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berland Co., Ont., also in the vicinity of Niagara Falls. (Macoun.} 

 Vicinity of Brockville and Prescott. (Billings.) Eoadside near 

 Stony Creek, Hamilton, Ont. (Logie.} Port Rowan. (Buchan.) 

 Chippewa and Maiden. (Maclagan.) Along Port Stanley Railway 

 near the town. (Saunders & Burgess.} Pelee Point, Lake Erie, rather 

 common amongst sand. (/. M. Macoun.~) Vicinity of Toronto. 

 (A. Fowler.} 



LXXXIV. POLYGONACE^. BUCKWHEAT FAMILY. 

 516. ERICONUM, Michx. 



(1861.) E. flavum, Nutt. 



E. sericeum, Pursh FL I,, 277. 



E. crassifolium, Hook. Fl. II., 134. Dawson, Bound. Eep. 372. 



Found chiefly on the slopes of gravelly hills and ridges in the prairie 

 region. Fort Carlton on the Saskatchewan. (Richardson.} From the 

 mouth of Qu'Appelle River westward to Morley, on gravel ridges. 

 (Macoun.) Gravelly hill-side, Wood End, Souris River, 49th parallel, 

 and on ridges along Belly River. (Dawson.) Dry slopes, Souris Plain, 

 and on sides of coule'es, Cypress Hills. (J. M. Macoun.} Rocky Moun- 

 tains. (Bourgeau.) 



(1862.) E. androsaceum, Benth. 

 E. csespitosum, Hook. Fl. II., 134. 



Rocky Mountains of British America. ( Watson.} On dry limestone 

 slopes, Bow River Pass, also on the summits of Canmore and Castle 

 Mountains in the Rocky Mountains, Lat. 51. (Macoun.} Alpine spots 

 among the Rocky Mountains, at an elevation of 10,000 feet. Lat. 

 52-56. (Drummond.) Rocky Mountains. (Bourgeau.) A small 

 tufted species with the habit of a Primula or Androsace. (Hooker.} 



(1863.) E. um be llatum, Torrey. 



South Kootanie Pass, and western summit of North Kootanie Pass, 

 Rocky Mountains ; also Cold water River, B.C. (Dawson.} 



(1864.) E. heracleoides, Nutt. 



On mountain slopes above Spence's Bridge, B.C. (Macoun.} 

 Gravelly slopes, Nicola Valley, B.C. (Dawson.} Not uncommon 

 from Spence's Bridge to Kamloops, B.C. (Fletcher.} 



