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(2704.) P. scoparium, Lam. Encycl. IV. 



P. pauciflorum, Ell. (?) ; Gray, Man. Ed. V., 648. 



Sparingly collected on Point Pele'e, Lake Erie. (Burgess.) Spence's- 

 Bridge, B.C. (Fletcher.) Abundant at Long Lake, near Departure 

 Bay, shores of Shawnigan and Home Lakes, and common at Alberni, 

 on the west coast of Vancouver Island. (Macoun.) 



(2705.) P. virgatum, Linn.; Michx., Fl. I., 352 ; Pursh, Fl. I., 67 ; 



Hook., Fl. II., 235. 



Sandy shores of rivers and lakes. Sands of Presqu'ile Point, Lake 

 Ontario ; shores of Eed and Chicken Bays, Lake Huron. (Macoun.) 

 Port Colborne, Lake Erie. (McG-ill Coll Herb.} Point aux Pins, 

 Lake Erie. (Burgess.) Red Deer River, north of Porcupine Mountain, 

 Man.; sandhills, at the source of the Q.u'Appelle River, Assiniboia. 

 (Macoun.) Lake Huron, and Saskatchewan. (Hooker, Fl.) Red River,. 

 Man., 1826. (Douglas.) 



(2706.) P. xanthophysum, Gray, Gram. & Cyp. I., 20; Hook. r 



Fl. II., 235. 



Rather rare in open, rocky, or sandy woods. Vicinity of Ottawa. 

 (Fletcher, Fl. Ott.) Fields near the Grand Trunk gravel pit, Prescott, 

 Ont. (Billings.) Dry thickets and meadows, east of Belleville ; very 

 common ; also on Rice Lake Plains, and at Port Dover Junction r 

 Ont. (Macoun.) Vicinity of Hamilton, Ont. (Logie.) Port Colborne,. 

 Lake Erie. (Me Gill Coll. Herb.) La Cloche, Trading Post, Georgian 

 Bay. (E. Bell.) Sandy soil, twenty miles up the Kaministiqua, west 

 of Lake Superior ; not uncommon in thickets along the Assiniboine, as 

 far west as Fort Ellice, Man. (Macoun.) Plains of the Saskatchewan, 

 (Hooker, Fl.) 



674. SETARIA, Beauv. (BRISTLY FOXTAIL-GRASS.) 



(2707.) S. GLAUCA, Beauv. ; Hook., Fl. II., 236. 



Panicum glaucum, Linn. ; Michx., Fl. I., 46 ; Pursh, Fl. I., 66. 

 Pennisetum glaucum, E. Br., Prodr. 195. 



Naturalised in cultivated grounds, and on waste places about towns 

 and cities. A common weed in gardens and manured ground, Bass 

 River, KB. (Fowler, Cat.) St. Remi, Q. (McGill Coll Herb.) Point 

 Levis, Q. (Macoun.) Quebec city. (St. Cyr.) Vicinity of Ottawa. 

 (Fletcher, Fl Ott.) Very common at Prescott, Ont. (Billings,) Abun- 

 dant in all cultivated grounds near barns, and on waste lots in villages 



