552 SYNOPSIS OP THE FLOEA OF THE 



E, alpinum, L, Yar. majus, "Waiil. 



Indigenous. Rocky ground and mountainous regions. Canada (Mrs. Percival). 

 Sault Montmorency, Quebec ; South coast of Labrador (Brunet). Deer Moun- 

 tains, near Little Slave Lake (Macoun). E,ocky Mountains, lat. 52° N. (Bour- 

 geau). Upper British Columbia (Macoun). 



E. palustre, L. Yar. lineare, Gray. 



Indigenous. Bogs. Mcolet, Montreal, Niagara Falls (Maclagan). In swamps 

 in Eastern Ontario (Billings). Marshes and swamps, common, Central Canada 

 (Macoun). Hamilton (Logic). London (Saunders). East coast of Lake Huron 

 (Gibson). North shore of Lake Superior (Agassiz). New Brunswick (Dr. 

 Fowler). Swamps, Labrador (Butler). Dawson E-oute, Loon Portage ; Edmon- 

 ton on the Saskatchewan ; the Arthabasca ; Little Slave Lake (Macoun). Plains 

 of the Saskatchewan (Bourgeau). Rocky Mountains, and west to the Fraser 

 at Fort George (Macoun). 



E. moUe, Torrey. 



Indigenous. Bogs. Sphagnous marshes, Saint Croix (Brunet). Nicolet 

 (Maclagan). Cedar swamp at the foot of the Oak Hills, Sidney, Hastings 

 County (Macoun). Lake Medad, Ont. (Logic). 



E. tetragonum, L, 



Indigenous. Rocky ground. Vicinity of Quebec and Tadoussac (Brunet). 

 Canada (Hooker). Canada to lat. 64° (Torrey & Gray). Saskatchewan Plains 

 (Bourgeau). On Peace River, through the Rocky Mountains to McLeod's 

 Lake, and down the Fraser to Vancouver Island (Macoun). 



E. coloratum, Muhl. 



Indigenous. Wet places. Common throughout Ontario and Quebec. New 

 Brunswick (Dr. Fowler). Kaministiquia River, Lake Superior ; Fort Edmonton 

 on the Saskatchewan ; shore of Little Slave Lake ; Dunvegan on the Peace 

 River, and westward to Upper British Columbia (Macoun). Saskatchewan 

 Plains (Bourgeau). Cockburn Islands and Bruce Mines, Lake Huron ; west 

 coast of Newfoundland (Dr. BeU). 



E. paniculatum, Nutt. 



Indigenous. Glabrous Or glandular-pubescent above ; stem erect, slender, 

 terete, dichotomous above ; leaves narrowly linear, obscurely serrulate, acute ; 

 attenuate at the base, mostly alternate and fascicled ; flowers few, terminating 

 the spreading filiform and almost leafless branches ; calyx tube infundibuli- 

 form ; petals obcordate, nearly twice exceeding the calyx lobes ; capsules short, 

 acute at each end, straight or little curved, erect or spreading. Stems 3-3° 

 high ; flowers 1-4" long, light rose-colour ; capsules ^ -1' in length ; sometimes 

 glabrous throughout. On newly cleared land at Oxendon, Colpoy's Bay, 

 Georgian Bay, Lake Huron, abunda.nt (Macoun). 



E. latifolium, L. 



Indigenous. Stem ascending, often branched, 9-18' high, glabrous or very 

 minutely puberulent ; leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, sessile, entire or nearly 

 so, rather thick and rigid, I'-l^' long, the veins not apparent ; flowers axillary 

 and terminal, on short pedicels ; style somewhat erect, glabrous, shorter than 

 the stamens. Amour Bay, south coast of Labrador (Butler). West coast of 

 Labrador (Dr. Bell). 



