202 Canadian Record of Science. 



Island, Eainy Lake, just within Canadian territory. It 

 covered about a square rod of # the eastern end of the island 

 and grew half-buried in lichens. The Indians with Prof. 

 Coleman did not know of its occurrence elsewhere in that 

 region. 



Galium palustre, L., var. minus, Lge. 



A comparison of specimens collected by the Rev. A. Wag- 

 horne at Long Point, Labrador, with Greenland plants 

 shows that what was at first considered a form of G. trifi- 

 dum is in fact G-. palustre, var. minus. New to Canada. 



Vernonia Noveboracensis, Willd. 



The plant from Essex Centre, Ont., referred to this species, 

 Macoun, Cat. Can. Plants, Vol. I., p. 206, proves to be V. 

 altissima, Nutt. Specimens collected by Prof. Macoun in 

 thickets at Pelee Island, Lake Erie, 1892, are V. Novebora- 

 censis. We have seen no other Canadian specimens of this 

 species. 



Seriocarpus rigidus, Lindl. 



In open thickets Mount Finlayson and Cedar Hill, near 

 Victoria, V. I. and Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, 1887. Oak 

 Bay, near Victoria, V. I., Herb. No. 451. (John Macoun.) 

 Collected in 1887 but not recorded. 



Heliopsis scabra, Dunal. 



In thickets, Kicking Horse River, Rocky Mts., alt. 4,000 

 ft., 1890. (Jas. M. Macoun.) Woods, Revelstoke, Columbia 

 River, B.C. (John Macoun.) Probably introduced from 

 Manitoba by the C. P. Ry. Not before recorded west of 

 Manitoba. 



Madia glomerata, Hook. 



Dry ground at Revelstoke, Columbia River, B.C., 1890. 

 (John Macoun.) Not before recorded west of Alberta. 



Madia sativa, Molina, var. racemosa, Gray. 



On dry banks, two miles from mouth of Kootanie River, 

 B.C., 1890. (John Macoun.) Not before recorded from 

 interior of British Columbia. 



