1922] Fernald, — Notes on the Flora of Western Nova Scotia 101 



P. vikgatum L., var. spissum Linder, Rhodora, xxiv. 15 (1922). 

 Besides the stations recorded in Rhodoka, xxiii. 192 (1921), the 

 following indicate a wide distribution in the province. Yarmouth 

 Co.: Goven and Gilfilling Lakes. Shelburne Co.: Bower's (Beaver 

 1 )am i Lake; McKay's and Jones Lakes, Koseway River. Lunenburg 

 Co.: Wentzell Lake. 



P. DEPAUPERATUM Mulil., var. PSILOPHTLLUM Fernald, RHODORA, 

 xxiii. 193 (1921) and forma CRTPTOSTACHTS Fernald, 1. c. 194. Addi- 

 tional stations in Shelburne, Lunenburg and Halifax Cos. 



P. SPRETUM Schultes. Additional stations are, for ANNAPOLIS Co.: 

 Grand Lake and Liverpool Head Lake. Digbt Co.: Journeay Lake, 

 Weymouth. Yarmouth Co.: Goven and Canoe Lakes. Shelburne 

 Co.: Harper Lake. Lunenburg <'o.: Hebb's Lake, Bridgewater; 

 mill-pond north of Blockhouse; Blystner and Rhodeniser Lakes. 



I', meridionals Ashe. Yarmouth Co.: cobbly beach of Gavel- 

 ton (Butler's) Lake, Gavelton; first station east of Massachusetts. 



P. Lixdheimeri Nash, var. septentrionale Fernald, Rhodora, 

 xxiii. 227 (1922). Lunenburg Co.: dry pine and oak woods on 

 steep slopes along Lahave River, Bridgewater. 



**P. clandestinum L. Yarmouth Co. : rocky and gravelly 

 thicket bordering Pearl Lake and dominant in thicket along Tusket 

 (Kempt) River, Kemptville. Lunenburg Co.: upper border of 

 cobbly beach, Wentzell Lake. Heretofore unknown east of the 

 Penobscot. 



*Oryzopsis pungens (Torr.) Hitchc. Characteristic of dry barrens 

 of Shelburne and southwestern Lunenburg Cos. 



Calamagrostis Pickeringii Gray. Sandy and peaty barrens, 

 eastward at least to Halifax Co. 



C. Pickeringii, var. debilis (Kearney) Fernald & Wiegand. 

 Similar habitats, more common. 



Sphenopholis pallens (Spreng.) Scribn. Near Wentworth 

 gypsum quarries, Windsor. 



Spartina alterniflora Loisel., var. pilosa (Merr.) Fernald. 

 Apparently frequent on salt marshes from Yarmouth Co. to Annapolis 

 Co. and presumably beyond. 



Phragmites communis Trin. Annapolis Co.: a large colony in 

 the ditch and on the adjacent railroad bank bordering the salt marsh 

 west of Annapolis Royal; most of the stolons subterranean, but some 

 superficial and reaching a length of 7.6 m. (25 feet). 



Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene. Salt marshes, Yarmouth Co. 

 to Annapolis Co. 



*Poa saltuensis Fernald & Wiegand, var microlepis Fernald & 

 Wiegand, Rhodora, xx. 124 (1918). Annapolis Co.: brookside in 

 mossy woods near Yoong,s Lake, North Mt. Belle Isle. 



Glyceria obtusa (Muhl.) Trin. Abundant eastward at least to 

 Lunenburg Co. ; extremely variable in stature, some colonies, in open 



