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13. ACTVEA, Linn. (BANEBERRY.) 



(73.) A. alba, Bigelow. White Cohosh. 



A. spicata, var. alba, Linn. Michx. Fl. I., 308. 

 A. Americana, var. a. Pursh, 306. 



Eich woods and low flats along streams. Nova Scotia. (Dr. How.} 

 Anticosti. ( VerrilL} New Brunswick. (Fowler's Cat.} Throughout 

 Quebec and Ontario, and through the wooded country to the Coast 

 Eange in British Columbia. 



(74.) A. spicata, Linn. var. r libra, Ait. Eed Cohosh. 



A. rubra, Willd. Hook. Fl. I., 28. 



A. brachypetata, var. /?. Richards, in Frankl. Journ., 12. 



A. Americana, /?. Pursh. 366. 



Common in rich woods from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick to the 

 Eocky Mountains and north to Lat. 60. It is exclusively a forest 

 plant. Near Emerson, Manitoba. (Burgess.} 



Var. arguta, Torrey. 



A. arguta, Nutt. in Torr. & Gray, Fl. I., 36. Macoun's Cat, No. 73. 



This is the British Columbian form, and extends in rich woods from 

 Washington Territory to Alaska. It is much taller and stouter than 

 the eastern form. 



14. CIMICIFUCA, Linn. (SNAKEROOT.) 



(75.) C. racemosa, Nutt. Black Snakeroot. 



Actsea racemosa, Linn. Hook. Fl. I., 27. 



Eich woods, Cayuga, Grand Eiver, Ont. (Maclagan.} Norfolk Co., 

 Ont. (Dr. Nichol.) Apparently rare in the southwestern part of 

 Ontario. 



Doubtful Species. 

 (75 b.} C. elata, Nutt. 



Actsea cimicifuga. Hook. Fl. I., 26. 



This species is mentioned in Hooker, on the authority of Pursh. 

 We know nothing of it. 



15. HYDRASTIS, Linn. (YELLOW ROOT.) 



(76.) H. Canadensis, Linn. Yellow Puccoon. 



Eich, shady woods. Mirvin's Woods, Prescott, Ont. (Billings.} 



