384 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



678. LEERSIA, Swartz. WHITE GRASS.' 



<2718.) L. oryzoides, Swartz.; Pursh, Fl. I., 62; Hook., Fl. 11., 233. 

 Phalaris oryzoides, Linn. Sp. I., 55. 

 Aitprella oryzoides, Lam. 111. Ko. 858. 



Trui-0, and Windsor, N.S. {Macoun.) Wet banks of streams, Bass 

 Eiver, X.B (Fo^-ler. Cat.) Charlotte and Carleton Co's.. N.B. (Vroom.) 

 King's Co., X.B. {Briitam.) Aj-lmer. (J : rare near Ottawa. (Fletcher, 

 Ft. Ott.) Conway's Creek; very common at Fresco tt, Ont. (Billings.) 

 Low marshy meadows and ditches ; common throughout central 

 Ontario. (Macoun.) Marshes, Hamilton, Ont. (Logic.) Shallow water, 

 London, Ont. (Burgess. Millman.) Canada to the Saskatchewan. 

 (Hooker, Fl.) Newfoundland. (Beeks.) 



(2710.) L. Virginica, WiUd. ; Hook., Fl. II., 233. 

 Asprella Vir^nica. Kuem. & Schultz. Syst. IL, 266. 

 Swamps in wet, shady woods, evidently rare in Ontario. Vicinity 

 of Ottawa. (Fletcher, Fl. Ott.) Near Hamilton. Ont. (Logic.) Shallow 

 water, near London. Ont. (Burgess. Millman.) Ontario. (Goldie.) 

 Newfoundland. (Reeks.) 



679. ANDROPOCON, Linn. Gen. 1145. (BEARD-GRASS.) 



(2720.) A. provincialis, Lam ; Scribner, Trans. Kansas Acad. 

 Sci. IX., llti. 



A.furcatns, Muhl. ; Pursli, Fl. L, 75 ; Hook., Fl. IL, 256 ; Macoun, Cat. 



No. 2:?68. 



Rather common in dry. sandy thickets or open woods. Vicinity of 

 Ottawa. (Fletcher, Fl. Ott.) Eocky woodlands, west of Brockville, 

 Ont. (Billings.) Sandy fields and thickets east of Belleville; very 

 abundant on Eice Lake Plains, and on sandy and gravelly soil all 

 through central Ontario, and westward to Lake Erie. (Macoun.) 

 Vicinity of Hamilton, Ont. (Logic ) Port Colborne, Ont. (McGill 

 Coll. Herb.) Shady woodland, London. Ont. (Burgess. Millman.) Shores 

 of Eed Deer Eiver, near Poi-cupine Mountain. Man (Macoun.) Hud- 

 son Bay; Lake Huron; Saskatchewan to the Eocky Mountains. 

 (Hooker, Fl.) Turtle Mountain, Man. (Dawson. Burgess.) Lake of 

 the Woods. (Daicson.) Ec-d Eiver, Man.. 1S26. (Douglas.) 



