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Var. cuneifolium, Nutt. 



V. csespitomm, var. angustifoliwm, Gray. 

 British Columbia and east to Lake Superioi-. (^Gray.) Thickets 

 and grassy places near Victoria, Vancouver Island. (^Macoun & 

 Fletcher.) 



(1359.) V. Myrtillus, Linn. Whortleberry, Bilberry. 

 V. myrtilloides, Watson, Bot King, Exp., 209. 

 Eocky Mountains and north-west to Alaska. (Gray.) Sitka. {Mothr. 

 Alash.) 



Var. microphyllum, Hook. 



Very abundant in the woods along Kicking Horse Eiver, B.C. [Macoun.) 

 Alpine woods near the Height of Land and Columbia Portages. 

 (Drummond.) Western summit of North Kootanie Pass. Is-ga-chuz 

 Eange, head waters of Black Eiver. Altitude, 5,000 feet. {Dawson.) 



(1360.) V. myrtilloides, Gray. Var. membranaceum, Dougl. 



V. myrtilloides, Hook. Fl. II., 32, in part only. The eastern references 

 apply to a form of V. Pennsylvanicum. 



Damp woods. Lake Superior to British Columbia. (Gray.) South 

 Kootanie Pass, 49th parallel ; Flat Head Eiver, B.C. ; eastei-n summit 

 of the North Kootanie Pass. Iltasyouco Eiver and Cascade Moun- 

 tains, B.C. {Dawson.) Vicinity of Yale and on high rocky hills 

 along the Telegraph Trail, and on Stuart Lake Mountain and Mount 

 Selwyn, Peace Eiver Pass. {Macoun.) Cariboo Mountains, B.C. 

 (Cowley.) Sitka. (Bothr. Alask.) 



Var. rigidum, Hook. M. H., 32. 



This form has rigid not membranaceous leaves, has a more compact 

 habit and has not glabrous, but slightly pubescent bi-anchlets. South 

 Kootanie Pass on the British Columbia side of the summit. (Dawson.) 

 On the top of House Mountain south of Little Slave Lake, and in 

 alpine woods. Kicking Horse Pass. (Macoun.) 



(1361.) V. ovalifolium, Smith. 



V. Chamissonis, Bong. Eothr. Alask., 450. 



Li some abundance on the top of Mount Albert at an altitude of 

 nearly 4,000 feet, Gasp^, Q. (Macoun.) Has been found on the south 

 shore of Lake Superior. {Bobbins.) North-west coast of America. 



