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Desert plant, not as to description. P. angustata Rand & Redfield, 

 Fl. Mt. Desert, 181 (1894) and later authors, as to plant, not as to 

 name-bringing synonym, Poa angustata R. Br. — Coasts from western 

 Newfoundland and the lower St. Lawrence to Connecticut; Alaska 

 and British Columbia and "Oregon." NEWFOUNDLAND: conglomer- 

 ate limestone and calcareous sandstone cliffs and ledges, Cow Head, 

 July 23, 1910, Fernald & Wiegand, no. 2,615; damp sandy shores, 

 St. George's, August 13, 1910, Fernald & Wiegand, no. 2,614. Quebec: 

 rocky shore, He du Havre, Mingan Islands, September 16, 1915, 

 St. John, herb. Geol. Surv. Can.; brackish shores above the mouth of 

 Dartmouth River, Gaspe County, August 26 & 27, 1904, Collins, 

 Fernald & Pease; L'Anse a Griffon, Gaspe County, July 28, 1882, 

 ./. Macoun, herb. Geol. Surv. Can. no. 29,529; salt marsh, Cape 

 Rosier, July 28, 1882, J. Macoun, herb. Geol. Surv. Can. no. 29,529; 

 salt marshes, Ste. Anne des Monts, August 10, 1882, J. Macoun, 

 herb. Geol. Surv. Can. no. 29,580; Little Metis, August 4, 1906, 

 J. Fowler; various saline and sub-saline habitats, Bic, July, 1904, 

 1906, and 1907, Fernald & Collins, nos. 168, 359, 888, 889, 890; crev- 

 ices of wet rocks by the St. Lawrence, Riviere du Loup, July 0, 1905, 

 Collins & Fernald, no. 33; shore, Tadousac, August 7, 1892, 0. G. 

 Kennedy; marshes, vicinity of Cap a l'Aigle, August 14, 1905, J. 

 Macoun, herb. Geol. Surv.' ('an. no. 69,223. Magdalen Islands: 

 sand-spit, Amherst Island, August 25, 1914, St. John; salt marsh 

 by the Narrows, Alright Island, August 21, 1912, Fernald, Long & 

 St. John, no. (5,917; gravelly beaches and brackish sands, Grind- 

 stone Island, July 18 and 22, 1912, Fernald, Bartram, Long & St. John, 

 nos. 6,911, 6,912. Prince Edward Island: damp brackish sand, 

 Alberton, July 11, 1912, Fernald & St. John, nos. 6,916, 6,913 (dwarf 

 form with abundant long stolons resembling those of P. ph ruga nodes); 

 salt marsh, Brackley Point, August 4, 1888, ./. Macoun, herb. Geol. 

 Surv. Can., no. 29,534; salt marsh, Tracadie, July 30, 1914, Fernald & 

 St. John, no. 10,919; wet sand by Britain Pond, August 8, 1914, 

 Fernald & St. John, no. 10,920; salt marsh, Mt. Stewart, July 30, 

 1912, Fernald, Bartram, Long & St. John, no. 0,915; salt marsh, Rocky 

 Point, July 6, 1912, Fernald & St. John, no. 6,918; dryish border of 

 salt marsh, Wood Island, July 29, 1914, Fernald & St. John, no. 10,918. 

 New Brunswick: sand bar, Miscou Island, August 2(5, 1913, S. F. 

 Blake, no. 5,554; Bass River, Kent County, July 30, 1872, J. Fowler, 

 herb. Geol. Surv. Can. no. 29,530; Kouchibouguac, August 17, 1869, 

 Fowler; sand at outer edge of salt marsh, Shediac Cape, July 4, 1914, 

 F. T. Hubbard, no. 695; beach sand, Shediac Island, August 5, 1914, 

 F. T. Hubbard, no 726. Nova Scotia: North Sydney, July 14, 1883, 

 J. Macoun, herb. Geol. Surv. Can., no. 29,528; sea-beaches, Bad- 

 deck, July 27, 1898, ./. Macoun, herb. Geol. Surv. Can., no. 21,045; 

 LeHave River, August 6 and 10, 1910, J. Macoun, herb. Geol. Surv. 

 Can. nos. 81,493, 81,494; beach, Barrington Passage, June 20 and 24, 

 1910, J. Macoun, herb. Geol. Surv. Can., nos. 81,495, 81,498; sandy 



