198 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



(3t61.) S. heterolepis, Gray, Man. Ed. V. 610. 

 Vilfa heterolepis, Gray, Ann. Lye. X. York III., 233. 

 Vicinity of Ottawa. {Fletcher, Fl. Ott.) On rocks along the railway 

 at Shannonville, Hastings Co.; and at Heely Falls, Seymour, Xor- 

 thumberland Co., Ont. ; very common in north-western Manitoba, and 

 along the Beaver, and Touchwood Hills, Assiniboia. {Macoun.) East 

 side of La Cloche Islan'l, Georgian Bav. (R. Bell.) 



(2762.) S. vaginseflorus, Vasey, Cat. Grasses. U.S. 45, (1SS5.) 



Vilfa vagina:Jtora, Torr. ; Gray, Man. Ed. V., 605. 

 Agrostis Virginica, Mulil. Gram. 74. 



On dry barren spots near Ottawa. (Fletcher, Fl. Ott.) Yery com- 

 mon in many places around Belleville, Out. ; and on roadsides near 

 Campbellford, Northumberland Co., Ont. (Macouji.) Vicinity of 

 Hamilton, Ont. (Logic.) 



Note. — Dr. Vasey writes of the Vilfa tenacissima, Hook., Fl. II.. 

 239 : — " This is now considered a variety of Sporobolus Indicus, but I 

 have seen no specimen from so far north as Menzies Island.' Believ- 

 ing that it is included- in some species we have catalogued, we leavfr 

 it out. 



694. ACROSTIS, Linn. Gen. SO. BENT-GRASS.) 



(2763.) A. canina, Linn.; Gray, Man. Ed. V., 611. 



A. canina, Linn., var. (?) tenella, Torr. Bet. N. York II., 443. 

 Brigus, Newfoundland. (R. Bell.) Molus Eiver, Kent Co., N.B. ; 

 in dry barrens. (Fowler, Cat.) Sandy beach, Mingan Eiver, Q. (St. 

 Cyr.) Crevices of rocks. Riviere Ste. Anne des Monts ; and summit of 

 Mount Albert, Gaspe, Q. (Macoun.) Ounalashka, 1885. (Mr. S. 

 Applegate.) 



Var. paleata, Vasey, (MS.) N. Var. 



Abundant in meadows at Cedar Hill, near Victoria, VanC'Juver 

 Island, 1887. (Macoun.) This is a tine grass and seems to be valuable 

 both as a pastui-e and meadow grass. A variety of A. canina was 

 gathered at Sitka a few years since by Mr. Meehan, which may be 

 this form. 



(276i.) A. exarata, Trin. ; Hook., Fl. II., 239. 



A. albicans, Buckl. Proced. Acad. Philad. 91, (1862.) 

 Polypogon alopecuroides, Buckl. 1. c. SS. 

 A very valuable grass in low grounds and meadows on the Pacific 



