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(1.) E. spiCATUM, Lam. 



Common fiom the Atlantic to the Pacific and north to the 

 Arctic Circle. The most northern specimens incur herbar- 

 ium are from the mouth of the Mackenzie Eiver (^Miss E. 

 Taylor.) and from Lat. 60° 20, Long. 104° 30. {Jos. W. 

 Tyrrell.) 



Var. CANESCBNS, Wood. 



" An albino variety with more than usually canescent 

 pods." Marmora Village, Hastings Co. and Owen Sound, 

 Ont. {John Macoun.) Lake of the Woods, Ont. (Burgess ; 

 Dawson.) Norway House, Lake Winnipeg. (Otto Klotz.) 



(2.) E. LATIFOLIUM, L. 



Newfoundland, Labrador and the Gasp^ Peninsula ; Bow 

 River, Eocky Mts., to the Pacific Coast and throughout 

 Canada north of Lat. 53°. Most of the northern specimens 

 in our herbarium are the broad-petaled vaviety grandiflorum, 

 Britton. Specimens collected by Mr. Jas. W. Tyn-ell in 

 Lat. 64° Long. 101° were just coming into flower Aug. 25th, 

 1893. Albinos with very large cream-coloured flowers 

 have been collected on both sides of Hudson Bay by Mr. 

 Jas. M. Macoun. 



(3.) E. HIBSUTUM, L. 



Naturalized at Niagara Falls, Ont. {R. Cameron.) Intro- 

 duced in garden seed. 



(4.) E. LUTELM, Pursh. 



Abundant by rivulets and on damp grassy slopes in the 

 Selkirk Mts., B.C., between Beaver Creek and the Glacier 

 House, but not known to occui" elsewhere in Canada. The 

 petals are bright yellow a little lighter than those of 

 (Enothera biennis. 



(5.) E. PANIOULATUM, Nutt. 



Abundant at Colpoy's Bay, Georgian Bay, Lake Huron. 

 (John Macoun.), but not found in any other part of Eastern 

 Canada. Rare in the prairie region, but common in British 

 Columbia and on Vancouver Island. 



