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the northern forest region of Ontario and the eastern provinces. 

 Halifax, N.S. (Sommers, Cat.) Peat bogs, G-uysboro Co., N.S. (Robert.) 

 Kendrick's Lake, near St. Stephen ; Point de Bute, Westmoreland Co., 

 N.B. (Fowler, Cat.) Blackstone Lake, and Port Cockburn, Lake 

 Joseph, Muskoka Co., Ont. (Burgess.) 



CX. JUNCACE^E. BUSH FAMILY. 

 637. JUNCUS, Linn. Gen. 437. (RUSH, BOG-RUSH.) 



(2358.) J. effusus, Linn. ; Hook., Fl. II., 190. 



Frequent in ditches and boggy places throughout the eastern pro- 

 vinces ; Brigus, Newfoundland. (E. Bell.*) Windsor, Bedford, and 

 Pictou, N.S. (Sommers, Cat.) Magdalen Islands, Gulf of St. Lawrence. 

 (J. Richardson.') Truro, Halifax, Annapolis and Yarmouth, N.S. ; also 

 in the river valley at Whycocomagh, Cape Breton. (Macoun.) Abun- 

 dant in marshy ground, New Brunswick. (Fowler, Cat.) Pentecost 

 Eiver, Levis, and Eagged Islands, Eiver St. Lawrence. (St. Cyr.) 

 Ditches in McKay's Woods and other places at Ottawa. .(Fletcher, FL 

 Ott.) Very common around Prescott, Ont. (Billings.) Abundant 

 throughout central Ontario. (Macoun.) Vicinity of Hamilton, Ont. 

 (Buchan.) In low swampy grounds near London, Ont. (Burgess.) 

 Ditches at Owen Sound, and in meadows at Fort William and west- 

 ward up the Kaministiqua Eiver. (Macoun.) Lake Wabatongwashene, 

 Ont. ; York Factory, Hudson Bay. (R. Bell.) Moose Factory. James 

 Bay. (Cottar & Hayden.) Bather common in springy places through- 

 out the southern half of Vancouver Island, extending to Qualicum, and 

 Barclay Sound. (Macoun.) 



Var. brunneus, Engelm. Proc. Calif. Acad. II., 491. 



Abundant on the islands in Barclay Sound, west coast of Vancouver 

 Island, 1887. (Macoun.) 



Var. conglomeratus, Gray, Man. Ed. V., 537. 



In the same situations as the species, but less common. Not com- 

 mon in low grounds at Annapolis, N.S., and at Whycocomagh, Cape 

 Breton. (Macoun.) Fredricton, N.B., and elsewhere; not common. 

 (Fowler, Cat.) 



(2359.) J. flliformis, Linn. ; Hook., Fl. II., 190. 



Bather common along river margins, in gravel, and on lake shores ; 



