98 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OP CANADA. 



(2475.) H. pauciflora, Link.; Hook., Fl. II., 229. 



Scirpus pauciflora, Lightf. ; Gray, Man. Ed. V. 560 ; Macoun, Cat. No. 1930. 

 S. Bxothryon, Ehrh. ; Hook., Fl. II., 229. 



Not uncommon but easily overlooked ; from the Atlantic westward 

 to the Rocky Mountains. Salt Lake, Anticosti ; Grand Etang and 

 other places along the Gasp6 coast, Q. ; in wet sand at Presqu'ile 

 Point, Wellington Beach, and Toronto Island, Lake Ontario. (Macoun.) 

 Toronto, Ont. (Burgess.} East coast of Lake Nipigon ; marshes at the 

 base of Porcupine Mountain, Man. ; in springs, Cypress Hills, Alberta ; 

 abundant on sand along Bow River, from Morley westward, and at 

 Kicking Horse Lake, in the Rocky Mountains. (Macoun.} Muddy 

 swamps and salt marshes in the Rocky Mountains. (Hooker, FL} 



666. SCIRPUS, Linn. Gen. 67. (CLUB-RUSH.) 



(2476.) S. csespitosus, Linn. ; Torr. Cyp., 319. 



Eleocharis cssspitosa, Link. ; Hook., Fl. II., 229. 



Chiefly boreal and alpine in habit, but extending across the continent. 

 Peat bog, Sydney Mine, Cape Breton. (Macoun & Burgess.) Richibucto 

 and Lily Lake, N.B. (Fowler, Gat.) Peat bog, Salt Lake, Anticosti, 

 (Macoun.) Summit of Mount Albert, Gaspe*, Q. (Macoun. Porter.) Har- 

 bor Island, Mingan, Q. (St. Cyr.) Marsh at Chicken Bay, Lake Huron ; 

 abundant at Current River and north-east coast of Lake Superior ; east 

 coast of Lake ISTipigon, Ont. (Macoun.) North shore of Lake Superior. 

 (Agassiz.) York Factory, Hudson Bay ; Ford's Harbor, coast of Labra- 

 dor. (R. Bell) Bogs along the base of the Porcupine Mountain, Man. ; 

 on boggy soil, from Morley westward through the Rocky and Selkirk 

 Mountains ; on the summit of Mount Arrowsmith, alt. 4,800 feet, Van- 

 couver Island. (Macoun.) Throughout Canada to near the shores of 

 the Arctic sea, and in swamps of the Rocky Mountains. (Hooker, Fl.) 

 Ounalashka, and Sitka. (Rothr. Alask) Greenland. (Lange.) 



(2477.) S. subterminalis, Torr.; Hook., Fl. II., 229. 



Floating and growing in mud at the bottom of shallow lakes. Petit- 

 codiac, and Quaco, N.B. (Fowler, Cat.) St. Clair Flats, St. Glair River, 

 Ont. (J. M. Macoun.) In water, Blackstone Lake, Muskoka Co., 

 Ont. (Burgess.) Oba Lake, Ont. (R. Bell.) Gull Lake, Addington Co., 

 and in Gull River, Victoria Co. ; White River, north of Lake Superior ; 

 and in a small lake on Mount Mark, Vancouver Island, alt. 2,500 feet. 

 (Macoun.) Deep standing pools in the Rocky Mountains, near the 

 head waters of the Columbia. (Hooker, Fl.) 



