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ascending spikelets S to 7 mm. long^ approximate : the linear-lanceolate 

 perigynia plump at base, about 1 mm. wide. — G. scoparia, var. minor, 

 Boott, 111. iii. 116, t. 369; Gray, Man. ed. o, 579; Bailey in Gray, 

 Man. ed. 6, 621 ; Howe, 1. c. 43. — Dry or rocky soil, or open woods. 

 Newfoundland, Whitbourne, Aug. 15, 1894 {Robinson ^ Schrenk, no. 

 94) : Prince Edward Island, Tignish, July 20, 1888 (J. Macoun, Herb. 

 Geol. Surv. Can. no. 30, 382) : New Brunswick, Nepisiquit Lakes, July, 

 1884 {J. Brittain, Herb. Geol. Surv. Canada, no. 30,377) : Quebec, 

 Riviere du Loup, Aug. 2, 1896, Lake Edward, Aug. 21, 1896, Tadou- 

 sac, Aug. 26, 1896 {Ezra Brainerd) ; Roberval, July 27, 1892 {G. G. 

 Kennedy) : Manitoba, Lake Winnipeg, July 29, 1884 {Jo/m Ifacoun, 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Can., no. 30,307, in part) : Assiniboia, Cypress 

 Hills, June 25, 1894 (/. Macoun, Herb. Geol. Surv. Can., no. 7,461) : 

 Saskatchewan, Carleton House and Bear Lake {Sir John Bichardson) : 

 Athabasca {Sir John Richardson, Herb. Geol. Surv. Can. no. 30, 396) : 

 Maine, Van Buren, July 25, 1893 {M. L. Fernald, no. 163); St. Fran- 

 cis, Aug. 7, 1893, Farmington, July 8, 1896 {31. L. Fernald) ; Beech 

 Mt., Mount Desert Island, Aug. 20, 1890, Somesville, July 5, 1891, 

 Southwest Harbor, Aug. 1, 1892, Little Cranberry Isle, July 10, 1894, 

 Seal Harbor, July 5, 1897 {E. L. Band); Gilead, Aug., 1897 {Kate 

 Furbish) : New Hampshire, Randolph, July 23, 1897 {E. F. Wil- 

 liams); near Crawfords, July 6, 1878, Mt. Washington, July 29, 1887, 

 Franconia, July 6, 1878 {E. ^ C. E. Faxon); Crawford Notch, 

 Aug. 24, 1891, Aug. 13, 1897, and Lebanon, July 22, 1890 {G. G. 

 Kennedy): Vermont, Mt. Mansfield, July 24, 1884 {0. W. Swan), 

 Sept. 9, 1897 {E. Brainerd); Willoughby, July 21, 1896 {G. G. Ken- 

 nedy); Middlebury, July 11, 1896, Ripton, July 19, 1898 {E. Brain- 

 erd); Rutland, July 1, 1899 {W. W. Eggleston) : Massachusetts, 

 Maiden and Revere, June 21, 1879 {H. A. Young) ; Chelsea, July 19, 

 1891 {W. P. Rich): Michigan, Houghton, Sept. 15, 1871 {B. Gill- 

 man) ; Keweenaw Co., Sept., 1888 {0. A. Farwell). 



Var. vigens. — Fig. 14. — Stouter throughout : culms 3 to 6 dm. 

 high: leaves 2.5 to 3 mm. broad: spikelets mostly greener, 8 to 11 mm. 

 long, densely crowded in a broad-ovoid to globose head. — Thickets and 

 damp gravelly soil. New Brunswick, Campbellton, July 20, 1880 {R. 

 Chalmers, Herb. Geol. Surv. Can. no. 30,363) : Quebec, Gaspe, Aug. 

 1, 1882 {John Macoun) ; Riviere du Loup, July 20 and Aug. 4, 1896, 

 Lake Edward, Aug. 21, 1896 {Ezra Brainerd) : Ontario, Eastmans 

 Springs, Sept. 16, 1892 (/. Macoun, Herb. Geol. Surv. Can. no. 30, 

 386); Cache Lake, July 11, 1900 {John Macoun): Saskatchewan, 



