188 Rhodora [OcToBER 
naturally expect the more common American plant with purple 
flowers to be found in Scandinavia. 
3b. E. PurPUREA, var. Randii (Robinson), n. comb. E. officinalis, 
form, Rand & Redfield, Fl. Mount Desert, 133 (1894). “E. Randii 
Robinson, Ruopora, iii. 273 (1901); Kennedy, Ruopora, iv. 26 
(1902); Robinson & Fernald in Gray, Man. ed. 7, 733 (1908); Cush- 
an, Ruopora, xi. 13 (1909); Fernald & Wiegand, aortas a 
105 and 143 (1910); Britton & Brown, Il. Fl. ed. 2, iii. 218, fig. 3 
(1913); Knowlton, Ruopora, xvii. 148 (1915). — Leaves and iscee 
sparingly crisp-pubescent on both surfaces.— Exposed turfy knolls, 
peaty crevices of sea-cliffs and borders of brackish marshes, Labra- 
dor to Gaspé Co., Quebec, and southward to the coast of Maine. 
LABRADOR: Cartwright, August 20, 1902, Amos P. Brown (herb. 
Phil. Acad.). QueEsBeEc: open sterile soil, western end of Bonaven- 
ture Island, dee 7 and 8, 1907, Fernald & Collins, no. 1167. .Nova 
COTIA: on rocks, Englishtown, Cape Breton, August 2, 1898, J. 
‘ics Herb. Geol. Surv. Can., no. 19,898; on rocks, Bell's Island, 
August 11, 1910, J. Monin n, Herb. Geol. Surv. Can., no. ; 
in humus, edge of sea cliffs, Black Hole, Scott’s Bay, Abuse 24, 
1902, Fernald; damp earth, Sable Island, July and August, 1899, 
J. Macoun, urv. 
hollow, Sable Island, August 21, 1913, St. John, no. 1319. NEW 
Brunswick: Grand Manan Island, July 31, 1891, J. R. Churchill. 
AINE: wooded crests of sea-cliffs, eastern side of Moose Island, 
Passamaquoddy Bay, August 16, 1909, Fernald, no. 2122; clay, 
gravel or humus, West Quoddy Head, Lubec, July 26 and August 2, 
1909, Fernald, nos. 2120, 2121; in humiis: Cutler, July 30, 1901, 
G. G. Kennedy, July 1-6, 1902, Kennedy, Williams, Collins & &: Fernald, 
July 12, 1902, Kate Furbish, August 27, 1902, Fernald; edge of sandy 
bluffs bordering ocean, Beal’s Island, Jonesport, August 5, 1907, 
Cushman & Sanford, no. 1492 : grassland a nd pastures, Great Cran- 
berry Island, July 17, 1896, EL. Rand, July 17, 1897 and July 20, 
1899, E. F. Williams & E. L. Ra nd; grassy fas Great Duck Island, 
July 12, 1901, E. L. Rand; Baker Island, July 22, 1899, E. L.- > 
seawall, Southwest Harbor, July 26, 1892, E. L. Rand; East Brothers 
Island, July 31, 1904, 4. H. Norton; North Libby Island, August 2, 
A. H.N. 
3c. E. purpurea, var. Ranpu, forma albiflora, n. f., corollae lobis 
albicantibus. 
bes of the corolla whitish.— Eastern Newfoundland, Magdalen 
Islands and the coast of Maine from Penobscot Bay westward. = 
UNDLAND: border of salt marsh, Killigrew’s, August 3, Sw 
Fernald & Wiegand, no. 6164; crests of sea-cliffs, Western Heaa, 
gel World Island, Suly 20, 1911, Fernald, Wiegand & apse 
6163. Maapaten Istanps: dry knolls, Brion Island, August Pe 
1914, St. John, no. 1641. Matne: turfy crests, Elwell Point, Sou 
