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Common in Central Canada (Macoun). McLeod's Harbour, Cockburn Island, 

 Lake Huron (Dr. Bell). Saskatchewan plains (Bourgeau). Red Bay, Bruce 

 Peninsula, Lake Huron ; Pic River, north-east shore of Lake Superior ; Lake 

 of the Woods ; Dunvegan, Peace River (Macoun). North to Arctic America 

 (Hooker). 



A. stricta, Michx. Var. juniperina. 

 Macoun and Gibson. 



Arenaria groendandica. 



Hdlsides, Bale des Rochers, Labrador (Butler). 



A. lateriflora, L. Broad-leaved Sandwort. 



Indigenous. Gravelly shores and damp, shady places. Labrador and Resti- 

 gouclie (Brunet). Kent County, New Brunswick (Dr. Fowler). Nicoiet, 

 Kingston, Chippewa (Maclagan). Riviere du Loup (Dr. Thomas). Central 

 Canada (Macoun). Eastern shore of Lake Huron (Gibson). From N. lat. 40° 

 to the Arctic Circle (Torr. & Gray). Saskatchewan valley (Bourgeau). Dun- 

 vegan, Peace Paver (Macoun). Montreal Island (Herb. McGill College). 

 ^Vest coast of Newfoundland (Dr. Bell). 



A. peploides, L. Sea-side Sandwort. 



Indigenous. Sands of the sea-shore. Coast of Labrador (Brunet). Kent 

 Co., New Brunswick (Dr. Fowler). Sea-shore, Ptivi^re du Loup (Dr. Thomas). 

 Atlantic coast, from N. lat. 40° to Labrador and the Arctic Circle (Torr. & 

 Gray). West coast of Newfoundland (Dr. Bell). 



A. verna, L. Var. hirta, Fenzl. 



Indigenous. Carspitose, 2' — .3' high, minutely hirsute.; leaves subulate, 

 3-nerved, erect, obtuse or acutish ; cyme erect, few or many iiowered ; sepals 

 ovate, acute, strongly 3-nerved, mostly exceeding the petals. Kotzebue's 

 Sound (Beechey). Greenland and Behring Straits (S. Watson). Cape Charles, 

 Labrador (Brunet). Amoor Bay, Labrador (Butler.) 



Stellaria, L. Chickweed. 



S. media, Smith. Chickweed. 



Introduced from Europe. Every^^here in damp, rich soils and old gardens. 

 Little Slave Lake and J^unvegan. Peace River (Macoun). N. W. America, 

 (Torr. & Gray). West coast of Newfoundland (Dr. Bell). 



S. longifolia, Muhl. Long-leaved Chickweed. 



Indigenous. Grassy places. Kent County, New Brunswick (Dr. Fowler). 

 Prescott Junction and Ottawa (Billings). Vicinity of Hamilton (Logie). 

 Chippewa and Maiden, Ont. (Maclagan). Vicinity of London (Saunders). 

 Near the Bayfield and Maitland Rivers, Ont. (Gibson). Common in Central 

 Canada, Sault Ste. Marie, Rainy River, Little Slave Lake, Fort Assinaboine, 

 on the Athabasca ; Dunvegan, on Peace River (Macoun). From Virginia to 

 Sub-Arctic America, and westward to Sitka and Oregon (Torr. & Gray). 

 Saskatchewan plains (Bourgeau). St. Joseph's Island, Lake Huron (Dr. Bell). 

 Lachine woods, Montreal (Herb. McGill College). 



S. longipes, Goldie. Long-stalked Chickweed. 



Indigenous. Rocky grounds. Vicinity of Quebec (Brunet). Restigouche 

 County, New Brunswick (Dr. Fowler). Rocky ground, vicinity of Belleville, 



