. sylvatica, "Watson. Marsh Valerian. 



T'. sylvatica, Eich. Hook. Fl. I., 281. 



Swamps, marshes and wet meadows by brooks. Newfoundland. 

 (Banks.) On Clear Water Eiver, north of Methy road. {Richardson.) 

 Pi-airies of the Eocky Mountains about Lat. 54°. {Drummond.) Bogs 

 along the shore of Lesser Shive Lake and on the road between it and 

 Peace Elver. {Macoun.) Eocky Mountains, South Kootanie Pass. 

 (Dawson.) Norton Sound. (Rothr. Alask.) Cariboo, B.C. Cowley. 



Var. Uliginosa, Torr. & Gray Fl. IL, 4*7. 



In swamps and peaty bogs. Leaves ciliate particularly on the 

 petioles and stems, pubescent generally in one line. Not common 

 at Eivi^re du Loup, Q. (Thomas.) Jupiter Eiver, Anticosti ; tamarac 

 swamps at Belleville, Ont.; swamj^y meadows and bogs, Peterboro' 

 and Victoria Co's., Ont. ; swampy meadow, Quesncl, B.C. (Macoun.) 



(953.) V. capitata, Willd. Hook. Fl. I., 292. 



Cool woods and by brooks, generally in the mountains. Eastern 

 summit of North Kootanie Pass and Crow Nest Pass, east of summit, 

 Lat. 49° 30'. Tsi-tsutl Mountains, B.C. (Dawson.) Arctic shores, 

 between the Coppermine and Mackenzie Elvers. (Richardson.) Kot- 

 zebue Sound to Cape Lisburne ; Sitka ; Point Barrow to Mackenzie 

 Eiver. (Rothr. Alask.) 



