2l(» OEOLOOICAL SimVEY OF CANADA. 



\':u-. gigantea, (Ji-iy. 



,S'. .'i.fotiiKi, 'l\>\v. \ (iray l'"l. II., L'L'l. Mai'dun'.s Cat., N<>. '.HI. 

 lioi-dors of lliick«>ls ami Idw iiToiiiuls ; conniKm (lii()iii;li()iil Canada' 

 Newt'ituiitllaiitl, Nova Si-otia, New liruiiswicU, and westward lo llio 

 PjK'itii' ; :»ls(^ northwaid on ihr I'laii' Uiver (o Lai. 5J)°, (Macoim.) 



(IOOl'. ) S. Icpida, IH'. 



Alonii' tlio ni'ilii-wi'sl coast to Alaska. {Grai/.) (.hu'cn ( 1iaili)l Ic 

 Islands. lS7v^. [l>ai(:<on.) ^ooikii. ( Hiinke.) 



(100;i.) S. elongata, Xnit. 



,S. dahi, Hook. l-l. II., 5. 



(S^. Canadensis, Hook. Fl. II., 1. As to Arctic si)ocimon.s. 



Arctic Aniei"ica, tVom Slave Lake to Fort Franklin, on the Mackenzie 

 Rivei-. {Richardson.) Forms appi-oaching S. Canadensis have been 

 collected by ni3'self" and I>r. Dawson along the eastern base of the 

 Rocky Mountains and noiihwaid to Peace Eivei-. (Macoun.) Chilcoten 

 Kiver, west of the Fraser, B.C. (Dawson.) Sti-aits of De Fuca. 

 {Scouler.) Abundant on Vancouver Island and up the Fraser and 

 Th<impson rivers, B. C. (Fletcher.) Victoria, Vancouver Island. 

 (MeeJian.) 



(1004.) S. Canadensis, Linn. C<:>ramon Golden-rod. 



Our commonest Golden-]*od extending under one form or another 

 from the Atlantic to the Pacitic. North to Foi-t Franklin on the Mac- 

 kenzie. (Richardson.) 



Var. procerBi Torr. & Gray. 



S. procfiva, Ait. Hook. Fl. II., 2. 



Apparentl}' nut rare in the Atlantic provinces. Jupiter River, 

 Anticosti. (Macoun.) New Brunswick. (Fowler.) Canada. (Pursh.) 

 Vicinit}" of Ottawa. (Fletcher.) Wooded country between Lat. 54°- 

 64°. (Bichardson.) 



Var. sea bra, Torr. A: Gray. 



This form, or one taken for it, is common on the open i3rairie in the 

 North-west Territory. South-east of Hurricane Hills, and Souris 

 Plain. (J. M. Macoun C. P. R. Coll.) Common south of Battleford 

 and around the Hand Hills, and west to Morley. (Macoun.) 



(1005.) S. nemoralis, Ait. 



Dry or sterile tields and sandy or gravelly thickets or prairies, com- 

 mon. Fi'om Anticosti westward to the Rocky Mountains. The praLi"ie 



