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732. ACROPYRUM, J. Caertn. (WHEAT-GRASS) 



(2929.) A. caninum, Eeich. Icon. Fl. Germ. 119. 



Triticum caninum, Schreb. ; Hook., Fl. II., 254 ; Macoun, Cat. No. 2220. 

 Rather rare on gravel banks eastward ; abundant in the northern 

 prairie region. On intervales, Coal Branch, Kent Co., N.B. (Fowler, 

 Cat.) Environs of Quebec ; rocky bank of Madeline River, Gaspe", Q. 

 (St. Cyr.) Mount Albert, Gaspe*, Q. (Porter.) Banks of the Moira, 

 at Belleville; rocky banks, Shannonville, Hastings Co. ; on the Trent, 

 above Trenton, Ont.; woods, Niagara Falls. (Macoun.) Vicinity of 

 Hamilton, Ont. (Logie.) London, Ont. ; and Saugeen, Lake Huron. 

 (Burgess.) Kaministiqua River, west of Lake Superior ; very abun- 

 dant from Winnipeg westward to Edmonton, on the Saskatchewan; 

 common from Calgary through the Rocky Mountains to the Columbia 

 Valley. (Macoun.) Sand Creek, Kootanie Yalley, Rocky Mountains ; 

 Nicola, and Kamloops, B.C. (Dawson.) Lake Winnipeg to the Sas- 

 katckewan. (Hooker, FL) Emerson, and Brandon, Man , and Shuswap 

 Lake, B.C. (Prof. Fowler.) 



(2930.) A. dasystachyum, Yasey, Cat. Grasses U. S. 96, (1885.) 

 Triticum dasystachyum, Gray, Man. Ed. V., 638. 

 T. repens, var. dasystachyum, Hook., Fl. II., 254. 



Sandy shore of Lake Huron, at Saugeen, Ont. (Burgess.) North 

 shore of Lake Superior. (Agassis.) West coast of Lake Superior; 

 western Manitoba, Long Lake, Old Wives Lakes, River That Turns, 

 Fort Pitt, and throughout the northern prairie region to Edmonton ; 

 from Calgary westward to Castle Mountain, Rocky Mountains. 

 (Macoun.) Souris Plain, Man. (J. M. Macoun.) Echmanish Elver, 

 Keewatin ; and Nelson River, near York Factory, Hudson Bay. 

 (22. Bell.) 



(2931.) A. divergens, Nees. ; Yasey, Cat. Grasses U. S. 96, (1885.) 



Triticum strigosum, Less. ; Macoun, Cat. No. 2221. 



Bunch grass of British Columbia, and the drier parts of the Rocky 

 Mountains. Common on the dry slopes of the mountains along the 

 Bow River, from Morley westward to Banff; on dry slopes of the 

 Thompson and Eraser rivers, B.C. (Macoun.) Abundant on the higher 

 slopes at Lytton, B.C. (Fletcher.) North Point of Texada Island, 

 Gulf of Georgia, B.C. (Dawson.) An awnless variety is found in 

 great profusion on the gravel ridges at the mouth of the Kicking 

 Horse River, Columbia Yalley. 

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