162 Rhodora [AvavsT 
bogs, fruiting when only 1.5-2 dm. high (panicles 4-6 cm. long), 
others, as at the quaking margins of Harpers and Western Lakes 
in Shelburne Co., making dense stands 1.2-1.3 m. high (panicles 
1.7-1.9 dm. long). 
GLYCERIA LAXA Scribn. Eastward to Hants and Halifax Cos. 
**FESTUCA RUBRA L., var. MULTIFLORA (Hoffm.) Aschers. & 
Graebn. Roadsides, Dartmouth. 
AGROPYRON CANINUM (L.) Beauv., forma GLAUCUM Pease & Moore. 
Crest of barrier beach, East Jordan, Shelburne Co. 
*A. CANINUM (L.) Beauv., var. TENERUM (Vasey) Pease & Moore, 
forma CILIATUM (Scribn. & Sm.) Pease & Moore, Ruopora, xii. 72 
(1910). Thin open humus and basaltic talus, North Mt., Belle Isle 
(Annapolis); Shobel’s Mt., Sandy Cove (Digby). 
ErvMvs vireinicus L., var. HIRSUTIGLUMIS (Scribn.) Hitchc. 
Dicsy Co.: wooded basaltic talus, Shobel’s Mt., Sandy Cove. 
CYPERUS DENTATUS Torr. Eastward at least to Lunenburg Co.; 
characteristic of sandy or gravelly shores. 
ErrEocuanis RomsBiNsm Oakes. Widely distributed; new stations 
in Annapolis, Hants and Lunenburg Cos. 
E. onuivACEA Torr. Additional stations are as follows. YARMOUTH 
Co.: peaty quagmire-pools in sphagnous bog near railroad station, 
Argyle Head. LUNENBURG Co.: peaty quagmire-margin of Wallace 
Lake, Italy Cross. 
*E. NITIDA Fernald.  Exsiecated roadside gutter, North Mt., 
Belle Isle, Annapolis Co. 
The occurrence of this little plant on the basaltic North Mt. is 
interesting, since all its other stations (in Newfoundland, Quebec,and 
northern New Hampshire) are likewise on basic or more or less 
calcareous rock. 
**E. TUBERCULOSA (Michx.) R. & S. Wet sandy or peaty beach 
of Harper Lake, Shelburne Co.; the typical southern plant, here- 
tofore unknown from east of Massachusetts. 
Scirpus OrNEYI Gray. An additional station in Yarmouth Co. 
is at the border of a salt marsh along Argyle River. 
**S. CAMPESTRIS Britton, var. NOVAE-ANGLIAE (Britton) Fernald. 
Border of salt marsh, Jordan Falls, Shelburne Co.; heretofore unknown 
east of southern Maine. 
Ryncuospora Fusca (L.) Ait. Common eastward at least to 
Lunenburg and Hants Cos. 
R. caPiTELLATA (Michx.) Vahl. Common or at least frequent. 
New stations in Digby, Annapolis and Shelburne Cos. 
R. CAPITELLATA, var. DISCUTIENS (Clarke) Blake. Additional 
stations are, for SHELBURNE Co.: wet peaty margin of Harper Lake; 
upper border of cobbly beach of Bower’s (Beaver Dam) Lake. 
