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APETALOUS EXOGENS. 



LXXIX. NYCTAGINACE^E. FOUR-O'CLOCK FAMILY. 



499. OXYBAPHUS, Vahl. (OXYBAPHUS.) 



(1816.) O. nyctagineus, Sweet. 



Allionia nyctaginea, Michx. Pursh, Fl. I., 97. 



Eocky or sandy places very rare. On sand banks at the mouth of 

 Eainy Eiver, close to the Lake of the Woods. (Macoun.'} On sandy 

 shores, southern shore of Lake of the Woods and clay banks, Wood 

 End, Souris Eiver. (Dawson.} 



(181*7.) O. hirsutus, Sweet. 



Allionia hirsute,, Pursh, Fl. I., 729. 



On sandy or gravelly slopes, rare and local. Sand hills along Pine 

 Creek, Man. ; and in the Qu'Appelle valley near its confluence with 

 the Assiniboine, also on sandy ridges north end of Old Wives Lakes. 

 (Macoun.') About Port Carlton on the North Saskatchewan. (JDrum- 

 mond.} 



(1818.) O. angustifolius, Sweet. 



Allionia, linearis, Pursh, Fl. I., 729. 

 Calymenia angustifolia, Fraser, Cat, 1813. 



On dry gravelly slopes, eastern end of Cypress Hills. (Macoun.} 

 On gravel at Antelope and Medicine Hat along the Canadian Pacific 

 Eailway. (<7. M. Macoun.) Along Belly Eiver near Fort McLeod ; 

 also sterile soil along the Milk River, 49th parallel. (Dawson.*) 



500. ABRONIA, Juss. (ABRONIA.) 

 (1819.) A. umbellata, Lam. 



In sand, coast of Vancouver Island at Yictoria and Cadboro Bay. 

 (Fletcher.} 



