204 GfiOLOaiCAl SUKVET OP CANADA. 



256. SHERARDIA, Linn. (BLUE FIELD-MADDER.) 



(951.) S. arvensis, Linn. 



Inti'oduced in one or two places. Tatamagouche, Colchester Co., 

 N.S. {McKay.') Eoadsides and waste places, Ottawa. Gathered two 

 years in succession. (J.mj.) In Parkdale on the Grwynne Estate near 

 Toronto. {Fowler.) 



L. VALEEIANACB^. Valerian Family. 



257. VALERIANA, Linn. (VALERIAN.) 



(952.) V. dioica, Linn, var. sylvatica, Watson. Marsh Valerian. 



V. sylvatica, Rich. Hook. Fl. I., 281. 



Swamps, marshes and wet meadows by brooks. Newfoundland. 

 (Banks.) On Clear Water Eiver, north of Methy road. (Bichardson.) 

 Prairies of the Eocky Mountains about Lat. 54°. (JDrumrrwnd.) Bogs 

 along the shore of Lesser Slave Lake and on the road between it and 

 Peace Eiver. (Maccmn.) Eocky Mountains, South Kootanie Pass. 

 (Dawson.) Norton Sound. (Bothr. Alask.) Cariboo, B.C. Gawley. 



Var. uliginosa, Torr. & Gray Fl. IL, 47. 



In swamps and peaty bogs. Leaves ciliate particularly on the 

 petioles and stems, pubescent generally in one line. Not common 

 at Eivi^re du Loup, Q. (Thomas.) Jupiter Eiver, Antioosti ; tamarac 

 swamps at Belleville, Ont . ; swampy meadows and bogs, Peterboro' 

 and Victoria Co's., Ont. ; swampy meadow, Quesnel, B . C. (Macoun.) 



(953.) V. capitata, WUld. Hook. Fl. L, 292. 



Cool woods and by brooks, generally in the mountains. Eastern 

 summit of North Kootanie Pass and Crow Nest Pass, east of summit, 

 Lat. 49° 30'. Tsi-tsutl Mountains, B.C. (Dawson.) Arctic shores, 

 between the Coppermine and Mackenzie Elvers. (Bichardson.) Kot- 

 zebue Sound to Cape Lisbume; Sitka; Point Barrow to Mackenzie 

 Eiver. (Bothr. Alask.) 



