1915] Fernald and Wiegand,— Genus Euphrasia 195 
Geol. Surv. Can., no. 17,448) from Bow River Pass, Alberta, is over- 
ripe but has similar bracts. 
Similar to E. canadensis but with pubescent leaves and bracts, the 
latter oblong and usually more ascending and larger than in EZ. cana- 
ensis. In outline of foliage suggesting the European E. salishurgensis 
Funck, which, however, has the leaves and bracts pectinate, the spike 
denser, and the lower internodes rarely 1 em. long. 
8. E. canapensis Townsend, Journ. Bot. xxxvi. 1, t. 381 (1898) ; 
Robinson & Fernald in Gray, Man. ed. 7, 733 (1908). E. officinalis 
Michx. Fl. Bor.-Am. ii. 16 (1803); Pursh, Fl. ii. 430 (1814); Pringle, 
Bull. Torr. Bot. Cl. vi. 366 (1879); J. I. & A. B. Northrop, Bull. Torr. 
Bot. Cl. xvii. 27 (1890), in part; not L. E. americana, var. canadensis 
Robinson, Ruopora, iii. 276 (1901).— Plant rather low, 0.5-2.5 dm. 
high, simple or more or less bushy-branched from below the middle; 
branches mostly arcuate-ascending; internodes short: leaves of 
medium size, the primary 0.5-1 cm. long, glabrous, the teeth acute 
or obtuse: spikes very elongate, dense above, the primary one nearly 
the full height of the plant: bracts spreading, rarely at all imbricated 
above, with bristle-tipped teeth, the lowest in maturity 0.3-1.5 (rarely 
~2.5) em. apart: corolla 5-6.5 mm. long, white with lavender or 
_ bluish veins and with a violet tinge on the upper lip; upper lip 2-lobed, 
northern New England. Quesec: open ground, very common, 
Riviére Blanche, August 8, 1904, F. F. Forbes; Little Métis, August 1, 
1906 and August 22, 1907, J. Fowler; common in open sterile soil, 
New Richmond, July 28-August 1, 1904, Collins, Fernald & Pease; 
open damp spots, Carleton, July 23, 24 and 27, 1904, Collins, Fernald & 
Pease; turfy spots and open pastures, Bic, July 16 and 18, 1904 and 
Emily F. Fletcher;, St. Alphonse, Ha Ha Bay, August 5, 1902, E. F. 
W: ear Quatchouan Falls, Lake St. John, August 29, 1904, 
W. F. Wight, no. 224; old fields, Cap a l’Aigle, July, August, 1905, 
J. Macoun, Herb. Geol. Surv. Can., nos. 67,825, 67,826; Quebec, 
July 21, 1792, Michaux (herb. Michx.), Houghton, Jos. Blake, et al.; 
fields, roadsides, and in serpentine and soapstone gravels, East 
Broughton, August 23, 1915, M. L. Fernald & H. B. Jackson; 
°pen pasture and wet ground, Georgeville, July 10 and 23, 1902, 
J. 4 Churchill. Proxce Epwarp Istanp: Malpeque, July 20, 1904, 
sa Faxon; Barrington Passage, July 9, 1910, J. Macoun, Herb. 
_Seol. Surv. Can., no. 80,657. New Brunswick: Shediac, August 5, 
