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Var. obovatus, Torr. & Gray Fl. II., 442. 



S. aureus (3. gracilis, Hook. Fl. I., 333. 



S. obovatus, Pursh Fl. II., 529. 



S. Elliottii, Torr. & Gray Fl. II., 443. 



Radical leaves varying from roundish-obovate to oblong-spatulate. 

 This form has a veiy^ wide range and extends westward to the Chilcoten 

 River in British Columbia. Freqnent in Nova Scotia, Windsor Junc- 

 tion and Pictou. (^Lawsun & McKay.) Various points in Quebec and 

 along the Gasp^ coast ; also, Ontario and throughout the prairie region 

 to the Chilcoten River. (Dawson.) 



Var. borealiS, Torr. & Gray Fl. II., 442. 



S. aureus, Hook. Fl. 1 , 333, in part. 

 Radical leaves thickish, mostly crenulate-toothed at the apex only. 

 North-west angle of the Lake of the Woods. (Ifacoim.) Crow Nest 

 Pass, Rocky Mountains ; also on Cascade Mountains east of Ho^je, B.C. 

 (Dawson.) Valley of the Buonaparte, and near Clinton, B.C. (Macoun.) 

 Labrador to British Columbia. (Gray.) 



Var. discoideus, Hook. Fl. L. 333. 



Rays wanting. Leaves of various forms. Labradoi-. (Pursh.) 

 River Ste. Anne des Monts, Gasp^, and in sand on the margin of rivers 

 in the prairie region. (Macoun.) Mackenzie River. (Richardson.) 

 Along the Lower Fraser, B.C. (Coivley.) 



Var. Balsamitse, Torr. & Gray Fl. II., 442. 



S. Balsamitx, Muhl. Hook. Fl. I., 332. 

 S. pauperculus, Michx. FL II., 120. 



Radical leaves, oval, oblong, spatulate and lanceolate. Achenia 

 smooth or strigose puberulent. Common on I'ocks or sand. River de 

 Brig, Anticosti. (Macoun.) Halifax, N.S. (Sommers.) Rocky shores 

 of the Kennebeccasis, N.B. (Hay.) Various places in Quebec and 

 Ontario, and westward to British Columbia. All the sj)ecimen8 

 examined have perfectly smooth achenia, except those collected on 

 sand hills near Fort Ellice and on Boss Hill sand ridges west of Bran- 

 don, Manitoba. {Macoun.) 



Var. lanceolatUS, Oakes. Torr. & Gray Fl. II., 442. 



This form has thin, lanceolate-oblong, radical leaves on long petioles. 

 It is quite common in ditches and marshy places in many parts of 

 Nova Scotia, especially between Truro and Windsor Junction, and on 

 the South Eastern Railway between New Glasgow and the Gut of 

 Canso. (Macoun.) Windsor, N.S. (How.) Hartland, Carleton Co., 

 N.B. (Hay.) 



