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bank of Moose River, Gorham, July 28, 1915, Pease, no. 16362; allu- 
vial woods by Moose River, Randolph, June- 17, 1908, Pease, no. 
11283; dry woods, Carroll, June 18, 1908, Pease, no. 11265; Oakes 
Gulf, Mt. Washington, July 8, 1895, Faxon, Kennedy, Williams; 
head of Oakes Gulf, July 21, 1909, Pease, no. 12087; Crawford Notch, 
June 7, 1878 and June 7, 1888, Faxon. Grafton Co.: Flume, Lincoln, 
June 28, 1855, William Boott; dry open woods, Woodstock, July 11, 
1915, Fernald, no. 10557; Squam Lake, Holderness, June 8, 1886, 
Faxon; West Lebanon, May 29, 1894, G. G. Kennedy. Cheshire Co.: 
rocky woods, Barrett Mt., New Ipswich, June 5, 1896, Fernald. (This 
material formed the basis of the illustration of P. alsodes in Hitch- 
cock’s treatment of Poa in Gray’s Manual, edition 7.) VERMONT. 
Lamoille Co.: summit of Mt. Mansfield, June 23, 1901, 7. O. Fuller. 
Chittenden Co.: Burlington, May 30; 1895, May 31, 1897, L. R. 
Jones; Charlotte, June 2, 1877, Pringle. Orange Co.: swampy 
woods, Wells River, June 14, 1912, C. H. Knowlton. Windsor Co.: 
moist open field, Hartford, June 3, 1913, C. H. Knowlton. Rutland 
Co.: moist open woods, Brandon, May 26, 1917, C. H. Knowlton. 
Windham Co.: dry woods, Brattleboro, May 28, 1912, L. A. Wheeler. 
Bennington Co.: southeast slope, alt. 2500 ft., Mt. Equinox, Man- 
chester, June 6, 1910, J. A. Cushman, no. 4387. MASSACHUSETTS. 
Middlesex Co.: near summit of Mt. Watatic, May 30, 1895, T. O. 
Fuller. Worcester Co.: Petersham, June 4, 1910, G. G. Kennedy. 
Franklin Co.: dry woodlands near Hoosac Tunnel, Rowe, June 24, 
1913, Fernald & Long, no. 8786. Hampshire Co.: rich rocky woods, 
base of Mt. Holyoke, May 17, 1913, Hubbard & Torrey, no. 540. 
Berkshire Co.: Mt. Greylock, June 6, 1891, W. P. Rich; wet woods 
near Ice Glen, Stockbridge, July 3, 1906, Ralph Hoffmann. Con- 
NECTICUT. Hartford Co.: stream-bank, Talcott Mts., May, 1879, 
Charles Wright. New Haven Co.: dry woods, Waterbury, May 28, 
1912, Blewitt, no. 336, June 8, 1913, Blewitt, no. 1611. Litchfield Co.: 
dry woods, Salisbury, June 10, 1905, Weatherby & Bissell, no. 1482. 
New York. Tompkins Co.: rich woodlands near Round Marshes, 
Dryden, May 31, 1914, F. P. Metcalf, no. 1619. PENNSYLVANIA. 
Monroe Co.: rocky woods near Tannersville, May 30, 1902, Canby. 
Sullivan Co.: without locality, 1862, C. E. Smith; Union City, July 
12, 1890, Fernow. Ontarto. Thunder Bay District.: dry rocky 
ground, Current River, July 20, 1869, J. Macoun; dry woods, Nipigon, 
June 23, 1884, J. Macoun. Micuigan. Ontonagon Co.: Iron River, 
June 14, 1868, H. Gillman. 
Var. microlepis, n. var., foliis angustioribus 1-3.5 mm. latis, ligulis 
superioribus brevissimis; paniculis primariis 3-11 cm. longis; spiculis 
3-3.8 mm. longis plerumque 2-floris; lemmatibus 2.4-3 mm. longis. 
Leaves narrower, 1-3.5 mm. wide; the upper ligules very short: 
primary panicles 3-11 cm. long: spikelets 3-3.8 mm. long, mostly 
2-flowered: lemmas 2.4-3 mm. long.— Newfoundland to Maine and 
northern New Hampshire. NEWFOUNDLAND: wet clearings in spruce 
