392 GEOLOGICAL STTRVEY OF CANADA. 



Var. Asiatica, Decaisne. 



A very large indigenous form along the Pacific Coast from California 

 to British Columbia, and from the Saskatchewan to the Arctic Sea. 

 (Gray.'} Fort Wrangel, Alaska. (Meehan.) It is probable that our 

 large leaved form fi-om the prairie region may be this variety, but we 

 have no certainty of this. 



Yar. mini ma, Decaisne. 



This is a small hairy form, growing in the vicinity of the sea on 

 Vancouver Island. Neighborhood of Victoria. (Fletcher.) Departure 

 Bay, Vancouver Island. (Meehan.) 



Var. bracteata, Macoun. 



This is a stout, coarse, form with large oval leaves and with the 

 spikes always bracted immediately underneath the flowers. Around 

 dwellings in Kiledar, Addington Co., Ont. ; also in very wet or boggy 

 places at the entrance to Pelee Point, Lake Erie. (Macoun.') 



(1805.) P. Rugelii, Decaisne. 



P. Kamlschatica, Hook. Gray, Man. Ed. V., 311. Macoun's Cat., No. 1195 



Frequent along old roads in grassy woods ; also in meadows and 

 pastures, generally confounded with P. major, but easily distinguished 

 by its long tapering attenuated spikes. At Casselman and other places 

 in the vicinity of Ottawa, growing in old clearings. (Fletcher. ) 

 Eather common along the margin of shady woods at Belleville, and 

 abundant in University Park, Toronto. (Macoun.~) Vicinity of Toronto 

 and London. (Burgess.} Vicinity of Hamilton. (Buchan.) Near 

 Fort Brie, Ont. (David F. Day.) 



(1806.) P. eriopoda, Torr. 



P. lanceolata, var. /?. and y. in part. Hook. Fl. II., 123. 



On the shore of Anticosti at the head of Ellis Bay, and along the 

 G-aspe* coast at the Eock Dam, Grand Etang, and Cape Chat. (Macoun.) 

 Near Kamouraska, Q. (Burgess.) Very abundant on saline soil 

 throughout the prairie region, and northward to the Arctic Sea. We 

 cannot separate the St. Lawrence specimens from those obtained on the 

 prairies. 



(1807.) P. macrocarpa, Cham. & Schl. 



P. lanceolata, var. /3. in part. Hook. Fl. II., 123. 



Coast of British Columbia to Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. 

 (Gray.) North-west coast. (Menzies.) Sitka and Ounalashka. (Eothr. 

 Alask.) 



