1921] Fernald, -Expedition to Nova Scotia 239 



Xtbis Montana Ries. Digby Co.: wet peaty hollows in savan- 

 nahs along Little River, east of Tiddville. Yarmouth Co.: peaty 

 sloughs and boggy barrens, many parts of Argyle. Shelburne Co.: 

 damp sand-Mats, Villagedale. Pearlier records of X. flr.vno.su prob- 

 ably belong here. See pp. 99, 148, 149, 150, 161. 



X. caroliniana Walt. Wet sandy, gravelly or peaty borders of 

 lakes, sloughs in boggy barrens, etc., common in Digby and Yar- 

 mouth Cos. and locally eastward at least to Halifax Co. Records of 

 X. bulbosa probably belong here. See pp. 99, 104, 134, 157, 161. 



Juncus bufonius L., var. halophilus Buchenau & Fernald. Yar- 

 mouth Co.: sandy border of salt marsh, Pubnico. QUEENS Co.: 

 damp sand-fiats, Central Port Mouton and at mouth of Broad River. 

 See p. 15S. 



*J. tenuis Willd., var. Williamsii Fernald. Open grassy road- 

 side, Tusket Falls, Yarmouth Co. 



* J. Dudleti Wiegand. Swale at southern base of North Moun- 

 tain, Middleton, Annapolis Co. See pp. 140, 170. 



*J. Greenei Oakes & Tuckerm. Sand dunes, Villagedale, Shel- 

 burne Co. See j). 150. 



J. EFFU8US L., var. compactus Lejeune & Courtois. Common 

 throughout the province. 



**J. effusus, var. costulatusn. var., caulibus gracilibus 0.4-1.2 

 m. altis basi 1.5-4 mm. diametro valde costulatis; eataphyliis basil- 

 ariis chartaceis purpurascentibus vel fulvescentibus supremis griseo- 

 stramineis basi purpurascentibus 0.5-2 dm. longis; inflorescentia 

 laxa vel subcongesta 1-7.5 cm. diametro; sepalis petalisque sub- 

 aequalibus 2.2-3 mm. longis subrigidis lanceolato-attenuatis stram- 

 ineis; capsulis fulvis vel olivaceis retusis perianthium aequantibus 

 vel eo paulo brevioribus. 



Culms slender, 0.4-1.2 m. high, 1.5-4 mm. in diameter at base, 

 strongly costulate: basal sheaths papery, purplish or reddish-brown; 

 the upper grayish-stramineous, purplish at base, 0.5-2 dm. long: 

 inflorescence lax or somewhat crowded, 1-7.5 cm. in diameter: sepals 

 and petals subequal, 2.2-3 mm. long, rather rigid, lance-attenuate, 

 stramineous: capsule reddish or olivaceous, retuse, equaling or but 

 slightly shorter than the perianth. — Quebec, Prince Edward Island 

 and Nova Scotia to South Carolina. The following, of many num- 

 bers examined, are characteristic. Quebec: vicinity of Cap a L'Aigle, 

 August 18, 1905, J. Macovn, no. 08,858. Prince Edward Island: 

 fresh or slightly brackish reclaimed marshes along Hillsborough 

 River, Mt. Stewart, July 30, 1912, Fernald, Bartram, Long & St. 

 John, no. 7164; damp border of heath-barren, Lot 40, August 8, 

 1914, Fernald & St. John, no. 10,985. Nova Scotia: low ground, 

 Sydney, August 17, 1902, Fernald; wet sphagnous spruce bog near 

 Louis Lake, Port Joli, August 17, 1920, Fernald, Long & Finder, 

 no. 20,661 ; boggy barrens near Clement Pond, Barrington, August 

 9, 1920, Fernald, Long & Finder, no. 20,654 (type in Gray Herb.); 



