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256. SHERARDIA, Linn. (BLUE FIELD-MADDER.) 



(951.) S. arvensis, Linn. 



Introduced in one or two places. Tatamagouche, Colchester Co., 

 N.S. (McKay.) Eoadsides and waste places, Ottawa. Gathered two 

 years in succession. (Ami.) In Parkdale on the Gwynne Estate near 

 Toronto. (Fowler.) 



L. VALERIANACE^E. VALERIAN FAMILY. 



257. VALERIANA, Linn. (VALERIAN.) 



(952.) V. dioica, Linn, var. sy I vatica, Watson. Marsh Yalerian. 

 V. sylvatica, Eich. Hook. Fl. L, 281. 



Swamps, marshes and wet meadows by brooks. Newfoundland. 

 (Banks.) On Clear Water River, north of Me thy road. (Richardson.) 

 Prairies of the Rocky Mountains about Lat. 54. (Drummond.) Bogs 

 along the shore of Lesser Slave Lake and on the road between it and 

 Peace River. (Macoun.) Rocky Mountains, South Kootanie Pass. 

 (Dawson.) Norton Sound. (Rothr. Alask.) Cariboo, B.C. Cowley. 



Var. uliginosa, Torr. & Gray Fl. II., 47. 



In swamps and peaty bogs. Leaves ciliate particularly on the 

 petioles and stems, pubescent generally in one line. Not common 

 at Riviere du Loup, Q. (Thomas.) Jupiter River, Anticosti; tamarac 

 swamps at Belleville, Ont.; swampy meadows and bogs, Peterboro' 

 and Victoria Go's., Ont. ; swampy meadow, Quesnel, B . C. ( Macoun.) 



(953.) V. capitata, Willd. Hook. Fl. I., 292. 



Cool woods and by brooks, generally in the mountains. Eastern 

 summit of North Kootanie Pass and Crow Nest Pass, east of summit, 

 Lat. 49 30'. Tsi-tsutl Mountains, B.C. (Dawson.) Arctic shores, 

 between the Coppermine and Mackenzie Rivers. (Richardson.) Kot- 

 zebue Sound to Cape Lisbume; Sitka; Point Barrow to Mackenzie 

 River. (Rothr. Alask.) 



