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683. HIEROCHLOA, Cmel. (HOLY GRASS.) 



(2726.) H. alpina, Eoem. & Schultz.; Hook., Fl. II., 234. 



Holcus alpinus, Wahl. Fl. Lapp., 31. 



Oh the summits of high mountains and northward. Ford's Harbor, 

 coast of Labrador ; Cape Chudleigh, and Cape Prince of Wales, Hud- 

 son Strait. (R. Bell} Ungava Bay, Labrador. (Barnston.) Pond's 

 Bay, and Lancaster Sound, Baffin's Bay. (Dr. Kennedy.) On the coast' 

 of Hudson Bay, between Fort Churchill and Cape Lady Pelly. (Dr. 

 Rae.) Moose Factory, James Bay. (Cottar & Dr. Hay den.} Fort 

 George, James Bay. (J". M. Macoun.) Summit of Mount Albert, Gaspe", 

 Q. (Macoun. Porter.) Mountain at Finlayson Eiver, alt. 4,300 feet, lat. 

 61 30, north of British Columbia. (Daw son.) Labrador, and Arctic 

 sea-shores and islands. (Hooker, FL) Ounalashka, Kotzebue Sound, 

 and Arctic coast. (Rothr. Alask.) Greenland. (Lange.) 



(2727.) H. borealis, Eoem. & Schultz.; Hook., Fl. II., 234. 



Holcus odoratus, Linn.; Michx., Fl. I., 56. 



H.fragrans, Pursh, Fl. I., 78. 



Sandy shores, meadows, or prairies ; widely distributed. Newfound- 

 land. (Reeks.) Truro, and Yarmouth, N.S. (Macoun.) On the Mag- 

 dalen Islands, N.S. (J. Richardson.) Bedford Basin, N.S. (Sommers, 

 Cat.) Coast of Labrador. (McGill Coll. Herb.) Molus Eiver, Eichi- 

 bucto and elsewhere, in Kent Co., N.B. (Fowler, Cat.) Sheldrake 

 Eiver, and Pentecost Eiver, Q. (St. Cyr.) Salt Lake, and Jupiter 

 Eiver, Anticosti. (Macoun.) Summit of Mount Albert, Gaspe*, Q. 

 (Porter.) Border of a field near Belleville, Ont. ; extremely abundant 

 all around Lake Superior, and northward up the Nipigon Eiver, to 

 Camp Alexander. (Macoun.) Eiver flat, London, Ont. (Burgess. 

 Millman.) North shore of Lake Superior. (Agassis.) Point aux Pins, 

 Lake Erie ; Emerson, Man. (Burgess.) Swampy prairie, Eed Eiver, 

 andPembina Mountain, Man. (Dawson.) Lake Mistassini, and down 

 Eupert Eiver, to James Bay ; Beren's Eiver, and Severn River, Kee- 

 watin ; Moose Mountain, Man. (J. M. Macoun.) Oxford House, 

 Keewatin. ( R. Bell.) Very common in wet prairies and along rivers 

 and lakes throughout the whole prairie region, and north to Peace 

 Eiver; not uncommon from the meadows at Morley through the 

 Eocky Mountains to the Columbia Valley; common in northern Bri- 

 tish Columbia to lat. 55, at Fort McLeod. (Macoun.) Telegraph 

 Creek, lat. 58, B.C.; Upper Liard Eiver, lat. 60, B.C. ; Lewes Eiver, 



