Graminece, Gyperacem, Juncacece of Montreal Island. 11 



The Gramine^, Cyperace^ and Juncace^ of 

 Montreal Island. 



By Harold B. CrsHiNG, B.A., and Robert Campbell, M.A., D.D. 



The following list, prepared jointly by Mr. Harold B. 

 Gushing, B.A., and Rev. Eobert Campbell, M.A., D.D., of 

 Montreal, was communicated to the Natural History 

 Society of Montreal on the evening of January, the 31st, 

 1898, by Dr. Campbell. It is the first time that a serious 

 effort has been made to collect the local species of these 

 three important families. The collections being continued 

 over a period of four years, the list may be regarded as 

 tolerably complete. The number of grasses — species and 

 varieties — is 85, of which only 18 have been previously 

 reported. The Cyperacete number 89 — species and varie- 

 ties — and of these only 10 have been previously reported. 

 The Juncacepe number 14, and none of these have been 

 hitherto reported. In all there are 179 species and 9 

 varieties given in this paper, of which only 28 have been 

 previously credited to the Island of Montreal. It may 

 surprise some of those under whose eye this catalogue 

 may fall, that in an island only twenty-eight miles long 

 and nine miles wide, so many species of grasses, carices 

 and reeds should be found. In fact, we have in the 

 Counties of Hochelaga and Jacques Car tier an epitome of 

 the Hora of all the Eastern Provinces. The reason, 

 doubtless, is that the insular situation of these counties, 

 and especially their geological character — being the 

 combined Provinces of Ontario and Quebec in miniature 

 — peculiarly fit them, owing to the occurrence of moun- 

 tains, rivers, marshes, swamps and woods close together, 

 for affording a suitable habitat to the plants in question. 



The nomenclature followed is that given in Britton & 

 Brown's Flora of the United States and Canada. They 

 have embodied in the main the determinations of the 



