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(2492.) E. Virginicum, Linn.; Michx., Fl. I., 34; Puisli, Fl. I., 

 58; Hook., Fl. II., 231. 



Not uncommon in bogs eastward. Newfonndland. (^Reeks.) Brigus, 

 Newfoundland. (E. Bell.) Magdalen Islands. (<7. Richardson.) Fictou, 

 und Guysboro Co., N.S. {McKay.) Pictou, N.S. (Bunjess.) Cale- 

 donia, Guysboro Co., N.S. (Faribault.) Common in bogs in northern 

 counties ; Lily Lake, N.B. {Fowler, Cat.) Ouatchechou ; Valcartier, 

 Q. {St. Cyr.) Boggy margins of small lakes, Argenteuil Co., (^ 

 (Z)' Urban.) Vicinity of Ottawa. {Fletcher, Fl. Ott.) Kemptville, 

 Ont. {Porter.) Marsh west of Prescott Junction, Ont. {Billings.) 

 Tamarack swamps, Hastings Jioad, and Marmora, Hastings Co. Ont. ; 

 swamp, five miles north of Colboi'ne, Ont. {Macoun.) Millgrove, near 

 Hamilton, Ont. {Logic.) London, Ont. ; and Parry Sound, Georgian 

 Bay. (Burgess.) Oba Lake, Ont. (R. Bell.) North shore of Lake 

 Superior. (Agassis. ) Mor Bleue, Ottawa ; Port Colborne, Lake Erie. 

 (McGill Coll. Herb.) Canada to the Saskatchewan. (Hooker, Fl.) 



Var. album, Cray, Man. Ed. V., 566. 



Wool quite white, heads much smallei-. In a bog near the town 

 of North Sydney, Cape Breton. (Macoun.) 



(2493.) E. polystachyon, Linn. ; Pursh, Fl. I., 58 ; Hook., Fl. 

 11., 231. 



E.polyiftachyon, ,i, Miclix., Fl. I., 34. 



E. polystachyon, L., var. latifolium, Gray, Man. Ed. V., 566. 



Very common in marshes and bogs, under various forms, from the 

 Atlantic to the Pacific. Newfoundland. (Reeks.) Magdalen Islands. 

 (/. Richardson.) Aspy Bay, Cape Breton ; and Magdalen Islands. 

 {McKay.) Caledonia, Guysboro Co., N.S. (Faribault.) Common in 

 bogs throughout New Brunswick. (Fowler Cat.) Bake Apple Bog, 

 North Sydney, Cape Breton ; and Truro, N.S. (Macoun.) Hunting 

 Island, Mingan ; Ouatchechou. and St. Sauveur, Q. (St. Cyr.) Vicinity 

 of Ottawa. (Fletcher, Fl. Ott.) Je.ssup's Swamp and common north- 

 ward, from Prescott, Ont. (Billings.) The Dell, Ancaster, near Lon- 

 don, Ont. (Logic.) London, Ont. ; Lake of the Woods, and Eosseau 

 River, Man. (Burgess.) Swamp near Turtle Mountain, Man. (Millman.) 

 Between Badger Creek and Turtle Mountain, Man. (Dawson.) Moose 

 Mountain Creek, Man. (/. M. Macoun.) Abundant at Flat, and Gopher 

 creeks, Man.; swamps, Bear Hills, Alberta; rather common from 

 Morley westward through the Eocky and Selkirk mountains, B.C. ; on 

 the summit of Mount Arrowsmith, and along the shores of Home Lake, 

 near Qualicum, Vancouver Island. (Macoun.) Norton Sound to Point 



