192 Khodora [August 



ElHODORA, xviii. 130 (1916). Cold, shallow brook in woods at head 

 of Baddeck Hay, Haddock. Sec p. 164. 



I*. i'i:< riNATUs L. Brackish or salt water at various stations from 

 Yarmouth Co. to Cape Breton. Seep. III. 



Ruppia makitima L., var. LONGIPE8 Hagstrom, Botaniska Notiser 

 (11)1 1 ) 138; Fernald & Wiegand, Rhodoba, xvi. 125 (1914). Brack- 

 ish water at various points throughout the province. Sec p. 141. 



R. makitima, var. rostkata Agardh in Physiogr. Sallsk. Arsbetr. 

 (i Maj (1823) ^7; Fernald & Wiegand, 1. c. Brackish pools in the 

 marshes below Truro. 



Zannichelua palustris L., var. major (Boenningh.) Koch. Sec 

 p. I 10. Apparently frequent in brackish or saline waters or on saline 

 mud. 



*Z08TERA MARINA L., var. BTENOPHYLLA Aschers. & (iraebn. This 

 very slender extreme of tlu> species abounds in Great Bras d'Or 

 Lake in the gravel about Kidstone Island. 



Xa.ias flkxii.is (Willd.) Uostk. & Schmidt. Not seen in Yar- 

 mouth, Shelburne and Queens Cos. Occasional elsewhere. Sec p. 

 146. 



TRIGLOCHIN PALUSTRIS I v. Characteristic of the fresh to brackish 

 springy inner borders of salt marshes or on brackish sand-flats, 

 throughout. Also in open peaty spots in a spring-fed bog south of 

 Amherst. 



*SaGITTARIA CUNEATA Sheldon. S. arifolia Nutt. Probably 



somewhat general in the argillaceous regions. Hants Co.: pond- 

 hole near Five-mile River. Cumberland Co.: spring-pools ;md 

 ditches south of Amherst. See pp. 131, b'i". 



S. GRAMINEA Michx. Margins of ponds and on fresh tidal mud at 

 various stations from Yarmouth Co. to Cape Breton. Sec p. 14(>. 



**PanICUM DICHOTOMIFLORUM Michx. Seen only in the Tusket 

 Valley, YARMOUTH Co.: sandy and gravelly shores and borders of 

 savannahs, Tusket (Vaughan) Lake and Butler's (Gavelton) L., 

 Gavelton. See p. 166. 



*P. capillare L., var. occidentole Uydb. See Rhodora, xxi. 1 1 I 

 (1919). Seen only about railroad yards; obviously introduced. 



**P. virgatum L., var. cubense of many authors, not Griseb. 

 Gravelly beaches or peaty borders of lakes of Yarmouth Co.: Sal- 

 mon (Greenville) Lake; St John L., Springhaven; Butler's (Gavel- 

 ton) L., Gavelton; Great Pubnico L. See p. 156. 



**P. longifolium Torr., var tusketense, n. var., plants dense 

 cespitosa 2-7 dm. alta; foliis 3-6 mm. la t is glabris; paniculis coarcta- 

 t is 0.3-1.5 dm. longis ramis plerumque valde adscendentibus; spiculis 

 2.7 .'i.4 nun. longis; gluma superiore lemma sterile non aequante 

 caryopsibus ellipsoideis obtusis 1.6—1.8 mm. longis 0.8 0.9 mm latis. 



Densely cespitose, 2 7 dm. high: leaves 3 (i nun. wide, glabrous: 



