2(18 OE()T,»)UlCAI. SURVEY Of CANADA. 



(p66.) L. scariosa, WilM. l^lazinu- Star, 

 L. Mjtuirnilom, Michx. l"l. II., !>2. 



Voiy coinmoM on some parts of (hewosteni prairio ropjion, especially 

 alonjT the boi-ders of ponds anil marshes. Tliis is m very boandriil 

 plant :in<l on»> well worthy ol' cultivation. (jMacoun.) Maiden and 

 Sandwich, Out. (Maclagati.) Tiio jtroceding sjiccies is ]irol»alily 

 meant jjciv. 



(967.) L. punctata, Hook. 



Much more abundant than the preceding, and extending from the 

 LaUo of the Woods (Macoun) to the foot-hills of the llocky Mountains. 

 (Dawson.) This species prefers dry gravelly soil in the cast, but west- 

 ward it grows on any dry soil. (Macou7i.) On the Saskatchewan 

 Plains and on the Eed Deer and Eagle Hills, on dry soils. (Douglas.) 



266. GUTIERREZIA, Lagasca. 



(0(]8.) C. Euthamiae, Torr. & Gray Fl. II., 10.3. 



BracJtyrii^ Euthamix, Nutt. Hook. Fl. II., 23. 



Solidago Sarothrx, Pursh Fl. II., 540. 



S. tenuifolia, Pursh. Dawson Bound. Rep. 366. 



Very abundant on much of the dry open prairie, and especially so in 

 and around the C3^ress Hills. (Ifacoun.) High grounds of the 

 Saskatchewan and Eed Eivers. (Douglas.) Prom Turtle Mountain 

 westward along the 49th parallel. Eepresents Solidago lanceolata on the 

 dry open plains. Stems often many together from a woody caudex, 

 rarely attaining a height greater than eight inches. (Dawson.) 



267. CRINDELIA, Willd. 



(9G9.) C. squarrosa, Dunal. 



Donia sqvarrosa, Pursh Fl. II., 559. 



Very abundant on saline soil around ponds and in brackish marshy 

 places extending from the eastern border of the prairie region through 

 the Eocky Mountains to the Fraser Eiver in British Columbia. 

 (Macoun.) Woody country, Lat. 54-64. (Richardson.) Abundant on 

 the banks of the Saskatchewan, between Carlton and Edmonton. 

 (Drummond.) Plains of the Eed Eiver and valleys of the Eocky 

 Mountains, on the east side. (Douglas.) From the Souris to the Milk 

 Eiver on the 49th parallel ; also on the Chilcoten Eiver, B. C. 

 (Dawson.) 



