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Var. obovatus, Ton-. & Gray Fl. II., 442. 

 S. aureus /3. gracilis, Hook. Fl. I., 333. 

 S. obovatus, Pursh Fl. II., 529. 

 8. Elliottii, Torr. & Gray Fl. II., 443. 



Eadioal leaves varying from roundish-obovate to oblong-spatulate. 

 This form has a very wide range and extends westward to the Chilcoten 

 Eiver in British Columbia. Frequent in ISTova Scotia, Windsor Junc- 

 tion and Pictou. (^Lawson & McKay.) Various points in Quebec and 

 along the Gasp^ coast ; also, Ontario and throughout the prairie region 

 to the Chilcoten Eiver. (JDawson.) 



Var. borealis, Ton-. & Gray Fl. II., 442. 

 8. aureus. Hook. Fl. 1 , 333, in part. 



Eadical leaves thickish, mostly crenulate-toothed at the apex only. 

 North-west angle of the Lake of the Woods. (Macoun.) Crow ISTest 

 Pass, Eocky Mountains ; also on Cascade Mountains east of Hope, B.C. 

 (Dawson.) Valley of the Buonaparte, and near Clinton, B.C. (Macoun.) 

 Labrador to British Columbia. (Gray.) 



Var. diSCOideus, Hook. FL L. 333. 



Eays wanting. Leaves of various forms. Labrador. (Pursh.) 

 Eiver Ste. Anne des Monts, Gasp6, and in sand on the margin of rivers 

 in the prairie region. (Macoun.) Mackenzie Eiver. (Michardson.) 

 Along the Lower Fraser, B.C. (Cowley.) 



Var. Balsam itse, Torr. & Gray Fl. II., 442. 

 S. Balsamitse, Muhl. Hook. Fl. I., 332. 

 8. paupercuZus, Michx. Fl. II., 120. 



Eadical leaves, oval, oblong, spatulate and lanceolate. Achenia 

 smooth or strigose puberulent. Common on rocks or sand. Eiver de 

 Brig, Anticosti. (Macoun.) Halifax, JST.S. (Sommers.) Eocky shores 

 of the Kennebeccasis, N.B. (May.) Various places in Quebec and 

 Ontario, and westward to British Columbia. All the specimens 

 examined have perfectly smooth achenia, except those collected on 

 sand hills near Fort BUice and on Boss Hill sand ridges west of Bran- 

 don, Manitoba. (Macoun.) 



Var. lanceolatus, Oakes. Torr. & Gray Fl. IL, 442. 



This form has thin, lanceolate-oblong, radical leaves on long petioles. 

 It is quite common in ditches and marshy places in many parts of 

 Nova Scotia, especially between Truro aud Windsor Junction, and on 

 the South Eastern Eailway between New Glasgow and the Gut of 

 Canso. (Macoun.) Windsor, N.S. (How.) Hartland, Carleton Co., 

 N.B. (Hay.) 



