198 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



(2761.) S. heterolepis, Gray, Man. Ed. Y. 610. 

 Vilfa heterolepis, Gray, Ann. Lye. N. York III., 233. 



Vicinity of Ottawa. (Fletcher, Fl. Ott.) On rocks along the railway 

 at Shannonville, Hastings Co.; and at Heely Falls, Seymour, Nor- 

 thumberland Co., Ont. ; very common in north-western Manitoba, and 

 along the Beaver, and Touchwood Hills, Assiniboia. (Macoun.) East 

 side of La Cloche Island, Georgian Bay. (R. Bell.} 



(2762.) S. vaginseflorus, Vasey, Cat. Grasses. U.S. 45, (1885.) 



Vilfa vaginseflora, Torr. ; Gray, Man. Ed. Y, 605. 

 Agrostis Virginica, Muhl. Grain. 74. 



On dry barren spots near Ottawa. (Fletcher, Fl. Ott.) Very com- 

 mon in many places around Belleville, Ont. ; and on roadsides near 

 Campbellford, Northumberland Co., Ont. (Macoun.) Vicinity of 

 Hamilton, Ont. (Logie.) 



NOTE. Dr. Vasey writes of the Vilfa tenacissima, Hook., PI. II., 

 239 : " This is now considered a variety of Sporobolus Indicus, but I 

 have seen no specimen from so far north as Menzies Island." Believ- 

 ing that it is included in some species we have catalogued, we leave 

 it out. 



694. AGROSTIS, Linn. Gen. 80. (BENT-GRASS.) 



(2763.) A. canina, Linn.; Gray, Man. Ed. V., 611. 



A. canina, Linn., var. (?) tenella, Torr. Bot. N. York II., 443. 

 Brigus, Newfoundland. (R. Bell.) Molus Eiver, Kent Co., N.B. ; 

 in dry barrens. (Fowler, Gat.) Sandy beach, Mingan Eiver, Q. (St. 

 Cyr.) Crevices of rocks, Eiviere Ste. Anne des Monts ; and summit of 

 Mount Albert, Gaspe", Q. (Macoun.) Ounalashka, 1885. (Mr. S. 

 Applegate.) 



Var. paleata, Vasey, (MS.) N. Var. 



Abundant in meadows at Cedar Hill, near Victoria, Vancouver 

 Island, 1887. (Macoun.) This is a fine grass and seems to be valuable 

 both as a pasture and meadow grass. A variety of A. canina was 

 gathered at Sitka a few years since by Mr. Meehan, which may be 

 this form. 



(2764.) A. exarata, Trin.; Hook., Fl. II., 239. 



A. albicans, Buckl. Proced. Acad. Philad. 91, (1862.) 

 Polypogon alopecuroides, Buckl. 1. c. 88. 

 A very valuable grass in low grounds and meadows on the Pacific 



