CATALOGUE OP CANADIAN PLANTS. 6*7 



Vicinity of Vancouver city, B.C. (Prof. Fowler.} This species seems 

 to have very light-colored capsules and sepals, and has a very different 

 cyme from var. parviflora, which is well described by the name. 



(2391.) L. pilosa, Willd.; Hook., Fl. II., 188. 



Not uncommon in rich, and sandy woods throughout Ontario, but 

 more sparingly distributed eastward. Newfoundland. (Reeks.) Truro, 

 and Windsor, N.S. (Macoun.} Common in old fields, N.B. (Fowler, Cat.} 

 Gomin- woods, near Quebec. (St. Cyr.} Vicinity of Ottawa. (Fletcher, 

 FL Ott.} Thicket a mile west of Prescott, Ont. (Billings.') Vicinity of 

 Hamilton, Ont. (Buchan.} Thickets at Kingston and London, Ont. 

 (Millman.} Sandy woodland near London, Ont. (Burgess.} Open woods 

 at Sudbury Junction, and at North Bay, Lake Nipissing; not uncom- 

 mon in woods at Belleville and numerous places in the adjoining coun- 

 ties ; woods at Nipigon, Lake Superior, and on top of a clay bank 

 twenty-five miles up the Kaministiqua Eiver, (Macoun.} Canada to 

 the Saskatchewan. (Hooker, Fl.} 



(2392.) L. campestris, Desv., var. a. vulgaris. Hook., Fl. 

 II., 188. 



Juncus campestris, Willd. ; Pursh, Fl. L, 238. 



Bather common in dry meadows, or open woods. . Newfoundland. 

 (Cormack.} New Harbor, Newfoundland. (Eev. A. Waghorne.} Hali- 

 fax, N.S. (Sommers.} Magdalen Islands, N.S. (J. Richardson.} Truro, 

 Yarmouth, and Kingston, N.S. (Macoun.} Dry fields ; common, N.B. 

 (Fowler, Cat.} Island of Orleans, Q. (St. Cyr.} South side of Gaspc* 

 Basin, Q. (J. Bell.} Vicinity of Ottawa. (Fletcher, Fl. Ott.} Thicket 

 a mile west of Prescott, Ont. (Billings.} Dry woods and meadows at 

 Belleville, and Shannonville, Hastings Co., Ont. (Macoun.) Sandy 

 woodland, London, Ont. (Burgess.} Thickets at Kingston ,and Lon- 

 don, Ont. (Millman.} This variety has dense brown heads and is 

 quite distinct in color from the next, which has pale heads of fruit and 

 flowers. 



Var. /3. pallescens, Hook., Fl. II., 188. 



Quite common in meadows at Belleville, Ont. (Macoun.} Lake 

 Winnipeg to the Saskatchewan, and from the Lake of the Woods to the 

 Eocky Mountains. (Hooker, Fl.} Greenland. (Lange.} 



Var. y. comosa, Hook., Fl. II., 188. 



Flowers in a dense solitary brown head. Bear Lake. (Hooker, Fl.} 

 The forms of this and the following species require careful examina- 

 tion and comparison with European species, and indeed the whole 

 genus is much in need of a complete revision. 



