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(1808.) P. maritima, Linn. Seaside Plantain. 



P. paudflora, Pursh Fl. I., 99, in part. 



Atlantic coast north of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. {Gray.) Coast of 

 Labrador. (^Pursh.) On cliffs overlooking the sea, Sydney Bar, Cape 

 Breton, and on cliffs along the Gasp6 coast, especially about Cape Eosier. 

 These forms are perennial and never grow in marshes. {Macoun.') 

 Perennial at St. John, N.B. (Fowler's Cat.) Pacific coast from 

 British Columbia to the Aleutian Islands and Behring Straits. (Gray.) 

 Abundant in crevices of rocks along the coast at Victoria, Vancouver 

 Island. (Macoun & Fletcher.) Frequent on Queen Charlotte Islands. 

 (Dawson.) Sitka and Ounalashka. (Mothr. Alask.) Newfoundland 

 and Labrador. (Morrison.) 



(1809.) P. decipiens, Barneoud. 



P. paudflora, Pursh Fl. I., 99, in part. 



P. maritima, vax. juncoides. Gray, Man. Ed. V., 311. 



Salt marshes, Atlantic coast, from Labrador to New Brunswick. 

 (Gray.) Common in marshes around the coasts of the Gulf of St. 

 Lawrence and the maritime provinces, ascending the St. Lawrence to 

 Quebec. It is probable that both this and the preceding are common 

 around the coast of Nova Scotia, but in the absence of specimens, we 

 cannot determine. (Macoun.) Around the coast of New Brunswick, 

 in salt marshes and in clefts of rocks. (Fowler's Gat.) In great 

 profusion in and around salt marshes on Eed Deer Eiver about 

 one mile from Lake Winnipegoosis, Lat. 53°. (Macoun.) 



(1810.) P. lanceolata, Linn. Eib-wort Plantain. 



P. lanceolata, var. ;-. Timbali, Sow. Eng. Bot. VII., 171. 



Naturalized on lawns, and by roadsides in most of the settled parts 

 of Canada. Eeported from nearly all the towns and cities in the 

 eastern provinces, Quebec and Ontario. It is also becoming quite 

 common at Victoria, Vancouver Island. 



(1811.) P. Patagonica, Jacq. Var. gnaphalioides, Gray. 



P. Lagopus, Pursh Fl. I.. 99, not Linn. 



Dry sandy soil frequent throughout the western prairies. On dry 

 hillsides near "Wood Mountain, thence westward, in great abundance, to 

 beyond the Three Buttes, Lat. 49°, growing among the short dry grass of 

 the plains. (Dawson.) West of the South Saskatchewan, in the vicinity 

 of the Eed Deer Lakes, abundant ; also in and around the Cypress 

 Hills and westward. (Macoun.) Vicinity of Maple Ci-eek, north of 



