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676. SPARTINA, Schreb. (CORD-GRASS) 



(2712.) S. cynosuroides, Willd. Enum. I.. 80; Hook., Fl. II., 242. 



S. polyMachya, Hook., Fl. II., 242. 

 Dactylk cynosuroides, Linn. Sp. I., 71. 

 Trachynolia cynosuroides, Michx., Fl. I., 64. 

 Limnetic cynos^troides, Pursh, Fl. I., 59. 



Abundant in fresh and salt-water marshes and bj rivers. Marsh at 

 Truro, X.S. (Campbell.) Oyster Marsh, X.S. {McGill Coll. Herb.) 

 Pictou, XS. (McKay.) Marshes at Annapolis, and "Windsor, X.S., and 

 Baddeck, Cape Breton. (Macoun k Burgess.) Mai-shes, especially near 

 the coast, Kent Co., X.B. (Fouler, Cat.) Salt Lake. Anticosti, and at the 

 mouth of the Restigouche, Q. (Macoun.) Pentecost Eiver, Q. (St. Cyr.) 

 St. Eemi, and Montreal Mountain, Q. (McGill Coll. Herb.) Vicinity 

 of Ottawa. (Fletcher. Fl. Ott.) Eiver Trent, at Trenton, and Wel- 

 ler's Baj-, Lake Ontario ; not uncommon along the still waters of the 

 Trent and Gull rivoi-s, in central Ontario. (Macoun.) Moon Eiver, 

 Muskoka, and London, Ont. (Burgess.) North shore of Lake Superior. 

 (Agassis.) High Bluff, Man. (McGill Coll. Herb.) Moose Mountain 

 Creek, Assiniboia. (J. M. Macoun.) Souris Eiver, Man. (Millman.) 

 Very abundant in marshes throughout Manitoba and north-westward 

 to the Saskatchewan. (Macoun.) Eed Eiver prairie, Man., 1826. 

 (Douglas.) Saskatchewan to Little Slave Lake. (Hooker, Fl.) "Win- 

 nipeg, and Northwest Angle Eoad ; east of the Souris Eiver, Man. 

 (Bauson.) 



(2713.) S. gracilis, Trin.; Steud. Gram. 214. 



Very abumlant iu salt marshes throughout the whole prairie region. 

 It is seldom tall, and is usually cut for hay. Old "Wives Lakesi Eed 

 Deer Lakes, and the prairie south of Battleford. (Macoun.) Wood 

 Mountain, Assiniboia. (Millman, Bauson.) 



(2714.) S. juncea, "WiUd. Enum. I., 81. 



Trachynolia juncea, Michx., Fl. I., 64. 

 Limnelis juncen, Pers.; Pursh, Fl. I., 59. 



Salt marshes at Pictou, N.S. (McKay.) Salt marshes, Kouchibou- 

 guac, and Eichibucto, XB. (Fouler, Cat.) Marshes, Yarmouth, N.S. 

 (Macoitn.) Newfoundland. (Beeks.) Margarets Bay, N.S. (Millman, 

 Herb.) Salt marshes, Bic, Q. (Pringle.) 



