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676. SPARTINA, Schreb. (CORD-GRASS) 



(2712.) S. cynosuroides, Willd. Enum. L, 80; Hook., Fl. IT., 242. 



S. polystachya, Hook., Fl. II., 242. 

 Dactylis cynosuroides, Linn. Sp. I., 71. 

 Trachynotia cynosuroides, Michx., Fl. L, 64. 

 Limnetis cynosuroides, Pursh, Fl. I., 59. 



Abundant in fresh and salt-water marshes and by rivers. Marsh at 

 Truro, N.S. (Campbell.') Oyster Marsh, N.S. (McGill Coll Herb.) 

 Pictou, N.S. (McKay?) Marshes at Annapolis, and Windsor, N.S., and 

 Baddeck, Cape Breton. (Macoun & Burgess.) Marshes, especially near 

 the coast, Kent Co., N.B. (Fowler, Cat.) Salt Lake, Anticosti, and at the 

 mouth of the Eestigouche, Q. (Macoun.) Pentecost River, Q. (St.Cyr.) 

 St. Remi, and Montreal Mountain, Q. (McGill Coll. Herb.) Vicinity 

 of Ottawa. (Fletcher, FL Ott.) River Trent, at Trenton, and Wel- 

 ler s Bay, Lake Ontario ; not uncommon along the still waters of the 

 Trent and Gull rivers, in central Ontario. (Macoun.) Moon River, 

 Muskoka, and London, Ont. (Burgess.) North shore of Lake Superior. 

 (Agassiz.) High Bluff, Man. (McG-ill Coll Herb.) Moose Mountain 

 Creek, Assiniboia. (J. M. Macoun.) Souris River, Man. (Millman.) 

 Very abundant in marshes throughout Manitoba and north-westward 

 to the Saskatchewan. (Macoun.) Red River prairie, Man., 1826. 

 (Douglas.) Saskatchewan to Little Slave Lake. (Hooker, Fl.) Win- 

 nipeg, and Northwest Angle Road; east of the Souris River, Man. 

 (Dawson.) 



(2713.) S. graciliS, Trin.; Steud. Gram. 214. 



Yery abundant in salt marshes throughout the whole prairie region. 

 It is seldom tall, and is usually cut for hay. Old Wives Lakes, Red 

 Deer Lakes, and the prairie south of Battleford. (Macoun.) Wood 

 Mountain, Assiniboia. (Millman, Dawson.) 



(2714.) S. juncea, Willd. Enum. I., 81. 



Trachynotia juncea, Michx., Fl. I., 64. 

 Limnetis juncea, Pers.; Pursh, Fl. I., 59. 



Salt marshes at Pictou, N.S. (McKay.) Salt marshes, Kouchibou- 

 guac, and Richibucto, N B. (Fowler, Cat.) Marshes, Yarmouth, N.S. 

 (Macoun.) Newfoundland. (Reeks.) Margaret's Bay, N.S. (Millman* 

 Herb.) Salt marshes, Bic, Q. (Pringle.) 



