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circle. (Richardson?) It is abundant from Newfoundland, Labrador, 

 and Nova Scotia, in swamps and wet woods, westward to the Kocky 

 Mountains. Very common in British Columbia, but may belong prin- 

 cipally to the variety. Point Barrow to Mackenzie Biver. (Rothr. 

 Alask.) 



Var. parvulum, Gray. Bot. Gal. I., 206. 



Common in the valley of the Fraser and southern British Columbia. 

 (Macoun & Dawson.) 



Var. molle, Gray, But. Cal. I., 206. 



On the Fraser, above Boston Bar, and doubtless common. (Macoun.) 



Var. ? 



A form unlike all the others was collected in the valley of the Fraser 

 in the summer of 1882, by A. J. Hill. Besides other points of distinc- 

 tion, its racemes are over twenty flowered. All the above forms need 

 careful examination by collectors while the specimens are fresh. 



(751.) R. setosum, Llndl. 



R. oxyacanthoides, Hook. Fl. I., 230. 



R. oxyacanthoides, var. ft. Torr. & Gray, Fl. I., 546. 



Banks of the Saskatchewan. (Douglas.) This is evidently the form 

 of R. oxyacanthoides, which is so common in some parts of the prairie 

 region, and in the sand on the borders of saline lakes. It may be a 

 good species and seems to be very properly named. (Macoun.) 



(752.) R. rubrum, Linn. Eed Currant. 

 R. albinervium, Miclix. Fl. I., 110. 



Common in cold woods and swamps, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, 

 and north to the Arctic Sea. Port Clarence and Kotzebue Sound ; also 

 Youcon Eiver. (Rothr. Alask.*) 



(753.) R. prostratum, L'Her. Fetid Currant. 



R. glandulosum, Ait. Richards, in Frankl. Journ., 6. 

 R. rigens, Miclix. Fl. I., 110. 

 R. trifidum, Michx. Hook. Fl. I., 232. 

 R. laxiflorum, Richards, in Frankl. Journ., 7. 

 f R. alpinum, Hook. Arct. PL, 291, as to Labrador. 

 R. Hudsonianum, PL Bourgeau, 256. 



Newfoundland, Labrador, Nova Scotia, northward through the Lau- 

 rentian region to Hudson's Bay, and westward to the Eocky Mountains 

 and Peace Eiver country. 



