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and islands ; and in Labrador, Newfoundland and Noi'th-west America ; 

 and the barren country of the interioi-. (^Hooker.) In great profusion 

 on the summit of Mount Albert, Gasp^, altitude 4,000 feet. Coast of 

 Yancouver Island. (Macoun.) Victoria, Vancouver Island. {Fletcher 

 & Meehan.) Greenland. (Hook. Arct. PI.) 



LX. PEIMULACE^. Primrose Family. 



377. PRIMULA, Linn. (PRIMROSE.) 



(142*7.) P. farinosa, Linn. Bird's Ej^e Primrose. 



P. Scotica, Hook. Fl. II., 120. 



Crevices of rocks and exposed points along the sea, lakes or rivers. 

 Labrador. (Butler.) Rather rare at Harrington Harbor and on the 

 neighbouring islands, Labrador. (W. E. Stearns.) Abundant on 

 Anticosti, west side. (Macoun.) Near Annapolis, N.S. (McKay.) 

 Hall's Harbor, King's Co., N.S. (How.) Shore of Iveniiebeccasis,N.B. 

 (Fowler's Cat.) Mouth of the Eestigouche, near Campbellton, N.B. 

 (Chalmers.) Very abundant, in crevices of rocks, along the Gasp^ 

 coast from Cape Rosier to Matane. (Macoun.) Quebec, Island of 

 Orleans. (Thomas.) Temiscouta, Q. (Burgess.) Shore of Red Bay, 

 Lake Huron ; and north-east coast of Lake Superior ; also around 

 Lake Nipigon. Very abundant in the beds. of small brooks and 

 around the margins of ponds from Manitoba westward through the 

 prairie region to the Rocky Mountains. Many specimens are from 12 

 to 18 inches high and Yory stout, producing often over thirty flowers 

 in a capitate cluster. These are as mealy as the Gasp^ specimens, 

 while those from Anticosti are also tall and stout but almost glabrous. 

 (Macoun.) Moose Mountain Creek and in profusion on the greater 

 part of the Som-is Plain. (J. M. Macoun, G. P. R. Coll.) 



(1428.) P. Mistassinica, Michx. 



P. stricta, Hornem. Rothr. Alask., 451. 

 P. Hornemanniana, Hook. Fl. II., 120. 



Wet banks and shores abundant but local. It grows at Bonne Espd- 

 rance and neighboring islands and at Forteau. Labrador. (Butler.) 

 On a wet bank along a small brook at Truro, N.S. (Macoun & Camp- 

 hell.) Near St. Ste^jhen, N.B. ( Vroo7n.) Up the Dartmouth and 

 other rivei'S of Gasp^. (./. Bell.) Rocks along the sea shore at Rivi^re- 

 du-Loup. (Thomas.) Lake Mistassini, Q. (J. Richardson.) North- 

 east shore of Lake Huron at Red and Chicken bays ; yevj common 



