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mont, Bellechasse Co., Q. (St. Cyr.) Swampy ground, near Hamil- 

 ton's Farm, Argenteuil Co., Q. (D' Urban.) Kemptville, Ont. (Porter.) 

 Casselman and several other places near Ottawa. (Fletcher, Ft. Ott.) 

 Common in marshes at Prescott, Ont. (Billings.) Quite common at Belle- 

 ville and throughout central Ontario. (Macoun.) Mossy bog, London, 

 Ont. (Burgess. Millman.) Moon Eiver, Muskoka Co., Ont. (Burgess.) 

 Sou-sou-wa-ga-mi Creek, Lake Huron ; Michipicotin to Lake Missinaibi, 

 Ont. (E. Bell.) In a marsh at Langford Lake, and in a marsh at Sproat 

 Lake, Alberni, west coast of Vancouver Island. (Macoun.) Canada 

 to the Saskatchewan. (Hooker, Fl.) 



665. HELEOCHARIS, R. Br. (SPIKE-RUSH) 



(2466.) H. Robbinsii, Oakes.; Gray, Man. Ed. V., 557. 



Kendrick's Lake ; and.Potter's Lake, near St. Stephen, N.B. ( Vroom.) 



(2467.) H. obtusa, Schultes. ; Hook., Fl. IL, 229. 

 Scirpus capilatus, Vahl. ; Pursh, Fl. I., 55. 

 S. ovatus, Vahl. ; Pursh, Fl. L, 54. 



Bather uncommon but widely distributed. Common in Pictou Co., 

 N.S. (McKay.) Ditches at Annapolis, N.S, and Whycocomagh, Cape 

 Breton. (Macoun.) Muddy places; common, N.B. (Fowler > Cat.) 

 Ditches, Campbellon, N. B. (Macoun.) Etchemin, Q. (Hon. W. 

 Shepperd.) Muddy soil, Notre Dame de Levis, Q. (St. Cyr.) Nation 

 Eiver, at Casselman, and other places near Ottawa. (Fletcher, Fl. Ott.) 

 Kemptville, Ont. (Porter.) Common in ditches at Prescott, Ont. 

 (Billings.) Ditches and muddy places, rather common in central 

 Ontario. (Macoun.) Vicinity of Hamilton, Ont. (Buchan.) Swamps 

 at London, Ont., and Parry Sound, Georgian Bay. (Burgess.) North 

 shore of Lake Superior. (Agassiz.) Pitt Eiver, B. C. (J. A. Hill.) 

 Saskatchewan Eiver. (Hooker, Fl.) > 



(2468.) H. palustris, E.Br.; Hook., Fl. II., 228. 



H. multicaulis, Hook., Fl. II., 228. (?) 

 Scirpus palustris, Vahl. ; Pursh, Fl. I., 54. 



Common in wet meadows and bogs from the Atlantic to the Pacific. 

 Marshy places, Annapolis, and Truro, N.S. ; Louisburg, Cape Breton. 

 (Macoun.) Common both in the large form which grows in water, 

 and the smaller form in wet meadows, N.B. (Fowler, Cat.} Camp- 

 bellton, N.B,; Little Fox Eiver, Gaspe*, .Q. (Macoun.) Ouatchechou, 

 Q. (St. Cyr.) Water pools, on rocks, Huckleberry Kapids, Argen- 

 teuil Co., Q. (D' Urban.) Vicinity of Ottawa. (Fletcher, Fl. Ott.) 



