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Spartina polystachya Willd. Sleughs near Carberry, Brandon, &e. 
A tall and remarkably stout and stiff species, known as « Bone 
pain 
romus pei Gray. Common in sleughs round Carberry at 
the aa of Au 
Hierochloa eet R. & 8. Near Portage-la-Prairie. Not seen 
near ari This is the “‘ Scented Grass’ of which the Indian 
squaws make fancy-work. 
Andropogon furcatus Muhl. Common in sleughs, August. 
Equisetum sylvaticum L. Common, in August, in a moist bluff 
near Carberry. Not seen elsewhere 
Botrychium ternatum Sw., var. lunarioides Willd. On the prairie 
round bmtotrl rry at the end of August and early in September. 
The entire absence from the prairie region (so far as I sa w) of all 
the Flies, except this, is very aiboualie. There are many species 
n th forest region round the Lake of the Woods. 
Tyesponhie complanatum L. Port Arthur, Lake Superior. 
Selaginella rupestris L, Sand-hills. Scarce, July. 
Philonotis fontana Brid. Sank of the Assiniboine at Souris- 
mouth. Abundant on August 10th. 
THE PERMANENCY OF SPECIFIC NAMES. 
By Epwarp Lee Greene. 
whole subject of the fixity of scientific names is now 
receiving something of that attention which it ought to have 
commanded at na — ye Sie oe All who 7 — 
engaged in any kin work invo. occasion: 
generic status of species are naturally, at this juncture, interested 
in everything said or done by others bearing on this topic. 
The author of the prospective new Index of the names of plants 
has lately given the sealers of this Journal an instructive article 
