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Shannonville, Hastings Co. ; common on alluvial soil, near Belleville, 

 and in many places in Hastings Co., Ont. (Macoun.) Kiver flat, Don 

 Valley, Toronto, Ont. (Burgess.} Along the Eed Kiver, at Winnipeg; 

 common. (Fletcher.) 



718. MELICA, Linn. Gen. 82. 



(2839.) M. acuminata, Bolander, Proced. Calif. Acad. IV., 104. 



Festuca wbulata, Bong. Veg. Sitch. 173; Hook, Fl. II., 251. 

 Bromus subvlatus, Griseb ; Gray, Proced. Am. Acad. VIII. , 410. 



Not uncommon in shady woods at Oak Bay, Gordon Head, and 



Nanaimo, Goldstream, Qualicum, and Alberni, Vancouver Island. 



(Macoun.) Sitka. (Rothr. Alask.) Vicinity of Victoria, Vancouver 

 Island. (Fletcher.) 



(2840.) M. aristata, Thurber; Bolander Proced. Calif. Acad. IV., 



103. 



Abundant in the valleys of the Selkirk Mountains, especially in 

 Beaver and Bear Creek valleys. (Macoun.) 



(2841.) M. bulbosa, Geyer; Hook. Journ. Bot. VIII., 19. 

 M. poseoides, Torr. Pacif. R. Rep. IV. 157. 



Rather common in the Rocky Mountains, ard British Columbia. 

 Western summit of South Kootanie Pass, Rocky Mountains. (Dawson.) 

 Not rare in northern British Columbia to Fort McLeod, lat. 55. 

 (Macoun.) 



(2842.) M. Harfordii, Bolander, Proced. Calif. Acad. IV., 102. 



Rather rare in rocky ground at Oak Bay, and in oak woods near 

 Cloverdale, Vancouver Island. (Macoun.) 



719. PLEUROPOCON, R. Br. 



(2843.) P. Sabinii, R. Br.; Hook., Fl. IL, 249. 



Melville Island. (Hooker, Fl.) Port Kennedy, west coast of 

 Baffin's Bay, lat. 72. (Dr. Walker.) Greenland. (Lange.) 



