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C. straminea, Willd. 2 The latter found at Lake Winnipeg, and 
and its var. minor, D. § both at Cumberland House. 
C. cristata, Schw. Lake Winnipeg and Cumberland House. 
They are chiefly of the smaller varieties, found with the larger over 
the northern States. 
C. scirpoides, Schk. Lake Winnipeg, Rocky Mts. and Norway 
House. Fine and large as in this latitude. 
C. curta, Gooden. Rocky Mts. ‘This is the variety with smal- 
ler and less silvery-like spikelets, tall as in the northern States. 
C. festucacea, Schk. Cumberland House. 
C. tenera, Dewey. Lake Winipeg. This is just like those found 
here. 
*C. tenuiflora, Wahl. Canada and Cumberland House. An old 
European species found in Lapland, now found in northern America. 
C. siccata, Dewey. Columbia River and Cumberland House. 
C. aurea, Nuttall. Carlton House, Cumberland House, Rocky 
Mts. and Lake Winnipeg. A great many specimens, some large, and 
some only an inch or two high, but very well characterized. 
C. concolor, R. Br. Norway House and Lake Winnipeg. Fine 
and several specimens of this new species of R. Brown. 
C. mutica, R. Br. Near Fort Franklin on M’Kenzies’ River. 
Only a specimen or two of this species. 
C. savatilis, L. Bear Lake and sea coast in the Arctic Regions. 
This species of which I have not before seen any specimens from our 
continent, is well characterized and described. 
C. compacta, R. Br. Rocky Mts. and Fort Franklin on M’Ken- 
zies River. ‘This much resembles the preceding, but is considerably 
unlike italso. Vol. XXVII, p. 237, Tab. V, fig. 63. 
C. acuta, L. Columbia River. var. sparsiflora, D. Fort Hope. 
C. cespitosa, L. Rocky Mts. Just like ours. 
C. aquatilis, Wahl. Bear Lake. Large and fine. 
C. crinita, Lam. Norway House and Hudson’s Bay. Dice as 
often found here. 
C. Carltonia, Dewey in Vol. XX VII, p. 238, Tab. V, fig. 64. 
C. arctica, Dewey. ee if eos he NOG. 
C. affinis, R.Br. Carlton House, Fine. 
C. attenuata, R. Br. Do. Distinct species. 
C. ovata, Rudge. Rocky Mts. This species is sixteen to twenty 
four inches high, with large ovate, pendulous spikes, staminate above. 
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