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Utah, Bear River Canon, alt. 3,080 m. {S. Watson, nos. 123P & 1233); 

 Alta, Wahsatch Mts., alt. 2,460 m. {31. E. Jones., no. 1273) : Alaska, 

 Ounalaska (/. M. Macoun, lib. Geol. Surv. Can., no. 30,514) ; Sitka 

 {Mertens) : Alberta, Lake Louise {E. Brainerd) : British Colum- 

 bia, Revelstoke (nos. 19 & 30,526), Comox (no. 371), Port Henly 

 (no. 20,500), Mt. Mark, Vancouver Isl. (no. 30,515), Beaver Creek, 

 Selkirk Mts. (no. 30,519), Dead Man River (no. 30,522), —/o/m 

 Macoun., hb. Geol. Surv. Can. ; Ilgacho Brook {Dawson, hb. Geol. 

 Surv. Can. no. 30.518) ; Lulu Island, Fraser River Delta {R. B. Dixon) : 

 Washington, upper valley of the Nesqually {0. D. Allen, no. 163). 

 May— Aug. 



Var. SUBLOLIACEA, Laestad. — Figs. 116, 117. — Smaller, the short- 

 oblong or subglobose spikelets Jfto 7 mm. long : perigynia smaller, barely 

 2 mm. long, smooth throughout. — Nov. Act. Soc. Sci. Ups. xi. 282 ; 

 Andersson, Cyp. Scand. 57 ; Boott, 1. c. ; Bailey, Mem. Torr. CI. i. 66 ; 

 Richter, 1. c. 152. C lapponica, Lange, Linnaea, xxiv. 539. G. 

 canescens in part, of Am. authors. — Lapland. In America specimens 

 examined from Ungava, Ungava Bay (Z. M. Turner) : Hudson Bat 

 {Sir John Richardson): New Brunswick, South Tobique Lakes {G. 

 U. Hay, no. 55) ; Petitcodiac {J. Brittain, hb. Geol. Surv. Can. no. 

 30,510) : Nova Scotia, Halifax (./ Macoun) : Maine, Orono and 

 Southport {M. L. Fernald) : New Hampshire, Mt. Washington {Asa 

 Gray, et al.) ; Mt. Monadnock — ledges toward summit ( W. P. Rich) : 

 Vermont, Willoughby Lake ( W. Boott, G. G. Kennedy) ; summit of 

 Mt. Mansfield {E. Brainerd) ; bog, Wallingford, alt. 675 m. {E. 

 Brainerd): Massachusetts, Sharon {W. P. Rich); Washington, 

 Berkshire Co. ( W. Boott) : New York, Fairfield {A. Gray) ; Pen 

 Yan {Sartwell, no. 32) ; Oriskany Swamp {Kniesken) ; tamarack 

 swamps, Herkimer Co. (/. V. Haherer) : Ontario, Ottawa (/. Fletcher, 

 hb. Geol. Surv. Can., no. 7408) ; Hastings Co. (/. Macoun) : Michi- 

 gan, Flint {D. Clark) ; Lansing {L. H. Bailey, no. 262) ; Alma 

 ( G. A. Davis) : British Columbia, Mts. east of Adams Lake 

 {Dawson, hb. Geol. Surv. Can., no. 30,520) : Washington, Seattle 

 {G. V. Piper, no. 1106). 



Var. disjuncta — Figs. 118 to 120. — Tall and lax, 3 to 8 dm. 

 high: spike elongated, Jlexuous, 0.5 to 1.5 dm. long ; the 5 to 8 oblong- 

 ovoid to cylindric spikelets 6 to 12 mm. long, all but the terminal remote, 

 the lowermost 2 to If cm. apart: perigynia as in the species, serrulate 

 above. — C. canescens of most Am. authors. C. canescens, form, Boott, 

 111. iv. 154, t. 496. The common form in eastern America found in 



