CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN PLANTS. SST 



(2391.) L. vernalis, DC. ; Gray, Man., ed. VF., 546. 

 L. pilom, Willd. ; Macoun, Cat., IV., 67. 

 Changed in (iray's new Mantial. A very appropi'iate name. 



640. SPARCANIUM. 



(2401.) S. simplex, Huds. ; Macoun, Cat., IV., 70. 



In marshes in man}' parts of Prince Edward Island, 1888; abun- 

 dant at Agassi/., in the Fraser valley, and at Craigellachie in the Gold 

 Range, B.C. lS8fl. (Macoun.) 



Var. NuttalIJi, iMi-vliii. 



In marshes at Mount Stewart, Prince Edward Island. 1888. (Macoun.) 

 Mr. Beeby doulilfnily refers this specimen here. 



Var. acaule, lieeby, MS. 



" Stem three inches from crown of root to apex of male spike, female 

 heads 2-:i, closely agglomerated, partly hidden by the leaf bases. 

 Leaves erect, rigid, a foot high. (Three times longer than the Hower 

 stem.)" {Beebij.) Quito common in ])onds and wet spots by the road- 

 side in many parts of I'rince Kdward Island, especially at Lake Verde, 

 Brackley Point and Winter River. 1888. (Macoun.) I believe this 

 to be a good variety as there was no local reason for the peculiar 

 growth. 



Var. longissimum, Fries. 



Abundant in still water, Spallumsheen River at Enderby, B.C. 

 (J. M. Macoun.) Common in Griffin Lake in the Gold Range, B.C. 

 (Macoun.) I believe that much of our S. affine belongs here, especially 

 those forms with floating sterns and leaves. 



(2402.) S. affine, Schnitzlein; Macoun, Cat., IV., 70. 



In pools on the mountains at th« head of Nicoameu River, B.C. Alt. 

 6000 feet. 1889. (Dawson.) In a pool on Mount Arrowsmith. Van- 

 couver Island. Alt. 5000 feet. 1887. (Macoun.) This is an alpine 

 form of the species. (Beeby.) 



(2404.) S. minimum. Pries.; Macoun, Cat. IV., 70. 



. In bogs, ilethy River, Lat. 56°, KW.T. 1888. (J. M. Macoun.) 



Common in ponds at Craigellachie, Gold Range, B.C. 1889. (Macoun.) 



