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683. HIEROCHLOA, Cmel. 'HOLY GRASS.) 



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(2726.) H. alpina, E.em. & Schultz.; Hook., Fl. II., 234. 

 Holcua alpirms, Wahl. Fl. Lapp., 31. 

 On the summits of high mountains and northward. Ford's Harbor, 

 coast of Labrador ; Cape Chudleigh, and Cape Prince of Wales, Hud- 

 son Strait. {B. Bell) Ungava Bay, Labrador. (Barnston.) Pond's 

 Bay, and Lancaster Sound, Baffin's Bay. (Dr. Kennedy.) On the coast 

 of Hudson Bay, between Fort Churchill and Cape Lady Pelly. (Dr. 

 Rae.) . Moose Factory, James Bay. (Cottar & Br. Hayden.) Fort 

 George, James Bay. (J. M. Macoun.) Summit of Mount Albert, Gaspi, 

 Q. (Macoun. Porter.) Mountain at Finlayson Eiver, alt. 4,300 feet, lat. 

 61° 30°, north of British Columbia. (Dawson.) Labrador, and Arctic 

 sea-shores and islands. (Hooker, Fl.) Ounalashka, Kotzcbue Sound, 

 and Arctic coast. (Rothr. Alask.) Greenland. (Lange.) 



(2727.) H. borealis, Ecem. .Sc Schultz.; Hook., Fl. II., 234. 

 Holcus oduralu.'^, Linn.; Michx., Fl. L, 56. 

 H.fragrans, Pursh, Fl. I., 78. 



Sandy shores, meadows, or praiiies ; widely distributed. Newfound- 

 land. (Reeks.) Truro, and Yarmouth, N.S. (Macoun.) On the Mag- 

 dalen Islands, X.S. (J. Richardson.) Bedford Basin, N.S. (Sommers, 

 Cat.) Coast of Labrador. (McGill Coll. Herb.) Molus Eiver, Eichi- 

 bucto and elsewhere, in Kent Co., N.B. (Fowler, Cat.) Sheldrake 

 Eiver, and Pentecost Eiver, Q. (St. Cyr.) . Salt Lake, and Jupiter 

 Eiver, Anticosti. (Macoun.) Summit of Mount Albert, Gasp^, Q. 

 (Porter.) Border of a field near Belleville, Ont. ; extremely abundant 

 all around Lake Superior, and northward up the Nipigon Eiver, to 

 Camp Alexander. (Macoun.) Eiver flat, London, Ont. (Buryess. 

 Millman.) Noi-th shore of Lake Superior. (Agassi:.) Point aux Pins, 

 Lake Erie ; Emerson, Man. (Burgess.) Swampj- prairie, Eed Eiver, 

 and Pembina Mountain, Man. (Dawson.) Lake Mistassini, and down 

 Eupert Eiver, to James Bay ; Beren's Eiver, and Severn River, Kee- 

 watin ; Moose Mountain, Man. (J. M. Macoun.) Oxford House, 

 Keewatin. (R. Bell.) Yery common in wet prairies and along rivers 

 and lakes throughout the whole prairie j-egion, and north to Peace 

 Eiver; not uncommon from the meadows at Morley through the 

 Eocky Mountains to the Columbia Valley; common in northern Bri- 

 tish Columbia to lat. 55°, at Fort McLeod. (Macoun.) Telegraph 

 Greek, lat. 58°, B.C.; L^pper Liard Eiver, lat. 60'-', B.C. ; Lewes Eiver, 



