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Var. Californica, Bess. 



A form which is referred here was gathered in the neighborhood of 

 Victoria, Vancouver Island, by Mr. Fletcher, in Augustj 1883. The 

 plants are stout but not tall, and are thickly covered with leaves, which 

 are smooth and green above but covered with white tomentum below. 

 The greater number are serrate, but some of the lower ones are slightly 

 lobed. 



Var. Tilesii. Ledeb. 



A. Tilesii, Ledeb. Torr. & Gray Fl. II, 421. 



Arctic seashore between the Mackenzie and Coppermine rivers. 

 (Richardson.) Bast coast of Hudson Bay. (R. Sell.) Fort St. 

 Michaels arid western and northern coasts. (Rothr. Alask.) Fort 

 Selkirk, Youcon River, Lat. 62 45'. (Schwatka.) 



(1204.) A. Richardsoniana, Bess. 



A. arctica, Bess. Hook. Fl. I., 323. 

 A. csespitosa, Hook. Fl. I., 324. 



From Bear Lake to the shores of the Arctic Sea. (Richardson.) 

 Between the Coppermine River and Cape Turn-again. Lat. 67 54', 

 Long. 115 31' west. (Dease.) Lake Beechy. (Stewart.) 



(1205.) A. Norvegica, Fries. 



A. Chamissoniana, var. saxatilis, Bess. Hook. Fl. I., 324. 

 A. arctica, Less. Torr. & Gray Fl. II., 423. 



Alpine and sub-alpine region of the Rocky Mountains from Lat. 62- 

 49. (Gray.} "Woods in the Rocky Mountains, Lat. 52. (Drum- 

 mond.) Cariboo mountains in northern British Columbia. (Cowley.) 

 Klootch-oot-a Lake, B.C. (Dawson.) 



Var. Pacifica, Gray. 



A. Chamissoniana, Bess. Hook. Fl. I., 324, in part. 



Arctic Sea shore. (Richardson.') Cape Lisburne and Point Hope, 

 and possibly Sitka. (Rothr. Alask.) 



(1206.) A. glomerata, Ledeb. Hook. Fl. I., 324. 



Bay of St. Lawrence. (Chamisso.) Kotzebue Sound. (Rothr. Alask.) 

 Arctic Alaska. * (Gray.) 



(1207.) A. globularia, Cham. 



Ounalashka and island of St. Lawrence. (Rothr. Alask.) Arctic 

 Alaska and islands. (Gray.) St. Paul's Island. (Mrs. Macintyre.) 



