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Living species: 100; cosmopolitan; especially in N. 

 temperate regions. Europe, 38; Russia. 20: N. America, 26; 

 Canada, 15; California, 14; E. Sts., 6; Rocky mts., 5; PL 

 Wheel., 7; PL King. 4. 



Agrostis hiemalis (Walt.) B. S. P. Cat. N. Y. (1888). 



Cornucopia hiemalis Walt. F1. Car. 74 (1788). 

 Agrostis scahra Willd. Spec. I, 370 (1799). 

 Trichodium laxifoUmn Michx. F1. N. Am. I, 42 (1803). 

 T. scabrum Muhl. Gram. 61 (1817). 



Agrostis laxiflora IIooK. Fl. Bor.-Am. II, 240 (1840) in part. 

 A. oreophila Trin. Agrost. II, 77 (1841). 

 A. michauxii Trin. Agrost. II (1841). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 648; Briit., Fl. N. J. 288; Webb., 

 Fl. Neb., 103; Mac, Fl. Can. II, 199; Chap., Fl. So. St. 551; Wats., Fl. 

 Calif. II, 274; Coult., Fl. Colo. 412; Wats., King Exp. 377; Both., Wheel. 

 Exp. 283; Cov., Fl. Ark. 235; Vas., Mon. 75. 

 Siberia. 



North America: Newf., Ont., Man., Brit. Col. to 60° 

 N. lat., Athabasca and Unalascha; S. to N. Eng., N. J,, Fla. ; 

 W. throughout the continent. 



Minn, valley: Forest district, and perhaps throughout; 

 dry or sunny banks and openings in forest. 



Herb. : Taijlor 657, Cobb river, Blue Earth Co. ; Shel- 

 don 662, Waseca; Ballard 639, Chaska; Ballard 251, Jordan, 

 Scott Co.; MacM. and Sheld. 71, Brainerd; Bailey 129, Vermil- 

 ion Lake; Sandberg 558, Red Wing; Herrick 338, Minneapolis. 



Agrostis rubra Linn. var. alpiiia (Oakes). 



A. canina var. alpina Oakes, Cat. Vermont PI. (1842). 

 A. pickeringii Tuck. Sill. Journ. XLV, 42 (1843). 

 A. rupestris Chap. Fl. So. St. 551 (1860) not all. 

 A. canina Gray, Man. ed. V, 611 (1867). 

 A. rubra var. americana Scribn. Mac, Fl. Can. II, 391 (1890). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 648; Chap., Fl. So. St. 551; Coult., 

 Fl. Colo. 412; Mac, Fl. Can. II, 198; Wats., King Exp. 377; Upham, Fl. 

 Minn. 161. 



North America: Newf., N. S., N. Br., Q., to N. Y., N. 

 J. and N. Car, ; W. across cont. ; Alaska ? 



Minn, valley: Reported from S. W. edge; high plains 

 and headlands; rare. 



Agrostis perennans (Walt.) Tuckerm. Gray, Man. ed. V, 

 611 (1868). 



Cornucopia pereyinans Walt. Fl. Car. 74(1788). 

 Ti-ichodium decumbens Michx. Fl. N. Am. I, 42 (1803). 

 2\ perennans Ell. Sk. Car. (1823). 

 Agrostis laxiflora Rich. Parr. Voy. Appx. (1823). 



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