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(1889.) P. Careyi, Olney. 



Wet sandy shore, in shade, mouth of Moose Kiver, Muskoka, Out. 



(Burgess.} 



(1890.) P. ORIENTALE, Linn. Prince's Feather. 



A weed in many gardens at Belleville and in the Counties of Hastings 

 and Prince Edward, Out. (Macoun.} Gardens and waste heaps at 

 Ottawa. {Fletcher Fl. Ott.} Waste places at Toronto and London, 

 Ont. (Burgess.} 



(1891.) P. Bistorta, Linn. 



P. bistortoides, Pursh. Fl. II., 271. 



Arctic sea coast. (Richardson.} Kotzebue Sound to Point Barrow 

 and northern coast. (Rotnr. Alask.} 



(1892.) P. viviparum, Linn. Alpine Bistort. 



Quite common on cold, boggy points along lakes in the northern 

 parts of Canada. Mouth of Eel Eiver, N. B. (Fletcher.) Very 

 abundant along the coast of Anticosti, especially in boggy places at 

 the mouths of rivers ; exposed points along the Gasp coast from 

 Cape Eosier to Matane, also on Mount Albert, Shickshock Mountains, 

 Gasp^ ; mouth of the Pic Eiver, and on St. Ignace Island, and in 

 boggy places, Eed Eock, Lake Superior, also on Livingston Point, Lake 

 Nipigon. (Macoun.} On the St. Lawrence at Bic. (Pringle.} Ford's 

 Harbour, coast of Labrador ; Cape Chudleigh, Cape Prince of Wales, 

 Nottingham and Mansfield Islands, Hudson Strait ; also mouth of 

 Churchill Eiver, Hudson Bay. (B. Bell.} Swampy ground in the 

 Eocky Mountains. (Drummond.} Foot Hills of the Eocky Mountains, 

 and eastern summit of the North Kootanie Pass : also along Eliguc 

 Lake, B.C. (Dawson.} In swampy places at the confluence of the 

 Peace and Nation Eivers, northern British Columbia, and on Mount 

 Selwyn, in the Peace Eiver Pass ; also very abundant throughout the 

 whole Eocky Mountain region in Lat. 51. (Macoun.} Eocky Mountains. 

 (Bourgeau.) Common along the Arctic coast and islands. (Richardson.} 

 West coast of America, from Observatory Inlet to Alaska. (Hooker.} 

 Sitka and Ounalashka, and along the coast generally. (Rothr. Alask.} 

 Kenashow Islands, Alaska. (Meehan.} Lake Lindeman, source of the 

 Youcan Eiver, lat. 60. (Schwatha.} 



(1893.) P. polymorphum, Ledeb. 



P. alpinum, Hook, Fl. II., 131. 



From the British boundary to Alaska. (Bot. Calif.') Kotzebue Sound. 

 (Chamisso.} Arctic sea-coast. (Richardson.} Kotzebue Sound and 

 Fort Youcon. (Rothr. Alask.} Plover Bay, Alaska. (M. Dale.} 



