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(2691.) S. riparius, Spreng, Fl. Austr. VIL, 327. 



S. pygmxus, Gray, Proced. Am. Acad. VII., 327. 

 S. setaceus, Linn. var. Boeckeler, Linnsea, XXXVI., 500. 

 Isolepis riparia, R. Br. ; Hook., f. Fl. Tasm. II., 89. 

 J. leptocaulis, Torr. Pacif. R. Rep. IV., 153. 



In boggy spots, reached by high tides, at Beacon Hill, near Vic- 

 toria ; also in salt marshes, below Alberni, on the west coast of Van- 

 couver Island. (Macoun.} 



.CXVIII. GRAMINE^E. (GRASS FAMILY.) 

 673. BECKMANIA, Host. Gram. Aust. III., 5. 



(2692.) B. erucaeformis, Host. var. uniflorus, Scribner. 



Quite common in wet and overflowed grounds throughout the prairie 

 i egion, extending east to Port Arthur, on the railway and west to 

 Castle Mountain, in the Rocky Mountains. (Macoun.) Souris , Plain, 

 Assiniboia. (J. M. Macoun.} Milk River Ridge, N.W.T., and west 

 fork of that river, Rocky Mountains. (Dawson.} Wood M'ountain, 

 Alberta. (Burgess.) Lake Mistassini, N.E.T. ; Severn River, Kee- 

 watin. (J. M. Macoun.} Moose Factory, James Bay. (Cottar & Dr. 

 Hayden.) Hayes, and Churchill rivers, Hudson Bay. (E. Sell) High 

 Bluff, Man. (McGill Coll. Herb.) Emerson, Man. ; and Medicine Hat, 

 Alberta. (Prof. Fowler} Red River, Man., 1826. (Douglas.) Gris- 

 wold, Man. (Rev. W. A. Burman.} 



674. PANICUM. Linn. Gen. 96. (PANIC GRASS.) 



(2693.) P. agrostoides, Spreng. ; Torr., F). N. York II., 429. 

 P. elongatum, Pursh, Fl. I., 69. 



Common in clumps along Sproat Lake, six miles from Alberni, west 

 coast of Vancouver Island, 1887. (Macoun.} Although collected in 

 August, the specimens are not more than half grown. There is no 

 doubt of it being indigenous, as there are no settlements where it was 

 found 



