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north to Lat. 64° ; frequent. {Richardson & Drummond.') North-west 

 coast neai- the sea. (Scouler.) Vicinity of Quebec and Tadousac. 

 (Brunei.) Common on the prairies, west of Manitoba ; also in Northern 

 British Columbia and the upper valley of the Fraser. (Macoun.) Queen 

 Charlotte Islands and the mountains along the coast of British Colum- 

 bia.. (Dawson.) York Factory and Nelson Eiver Valley. (R. Bell.) 



(792.) E. coloratum, Muhl. 



E. tetragonum, Pursh, 259. 



Common in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario. 

 This seems to be the eastern form of the preceding species, and a care- 

 ful examination of living specimens is necessary to separate them. 

 Eed Deer Eiver, near the Hand Hills, N.W.T., Long. 112°. (Macoun.) 

 Slopes of the Rocky Mountains, Kootanie Pass. (Dawson.) Plains of 

 the Saskatchewan. (RicJia?'dson.) 



(793.) E. minutum, Lindl. Hook. Fl. I., 207. 



North-west coast of America. (Menzies.) On moist rocks near springs, 

 on the high mountains of the Upper Columbia Eiver. (Douglas.) 

 Lake Athabasca, near Fort Chipeywan, Lat. 59°. (Macoun.) 



(794.) E. palustre, Linn. 



Labrador. (Morrison.) Mount Albert, Shickshock Mountains, 

 Gasp^, Q. ; Moose Jaw Creek and Old Wives Lakes, and numerous 

 other localities throughout the prairie region, N.W.T. (Macoun.) 

 Sitka. (Rothr. Alash.) Greenland. (Hook. Arct. PI.) 



Var. lineare, Gray. 



E. oliganthum, Michx. Hook. Fl. I., 208. 



E. Tomiarinifolium, Pursh, 259. 



E: tenellum, Eaf. Hook. Fl. I., 207. 



E. palvMre, var. albescens, Richards, in Frankl. Journ., 12. 



E. palustre, var. albiflorum, Hook. Fl. I., 207. 



E. palustre. Gray, Manual, 1st ed., 135. 



Abundant in peat bogs and marshy places, from Labrador and Nova 

 Scotia to British Columbia, and north to Lat. 64° on the Mackenzie 

 Eiver. 



(795.) E. paniculatum, Nutt. 



Abundant on newly cleared land at Oxendon, Colpoy's Bay, Georgian 

 Bay, Lake Huron ; common on dry sand hills near the source of the 

 Qu'Appelle, and on the southwestern plain, N.W.T. (Macoun.) Van- 

 couver Island, near Victoria. (Dawson.^ 



