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ballast heaps at North Sydney, Cape Breton, and at Pictou, IT.S. (In- 

 troduced.) Very abundant along the beach above Becscie Eiver, 

 Anticosti. (Macoun.) Saint Croix, near Quebec, in gardens. (Brunet.) 

 Mountain side, Hamilton, Ont. (Jjogie.) Vicinity of Ottawa. 

 (Fletcher Fl. Ott.) London, Ont. (Burgess.) Gardens and fields 

 near Belleville ; also at Owen Sound, Ont. ; vicinity of Victoria, Van- 

 couver Island. (Macoun.) Sitka and Ounalashka. (Both. Alask.) 



(939.) C. asprelum, Michx. Eough Bedsti-aw. 



Climbing over bushes along streams in meadows or open woods, 

 Windsor, liJ".S. (Sow.) Truro, IST.S., and Whycocomagh, Cape Breton ; 

 also along the Gasp^ coast. (Macoun.) Common in low woods, N.B. 

 (Fowler's Cat.) Very common in Quebec, and extending westward 

 through Ontario to the Kaministiquia Eiver west of Lake Superior. 

 (Macoun.) 



(940.) C. Mollugo, Linn. Narrow-leaved Bedstraw. 



Introduced in ballast at Eichibucto, N.B. (Fowler's Cat.) In culti- 

 vated fields, Truemansville, N.S. (Trueman.) 



(941.) C. trifldum, Linn. Small Bedstraw. 



G. aaytoni, Hook. Fl. I., 288. 



Under several forms this species extends from the Atlantic to the 

 Pacific and north to Lat. 68°. The leading varieties are as follows : — 



Var. pusillum, Gray. 



In swamps and cold bogs. Bog at Ellis Bay, Anticosti. (Macoun.) 

 Abundant in spagnous swamps. N.B. (Fowler's Gat.) Dawson Eoad, 

 west of Port Arthur-. (Burgess.) 



Var. tinctorium, Torr. & Gray. 



G. tinctorium, Linn. Hook. Fl. I., 288. 



In boggy and wet open woods amongst bushes. Newfoundland. 

 (Morrison.) Quite common in Nova Scotia, especially around Anna- 

 polis ; also common along the Gasp^ coast. (Macoun.) Frequent in 

 Quebec. (McGill Coll. Herh.) In swampy woods, Muskoka, Ont. 

 (Burgess.) Straits of De Puca, north-west coast. (Scouler.) 



Var. latifolium, Ton-. 



G. obtusum, Bigel, & G. strictum, Holmes Coll. McGill College. 



Generally in wet marshy woods, easily known by its broad leaves 

 and widely branching stems. Portland, N.B. (Matthews.) St. Andrew's 



