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Var. acutiflora, Vasej^. (MS.) N. Var. 



Abundant along the borders of brooks, and in river valleys, through- 

 out the southern part of Vancouver Island, extending to Nanaimo, 

 Qualicum, and Comox ; also Alberni, on the west coast. (Macoun.) 



698. DEYEUXIA, Clarion. (REED-BENT GRASS.) 



(2778.) D. sequivalvis, Benth. & Hook., Gen. Plant IQ., 1153. 

 A. xquivalvh, Trin. Agrost. II., 116 ; Macoun, Cat. No. 2128, b. 

 A. canina, var. xquivcdvis, Trin. ; Bong. Veg. Sitch. 171. 

 A. canina, Linn., ,}. mdakuca, Bong. ; IIooW, Fl. II., 240. (?) 

 A. HUkbrandii, Thurber ; Boland. Trans. Calif. Agri. Soc. 136, (1864.) 



Eather common on the grassy beds of snow-slides, at Eoger's Pass, 

 Selkirk Mountains, B.C. {Macoun.) Sitka, and Ounalashka. {Bothr. 

 Alask.) Summits of the Rocky Mountains. {Hooker, F I.) 



(2779.) D. Aleutica, Vasey, Cat. Grasses, U. S. 50, (1885.) 



Calamagrostis Aleutica, Trin. ; Hook., Fl. II., 241 ; Macoun, Cat. No. 2140. 

 C. albicans, Buckl. Proced. Acad. Philad. 92, (1862.) 



Crevices of rocks along the west coast of Vancouver Island and in 

 marshes, covered at high tide, on the Alberni Canal. (Macoun.) 

 Queen Charlotte Islands. (Dawson.) Sitka. (Barclay.) Ounalashka, 

 and Sitka. (Rothr. Alask. & Booker, Fl.) Ounalashka, 1885. (Mr. 

 S. Applegate.) 



(2780.) D. breviaristata, Vasey, Bull. Torr. Club XV., 48, N. Sp. 



" Culm 2-3 feet high, radical leaves very long, panicle 4 inches long, 

 narrow and loose, branches unequal, verticills numerous, the longer 

 ones about 1 inch long, erect, flowering, mostly to the base — empty 

 glume 2 lines long, ve:y narrow, acute, membranaceous, scabrous on 

 the keel ; flowering glumes as long as the empty ones, and about the 

 same texture, lanceolate, acutish, 3 nerved, smoothish ; awn from 

 about the middle, shorter than the fl. gl. or sometimes nearly absent; 

 hairs rather sparse and fine, J to J as long as the fl. gl., those of the 

 pedicel scanty but longer ; ])n\et as long as its glume, acute." 



In crevices of rocks amongst the islands in the outer part of Barclay 

 Sound, near Cape Beale, Vancouver Island. (Macoun.) 



