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A vulgaris Nutt. Sitka, Alaska. 



Aira caryopliyllea L. Victoria, B. C. 



Alopecurus aristulatus Mx. Departure Bay, B. C. 



Atropus angustata Ledeb. Sitka, Alaska. 



Deschampsia elongata. Departure Bay, B. C. 



Deyeuxia Langsdorffii Kunth. Fort Wrangel, Ala&ka. 



Elymus Sibiricus L. Departure Bay, B. C. 



This seemed so great a favorite with the birds that it was with 

 difficulty I got a few complete spikes for herbarium. 



Elymas mollis Trin. Pyramid Harbor, Alaska. 



This is a broad-leaved, strong-growing kind, growing along 

 sandy shores as E. arenarius does in other places ; and not 

 uncommon along the coast. 



Festaoa ovina, var. duriuseula. Bartlett Bay, Alaska. 

 Festnca ovina, var. duriuseula. Sitka, Alaska. 

 The last spike much more decompound. 



Glyceria angnstata Griesb. Idaho Inlet, Cross Sound, Alaska. 



Mr. Scribner refers it to Griesbach's species without deciding 

 whether or not it should be united with G. distans G. The 

 plant was growing in mud overflowed at high-tide, and formed a 

 dense carpet of green grass on the mud. The growth is about 

 lour to six inches. 



G. distans Gr. Fort Wrangel, Alaska. 

 6. pauciflora Presl. Sitka, Alaska. 

 Hierochlce borealis L. Bartlett Bay, Alaska. 

 Holcus lanatus L. Astoria, Or. 



Only one plant noted, on the hills along the river, about four 

 miles above Astoria. Pyrethrum Parthenium was also collected 

 within a few feet of it. 



Hordeum nodosum L. Bartlett Bay, Fort Wrangel, Alaska. 

 Phleum alpinum L. Bartlett Bay, Alaska. 

 F. pratense L Sitka, Alaska. 



Common in grassy places ; but possibly introduced. 



Poa pratensis L. Bartlett Bay, Alaska. 



Both the green and the bronzy forms. 



Trisetum spicatum, var. moUe, Gray. Bartlett Bay, Alaska. 



EQUISETACE^. 

 Eqnisetum variegatum Scb. Bartlett Bay, Alaska, 



