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Specimens examined : 



Nugsuak Peninsula : "Collected by the Cornell Party on the Peary Voyage of 

 1896," August 12 (UMH and MBG 84303). 



St. George Island. July 31, 1891, J as. M. Macoun (AlBG 8404^). 



Saxifraga leucantiiemifolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 :268. 1803. 

 Spatularia leucanthemifolia Haw., Enum. Saxifr. 48. 1821. 

 Hexaphoma petiolaris Raf., Fl. Tell. 67. 1836. 

 Sajcifraga Michauxii Britton, Mem. Torr. Bot. Club 4:118. 1894. 

 Spatularia Michauxii (Britton) Small. Fl. S.E. U.S. 502. 1903. 

 Spatularia petiolaris (Raf.) Small, N. Am. Fl. 22:2:150. 1905. 



Distribution. — Mountains, Maryland to Georgia. 

 Specimens examined : 



Tennessee: Cades Coves, eastern Tennessee, August, 1899, F. H. Ferriss (MBG 

 83933). 



Maryland: June 18, 1899, /. R. Chiirchill (MBG 738695). 



Virginia : plants of Stony Man Mountain and vicinity, Blue Ridge, near Luray, 

 alt. 3.700 ft., September A, 1901, F. S. and Mrs. Steele, No. 76 (UMH and MBG 

 83932) ; Bedford County, A. H. Curtiss (MBG 777207) ; peaks of Otter, Bedford 

 County, July 27, 1871, A. Fl. Curtiss (MBG 84235) ; Salt Pond Mountains, Giles 

 County, alt. 4,800 ft., August 19, 1875, John H. Red field (MBG 83908) ; A. F. E. 

 Crecson (MBG 84062) ; summit of White Top Mountain, Washington County, August 

 11-12, 1892, /. K. Small (MBG 839.34). 



North Carouna; Statesville, M. E. Hyams (UMH) ; Roan Mountain, A. Ruth, 

 (UiMH); Roan Mountain, alt. 6,000 ft., July IS, 1880, ./. IV. Chickcring ; Grand- 

 father Mountain, Mitchell County, alt. 5,500-6,000 ft., August 25, 1893 (UMH and 

 MBG 83935) ; "In montibus Carolinae et Georgiae," Buckley (MBG 83911) ; on 

 rocks, Roan Mountain, alt. 6,100 ft., July, A. H. Curtiss, No. 854 (UATH) ; Enos Plott, 

 Balsam Mountain, alt. 6,100 ft., August 28, and Roan Mountain, 6,400 ft., September 

 8, 1876, Redfield, Nos. 5500 and 5561 (MBG 83907) ; mountains, Leroy, Ruger, and 

 Red field. No. 2005 (MBG 83906) ; Swain County, "Pinnacle Rock, Clingman's Dome," 

 alt. 6,660 ft., 1891 ; Beardslee and Kofoid (MBG 83910, 83896) ; Grandfather Mountain, 

 July 22, 1890, A. A. Heller, No. 51 (MBG 83904, UMH) ; Blowing Rock, July 19, 1890 

 (UMH) ; top of Roan Mountain, September 8, 1876, G. Engelmann (MBG 84236) ; 

 Cranberry Mountain, journey of September 22, 1898, Sargent, Muir, and Canby, No. 

 45 (MBG 83901) ; Grandfather Mountain, Mitchell County, July, 1895, herbarium of 

 Fred. Wislisenus (MBG 84579) ; Buncombe County, wet rocks near the summit of 

 Craggy Mountain, alt. 6,000 ft., July 8, 1897, Biltmore Herbarium, No. 1231d, (MBG 

 83898, UMH). 



Section Heterisia (Raf.) sect. nov. 



Heterisia Raf., Fl. Tell. 2:60. 1836; as genus. 



Steiranisia., Raf., Fl. Tell. 2:69. 1836; as syn. 



Hydatica, Torrey and Gray, Fl. N. Am. 1:567. 1838-1840; in part. 

 Hooker, Fl. Bor. Am. 1:252. 1840; in part. Ledebour. Fl. Ross. 2:216. 

 1844; in part. 



Boraphila, Engler, Verb. Zool.-Bot. Ver., Wien. 19:522. 1869; in part. 



