300 (IBOLOaiCAL SURVET OF CANADA. 



{Dni7nmoiul..) South Kootunio Puss, iiltitudo 7,000 foot, 49thpiirallol ; 

 Klootcli-oot-ii liuko, li.C. (^Dawson.) On tlu- liighcr mountjiiii slopes, 

 Kit'lviug Horse Pass. (Macoun.) Biirtlett Bay, Alaska. (Mee/um.) 



362. KALMIA, Linn. (AMERICAN LAUREL.) 



(1302.) K. latifolia, T.inn. Calico-bush. 



Creditt'ci to Canaila by Pursh. an<l lately by Dr. Gray, but evidently 

 unknown (o local collectors. (Jfacoun.) Re})orted as being found in 

 ravines and near ponds in the intei-ior, up Salmon River, and on Esqui- 

 maux Island, Labrador. (IF. E. Steams.) Clearly a broad-leaved 

 Ibi-m of A'. an(/U6tifolia, which is common on Anticosti, is referred to 

 here. (^Jlacoun.) 



(139;}.) K. angustifolia, Linn. Sheep Lam-el, Lambkill. 



Labrador, Newfoundland, Anticosti, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, 

 thence westward through Quebec and northern Ontario to the Georgian 

 Bay. Very abundant in the Maritime provinces, often covering large 

 spaces in boggy or rocky places with its beautiful purple tlovvers. 

 Throughout Canada to Hudson Bay. (Michaux.) James Bay. (Brown.) 



(139-i.) K. glauca, Ait. 



K. glavca, var. rosmarinifolia, Hook. Fl. II., 41. 



Common in peat bogs fi-om the Atlantic to the Pacific, but scarcely' 

 going north of the Arctic circle. (^Hooker.) Newfoundland and Hudson 

 Bay. (Gray.) Sitka. (Eothr. Alash.) Fort Wrangel, Alaska. 

 {Meehan.) Point Ogle, Arctic Coast. {McGill Coll. Herb.) Greenland. 

 {Hook. Arct. PL) Specimens from various localities have leaves varying 

 from very nan-owly linear and revolute to broadly oblong and almost 

 plain, but frequently these diverse leaf forms are obtained from the 

 same group of plants. 



Var. microphylla, Hook. Fl. IL, 41. (?) 



Specimens refen-ed to this form have the leaves sometimes in threes, 

 almost oval, perfectly glaucus, not the least revolute and with a strong 

 midrib. In swamps in the Eocky Moimtains. {Drummond.) Peaty 

 swamps along the Telegraph Trail, northern British Columbia. 

 (Macoun.) Tsi-tsult Mountains, and swamps along the Skeena River, 

 B.C. (Dawson.) Cariboo Mountains, B.C. (Coivley.) 



