CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN PLANTS. 



701. DESCHAMPSIA, Beauv. 



(2802.) D. atropurpurea, Scheele; Vasey, Cat. Grasses U. S. 53, 

 (1885.) 



Aira atropurpurea, Wahl. ; Gray, Man. Ed. V., 642 ; Macoun, Cat. No- 2234. 

 Apparently confirmed to the mountains of eastern Quebec, and north- 

 eastward. Summit of Mount Albert, Shickshock Mountains, Q. 

 (Macoun. Porter.) Lake Mistassini, N.E.T. (J. M. Macoun.} 



Var. minor, Vasey, Bull. Torr. Club XV., 48, 



" Culms 10-12 inches high, slender, panicle few-flowered, spikelets 

 much smaller than the type." Grassy glades in woods at Fort George., 

 James Bay, six miles from the coast, 188*7. (J. M. Macoun.} 



Var. latifolia, Scribner. 



D. latifolia, Vasey, Grasses of U. States, 53, (1885.) 



Aira atropurpurea, Wahl. ; Hook., Fl. II., 243. 



A. latifolia, Hook., Fl. II., 243 ; Macoun, Cat. No. 2237. 



Abundant in the Eocky Mountains / from Canmore westward' to 

 Roger's Pass, Selkirk Mountains. (Macoun.} Queshel Lake, 2,200 

 feet alt., B.C. (Bowman.} Eocky Mountains. (Hooker, FL} Sitka r 

 Ounalashka, and from Point Barrow to Mackenzie River. (Rothr*. 

 Alask.} 



(2803.) D. brevifolia, E. Br.; Hook., Fl. II., 242. 



Aira arctica, Spreng. Bot. Gazette, X., 366. 



Vicinity of Fort Conger, Grinnell Land, lat. 81 44'. (Lieut. Greely.y 

 Arctic sea- shore and islands. (Hooker, Fl} Greenland. (Lange} 



(2804.) D. csespitosa, Beauv. ; Hook., FJ. II., 242. 



Aira casspitosa, Linn. ; Pursh, Fl. I., 77 ; Macoun, Cat. No. 2239. 

 A. ambigua, Michx., Fl. I., 61. 



Abundant in bunches along river banks, from the Atlantic to the- 

 Pacific. Newfoundland. (Rev. A. Waghorne.} Magdalen Islands, N.S^ 

 (McKay.} Cape Forteau, Yarmouth, N.S. (Macoun & Burgess} Ken- 

 nebeccasis, Tabusintac, on the Bathurst Eoad, Restigouche, 1ST. B. 

 (Fowler, Cat.} Sheldrake Eiver. and L'Ange-Gardien, Q. (St. Cyr.} 

 Crevices of rocks, Jupiter Eiver, and English Bay, Anticosti ; along 

 the Madeline and Ste. Anne des Monts rivers, Gaspe", Q. (Macoun* 

 Vicinity of Ottawa. (Fletcher, Fl Ott.} Eocky banks of rivers 

 throughout central and northern Ontario, and extending to 

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