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not describe them. But in the main the botanist has to 

 fall back upon the descriptions of Nuttall, Douglas, 

 Eobert Brown, Richardson and Drummond, and as these 

 authorities are not easy of access, many specimens have to 

 be set aside when one is on the field for further study. 

 Thus there is accumulated material for delightful future 

 investigation, in prosecuting which months afterwards, it 

 may be, the joys of the excursion are gone over again. 



It was in the month of June, 1897, that the plants 

 classified below were mainly collected. Some of them 

 were obtained earlier and later, and sent by friends — a 

 few from California, although they also belong to tlie 

 mountain and coast ranges within Canadian territory. 

 Altogether this western collection, now deposited in the 

 Cabinet of the Natural History Museum, embraces about 

 300 species, any of which are seldom met with in the 

 neighborhood of Montreal. 



GRAMINE^. 



ANDROPOGON L. Sp. 



Andkopogon Scopaeius Michx. — Broom Beardgrass. — 

 Broadview. June. 



ANTHOXANTHUM L. Sp. 



Anthoxanthum odoratum L. — Sicect Vernal Grass. — 

 Laggan. June. 



SAA^ASTANA Schrank. 



Savastana alpina (S.W.) Scribxer. — Alpine Holygrass. 

 — Banft'. June. 



STIPA L. Sp. 



Stipa comata Trin. axd Rupr. — Western Stipa. — 

 Kamloops. June. 



Stipa Spartea Trix. — Porcupine Grass. — Wolseley. 

 June. 



