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record east of Kocky Mountains. Mountain slopes south 

 of Tulameen Eiver, B.C., alt. 5,000. (Dr. Geo. M. Daivson.) 

 Mount Chean, Fraser Valley, B.C. (Rev. II. H. Gowen.) 

 On rocks in a torrent, Mount Arrowsmith, Vancouver 

 Island, alt. 2,000 feet. (John Macoun.) Mount Rapho, 

 Bradfield Inlet, B.C. (H. W. E. Canavan.) Not before 

 recorded in Canada west of Selkirk Mountains. 



Saxifraga ranunculifolia, Hook. 



Crevices of damp rocks at Sproat, Columbia River, B.C., 

 alt. 4,000 feet. (John Macoun.) 



Saxifraga rivularis, L 



On lateral moraines at Roger's Pass, Selkirk Mountains, 

 B.C., alt. 7,500 feet ; crevices of rocks, Mount Queest, 

 Shuswap Lake, B.C., alt. 6,000 feet. (Jas. M. Macoun.) 

 Not before. recorded west of Rocky Mountains. 



BOYKINIA NUTTALLII, 



Saxifraga elata, Nutt. ; Torr. & Gray, FL, Vol. L, p. 575. 



Grassy thickets, Cowichan River, Vancouver Island, 

 1887. (John Macoun.) Near Victoria, Vancouver Island. 

 (J. K. Anderson.) American botanists, since the publi- 

 cation of Torrey and Gray's Flora, have, with few excep- 

 tions, made Saxifraga elata, Nutt., a synonym of Boykinia 

 occidentalis, Torr. & Gray. Prof. Greene in Flora Fran- 

 ciscana (Pts. I.-IL, p. 190) adopts Nuttall's specific name, 

 but describes Boykinia occidentalis. Nuttall says "more 

 or less hirsute with long brownish hairs ;" Greene says 

 " glabrous or glandular pubescent ;" Nuttall says " a very 

 remarkable, robust species ;" Greene says " slender." The 

 leaves of Boykinia occidentalis are "thin — membranaceous," 

 in our specimens referred here they are thick — coriaceous. 

 The stem and petioles in our specimens are densely clothed 

 with long brown or brownish hairs, and this character with 



