258 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



Var. Californica, Bess. 



A form which is i-eferred here was gathered in the neighborhood of 

 Victoria, Vancouver Island, by Mr. Fletcher, in August, 1883. The 

 plants are stout but not tall, and are thickly covered with leaves, which 

 are smooth and green above but covered with white tomentum below. 

 The greater number are serrate, but some of the lower ones are slightly 

 lobed. 



Var. Tilesii. Ledeb. 



A. Tilesii, Ledeb. Torr. & Gray Fl. II, 421. 



Arctic seashore between the Mackenzie and Coppermine rivers. 

 (Richardson.) Bast coast of Hudson Bay. (B. Bell.) Fort St. 

 Michaels and western and northern coasts. (Eothr. Alask.) Fort 

 Selkirk, Youcon Eiver, Lat. 62° 45'. {Schwatka.) 



(1204.) A. Richardsoniana, Bess. 



A. arctica, Bess. Hook. Fl. I., 323. 

 A. cxspitoia, Hook. Fl. I., 324. 



From Bear Lake to the shores of the Arctic Sea. {Richardson.') 

 Between the Coppermine Eiver and Cape Turn-again. Lat. 67° 54', 

 Long. 115° 31' west. (Bease.) Lake Beechy. (Stewart.) 



(1205.) A. Norvegica, Fries. 



A. Chamisaoniana, var. saxatilis, Bess. Hook. Fl. I., 324. 

 A. arctica, Less. Torr. & Gray Fl. II., 423. 



Alpine and sub-alpine region of the Eockj^ Mountains from Lat. 62- 

 49°. (Gray.) Woods in the Eocky Mountains, Lat. 52°. (Brum- 

 mond.) Cariboo mountains in northern British Columbia. (Cowley.) 

 Klootch-oota Lake, B.C. (Dawson.) 



Var. Pacifica, Gray. 



A. Chamissoniana, Bess. Hook. Fl. I., 824, in part. 



Arctic Sea shore. (Richardson.) Cape Lisburne and Point Hope, 

 and possibly Sitka. (Rothr. Alask.) 



(1206.) A. glomerata, Ledeb. Hook. Fl. I., 324. 



Bay of St. Lawrence. (Ohamisso.) Kotzebue Sound. (Rothr. Alask.) 

 Arctic Alaska. (Gray.) 



(120Y.) A. globularia, Cham. 



Ounalashka and island of St. Lawrence. (Rothr. Alask.) Arctic 

 Alaska and islands. (Gray.) St. Paul's Island. (Mrs. Madntyre.) 



