232 Rhodora [Octobbb 



Festuca rubra L., var. glauc.escens (Hegetschw. & Heer) Rich- 

 ter. Sand dunes, Villagedale (Shelburne). Recorded by St. John 



from Sable Island. 



* F. capiUata Lam. Dry open soil, Shelburne and Yarmouth 

 Cos. to Cumberland Co. Perhaps indigenous. 



F. nutans Spreng. Alluvial woods, Five-Mile River (Hants). 

 The old record from Halifax needs verification as the speeies belongs 

 in rich alluvium or limy woodlands. See pp. 136, 170. 



Bromtu secaliniu L. Railroad gravel along Five-Mile River 

 (Hants). 



* li. commuta&ua Schrad. Common in waste ground and about 

 wharves or railroad yards, Yarmouth to Weymouth. 



* li. inermig Leyss. Waste ground near wharf, Yarmouth. 

 Agroptron punqens (Pers.) R. & S. Gravel beaches of Great 



Bras d'Or Lake, clearly passing into the next. 



A. punqens, var. acadiense (Hubbard), n. comb. A. ocadiense 

 Hubbard, Rhodora, xix. 15 (1917). Collected at the original sta- 

 tion, gravel beach of Great Bras d'Or, Grand Narrows; also beaches 

 of Kidstone Island and saline shore near mouth of George River. 

 See p. 165. 



A. repens (L.) Beauv., var. pilosum Scribn., Bull. U. S. Div. 

 Agrost. no. 4, .'5(5 (1897). A characteristic indigenous variety of the 

 coast of New England and eastern Canada. Seen at various stations 

 on the coast of Yarmouth Co. 



**A. caninum (L.) Beauv., forma glaucum Pease & Moore, Rho- 

 dora, \ii. 71 (1910). Thicket at upper border of gravel beach of 

 Greal Bras d'Or, Kidstone Island (Victoria Co.). 



* A. caninum, var. tenerum (Vasey) Pease & Moore, Rhodora, 

 (HMO). A. tenerum Vasey. Thickets bordering sea-beaches and 

 borders of brackish marshes or on limy talus. YARMOUTH Co.: 

 beach of Fel Lake; marsh at head of Abram River. SHELBURNE 

 Co.: Villagedale. Queens Co.: Port Mouton. Hants Co.: gyp- 

 sum cliffs, Five-Mile River. Cape Breton Co.: Grand Narrows. 



**EltMU8 VIRGINICUS L., var. HIRSUT1GLUMI8 (Scribn.) Hitchc. 

 Harrier beach, Sand Beach (Yarmouth Co.). See p. 151. 



E. ARENAKirs L., var. viu.onus F. Meyer. Gravelly strands of 

 Yarmouth and Shelburne Cos. See p. 99. 



*ASPERELLA HT8TRTX (L.) Ilunib. Hystrix jxifiila Moench. 

 Alluvial woods along Five-Mile River (Hants). See pp. 136, 170. 



** CtPERUS DENTATU8 Torr. Sandy and gravelly beaches of many 

 lakes in Yarmouth Co. See p. 142. 



•ElEOCHARIS ROBBINSII Oakes. Lake-margins and bog-pools. 

 Dhjuy Co.: Tiddville. Yarmouth Co.: Argyle; Great Pubnico 

 Lake. Collected by Howe & Lang at Windsor .Junction, Halifax 

 Co. Sec pp. 99, 149, 162. 



* E. OLIVACEA Torr. Margin of pond-hole in the savannah along 

 Little River, east of Tiddville, Digby Co. See p. 162. 



