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736. ELYMUS, Linn. (RYE-GRASS.) 



(2943.) E. arenarius, Linn.; Hook.,' PI. IT., 255. 



Common on sand beaches along the coasts of Vancouver Island, both 

 on the east and west sides of the island. (Macoun.) Queen Charlotte 

 Islands, B.C. (Dawson.) Vancouver city, Burrard Inlet, B.C. (Prof. 

 Fowler.) Island of Kodiak. (Barclay.) North-west coast to Kotzebue 

 Sound. (Hooker, FL) Norton Sound to Point Barrow. (Eothr. Alask.) 

 Greenland. (Lange.) 



Owing to the confusion that seems to exist between this species and 

 E. mollis, I have placed all the notices of the western form under 

 E. arenaria, and the eastern and interior ones under the E. mollis. It 

 is extremely probable that they are both forms of one species. 



(2944.) E. Americanus, Vasey & Scribner. 



E. Sibiricus, Linn. ; Hook., Fl. II., 255 ; Macoun, Cat. No. 2224. 

 All specimens hitherto referred to E. Sibiricus are included by the 

 authors in this species, and the Siberian plant is not considered by 

 them an American form. Maimainse, east coast of Lake Superior; 

 Pine Portage, Nipigon Eiver, Ont. ; Moose Jaw Creek, east end of 

 Cypress Hills, and north-westward to Peace Eiver, at Dunvegan. 

 (Macoun.) Pine Pass, Eocky Mountains, lat. 55. (Dawson.) Eather 

 common in the valleys of the Eocky and Selkirk mountains; very 

 abundant in damp thickets on every part of Vancouver Island. 

 (Macoun.) Vicinity of Victoria, Vancouver Island. (Fletcher.) Fraser 

 Valley, near Yale, B.C. (Bowman.} Sitka. (Eothr. Alask.) Emer- 

 son, and Winnipeg, Man. ; also Vancouver city, Burrard Inlet, B.C. 

 (Prof. Fowler.) 



(2945.) E. CanadensiS, Linn. ; Pursh, PI. I., 89. (Wild Eye.) 



A fine stout grass growing on river banks and dry hillsides through- 

 out Canada. Pictou, N.S. (McKay.) Sussex and Petitcodiac; Eel 

 Eiver, Carleton Co., N.B. (Fowler, Cat.) Vicinity of Ottawa. (Fletcher, 

 Fl. Ott.) Abundant on rocky banks of the Moira and Trent, and their 

 branches in central Ontario. (Macoun.) Vicinity of Hamilton, Ont. 

 (Logie.) London, and Point aux Pins, Lake Erie. (Burgess.) Elk 

 Island, Lake Winnipeg. (J. M. Macoun.) North shore of Lake Superior. 

 (Agassis.) Coteau de Missouri, and Wood-end, Assiniboia. (Burgess.) 

 Souris Plain, Man. (J. M. Macoun.) Brandon, and near Fort Ellice, 

 Man. ; Moose Jaw Creek, Long Lake, and source of Qu'Appelle Eiver, 

 Assiniboia, and westward in the northern prairie to the Eocky Moun- 



