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(1480.) C. Amarella, Linn. Var. acuta. Hook. f. 



G. aciUa, JMichx. Hook. Fl. II., 63. Macoun's Cat., No. 1430. 



Labrador and Lowei- Canada to Alaska and southward along the 

 Eocky Mountains to Lat. 49°. (Gray.) On flats. Caribou, Labrador. 

 (Butler.) South-west Point, and at Jupiter Eivei-, Anticosti. 

 (Macoun.) At the mouth of the Restigouche, N.B. (Chalmers.) 

 Island Falls, mouth of St. John Eivcr, N.B. (Say.) Keswick 

 Ridge, N.B. (G. H. Burnett.) Coast of Gasp^ from Cape Rosier to 

 Ste. Anne des Monts. (Macoun.) Trois Pistoles, Q., at the coast. 

 (D. A. P. Watt.) Riviere-du-Loup, Q. (Thomas.) From the Lake of the 

 Woods (Macoun.) across the whole interior to Queen Charlotte 

 Islands. (Dawson.) Departure Bay, Vancouver Island. (Meehan.) 

 Ounalashka. (Rothr. Alask.) At St. Francis, Metapedia, E'.B. (Fletcher.) 



Var. stricta, Watson. 



G. acuta, Michx. Var. stricta, Hoot. FL II., 63. 



Frequent on open gi-assy prairies from Winnipeg westward to 

 the Rocky Mountaios. Easily distinguished by its strict habit and 

 usually copious and light colored flowers. (Macoun.) Tui-tle 

 Mountain, 49th parallel. (Burgess.) 



Var. tenuis, Gray. 



O. tenuis, Griseb. Hook. Fl. II., 63. 



Cumberland House to Bear Lake ; also along the Mackenzie River. 

 (Michardson.) 



(1481.) C. aurea, Linn. Hook. Fl. II., 61. 



G. Aleutica, Cham. & Schlecht. Hook. Fl. II., 61. 

 Ounalashka. (Bothr. Alank.) Greenland. (Hook. Arct. PI.) 



(1482.) G. propinqua, Richards. 



On hillsides at Amour and lowlands at Bonne Espdrance, Labrador. 

 (W. A. Stearns.) Labrador. (Gray.) Coast of Hudson Bay west of 

 York Factory. (R. Bell.) Bow River Pass, Eocky Mountains. 

 (Bourgeau.) Cumberland House to Bear Lake, and Bear Lake Eiver. 

 (Richardson.) Alpine swamps in Rocky Mountains. (Drummond.) 

 Kotzebue Sound, Port Clarence, and Norton Sound. (Rothr. Alask.) 



(1483.) C. arctophila, Griseb. 



This species has a var. densiflora like the preceding, but owing to 

 a paucity of specimens I do not consider it necessary to separate them. 

 The Eocky Mountain specimens are said to be the variety in this case. 



