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lin and Bear Lake, and west to the dry prairies of the Rocky Mountains. 

 (Richardson & Drummond.) From Edmonton to the Peace River region, 

 and through the Rocky Mountains to the Findley Branch of the Peace 

 River, on the west side of the Rocky Mountains. (Macoun.) 



(532.) O. deflexa, DC. 



0. foliolosa, Hook. Fl. I., 146. 



From Carlton to the Rocky Mountains, Lat. 54. (Drummond.) 

 Abundant from the middle crossing of the Little Saskatchewan to the 

 Rocky Mountains; generally on the sides of coulees. (Macoun.) 

 Southern British Columbia, in the -dry region. (Dawson.~) 



144. HEDYSARUM, Tourn. (HEDYSARUM.) 

 (533.) H. boreal e, Nutt, 



H. alpinum, Richards, in Frankl. Journ. 17. 



H. alpinum, var. Americanum, Michx. Fl. II., 274. 



Newfoundland. (McGill Coll. Herb.) Grand Falls of the St. John, 

 also on the Nepisiquit River, N.B. (Fowler's Cat.} Borders of Lake St. 

 John, Q. (Brunet.) Labrador. (Butler.) Rocky banks of the Dartmouth 

 River, Little Falls of the Magdalen River, and on cliffs along the Gaspd 

 coast. Very abundant on the prairies, and extending north to the 

 Peace River region. (Macoun.) North shore of Lake Superior. (Agassiz.) 

 Throughout the wooded country and north to the Arctic circle. 

 (Richardson.) Summit of Pine Pass, Lat. 55. (Dawson.) Kotzebue 

 Sound and Cape Lisburne. (Rothr. Alask.) Between the Mackenzie 

 and Coppermine Rivers. (Simpson.) 



(534.) H. Mackenzii, Richards. 



H. boreale, Eichards. Frankl. Journ., 745. 

 H. canescens, Nutt. Torr. & Gray, Fl. I., 357. 



Barren grounds north of Lat. 64 ; as far north as the shores of the 

 Arctic Sea. (Richardson.) On the Saskatchewan, about Carlton and 

 westward to the mountains. (Drummond.) On the Eagle and Red 

 Deer Hills of the Saskatchewan. (Douglas.) On Hayes River and the 

 east coast of Hudson's Bay. (R. Bell.) In great abundance 20 miles 

 west of Moose Mountain ; on the Cypress Hills ; vicinity of the Hand 

 Hills ; in the Bow River Pass and on the banks of Peace River and the 

 lower slopes of Mount Selwyn, Peace River Pass. (Macoun.) Youcon 

 River, 50 miles west of Fort Youcon. (Rothr. Alask.) This is a very 

 beautiful species. Its root is eaten by the Indians wherever it is found. 



