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XCI. SANTALACE^}. SANDAL-WOOD FAMILY. 

 531. COMANDRA, Mutt. (BASTARD TOAD-FLAX,) 

 (1928.) C. umbellata, Nutt. 



Thesiwm umbellatum, Linn. Pursh, Fl. I., 177. 

 T. corymbulosum, Michx. Fl. I., 112. 



In meadows and dry grassy woods, and thickets. On a piece of dry 

 ground near Sydney Mines, Cape Breton. (Macoun.) Lake St. Peter, 

 below Montreal. (Maclagan.) At Tadousac, Pointe des Monts and 

 Mingan Islands, Eiver St. Lawrence. (St. Cyr.} Rockcliffe and King's 

 Mountain, near Ottawa. (Fletcher Fl. Ott.) Pine grove south of the 

 Junction, and abundant at the Grand Trunk gravel pit, Preseott, Ont. 

 (Billings.} Dry rocky banks and sandy plains, quite common in central 

 Ontario, and at Owen Sound. (Macoun.) Mountain top near the 

 Albion Mills, Hamilton, Ont. (Logie & Buchan.) Navy Island, 

 Niagara River and Maiden. (Maclagan.) French Creek, below Fort 

 Erie, Ont. (David F. Day.) Dry soil, London, Ont., and at Emerson, 

 Man. (Burgess.') Near Two Heart River, Georgian Bay. (J. Bell.*) 

 Abundant at Fort Garry and on J;he North-west Angle road, also at 

 Emerson on the Red River, 49th parallel. (Dawson.} Common through- 

 out the prairie region, north of Lat. 51 and west to the Rocky 

 Mountains. (Macoun.) From Lake Huron to the Saskatchewan and 

 thence to the Rocky Mountains. (Drummond & Richardson.} 



(1929.) C. pallida, A. DC. 



In some abundance on the southern prairie, on dry soil. Prairie 

 near Turtle Mountain and westward on the 49th parallel ; also Milk 

 River Ridge. (Dawson.) Old Wives Lakes, N.W.T. (J. M. Macoun.} 

 On clay soil at the western end of the Cypress Hills and westward to 

 Morley ; also at Spence's Bridge, B.C. (Macoun-} On slopes of the 

 Nicola valley, B C. (Dawson.} From Lytton to Kamloops, B.C. 

 (Fletcher.} 



(1930.) C. livida, Richardson. 



Cold bogs, and on mountain tops, in the south, and on exposed shores 

 in the north. Newfoundland and Labrador. (Morrison & Brenton.} In a 

 peat bog at Kingston, N.S., and peat bog, Sydney Mines, Cape Breton ; 

 also abundant on the coast of Anticosti, in bogs. (Macoun.) Near 

 St. John, N.B. (Fowler's Gat.} Port Elgin, Albert Co., N.B. (Brittain.) 

 Peat bogs, Ste. Anne des Monts River, Gaspe", also bogs on top of 



