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(2475.) H. pauciflora, Link.; Hook., Fl. H., 229. 



Sdrpus pauciflora, Lightf. ; Gray, Man. Ed. V. 560 ; Macoun, Cat. No. 1930. 

 S. Bxothryon, Ehrh. ; Hook., Fl. II., 229. 



Not un common but easily overlooked ; from the Atlantic westward 

 to the Eocky Mountains. Salt Lake, Anticosti ; Grand Etang and 

 ■other places along the Gaspd coast, Q. ; in wet sand at Presqu'ile 

 Point, Wellington Beach, and Toronto Island, Lake Ontario. (^Macoun.) 

 Toronto, Ont. (^Burgess.') East coast of Lake Nipigon ; marshes at the 

 base of Porcupine Mountain, Man. ; in springs, Cypress Hills, Alberta ; 

 abundant on sand along Bow Eiver, from Morley westward, and at 

 Kicking Horse Lake, in the Eocky Mountains. (Macoun.) Muddy 

 swamps and salt marshes in the Eocky Mountains. (Hooker, Fl.) 



666. SCIRPUS, Linn. Gen. 67. (CLUB-RUSH.) 



(2476.) S. caespitosus, Linn. ; Torr. Gyp., 319. 

 Eleocharis csespitosa. Link. ; Hook., Fl. II., 229. 

 Chiefly boreal and alpine in habit, but extending across the continent. 

 Peat bog, Sydney Mine, Cape Breton. (Macoun & Burgess.) Eichibucto 

 and Lily Lake, ^.B. {Fowler, Gat.) Peat bog, Salt Lake, Anticosti, 

 (Macoun.) Summit of Mount Albert, Gasp^, Q. (Macoun. Porter.) Har- 

 bor Island, Mingan, Q. (St. Gyr.) Marsh at Chicken Bay, Lake Huron ; 

 abundant at Current River and north-east coast of Lake Superior ; east 

 coast of Lake Nipigon, Ont. (Macoun.) North shore of Lake Superior. 

 (Agassiz.) York Factory, Hudson Bay; Ford's Harbor, coast of Labra- 

 dor. (B. Bell.) Bogs along the base of the Porcupine Mountain, Man. ; 

 on boggy soil, from Morley westward through the Eocky and Selkirk 

 Mountains; on the summit of Mount Arrowsmith, alt. 4,800 feet, Van- 

 couver Island. (Macoun.) Throiighout Canada to near the shores of 

 tiie Arctic sea, and in swamps of the Eocky Mountains. (Hooker, FL) 

 Ounalashka, and Sitka. (Bothr. Alask.) Greenland. (Lange.) 



(2477.) S. subterminalis, Torr.; Hook., PI. II., 229. 



Floating and growing in mud at the bottom of shallow lakes. Petit- 

 codiac, and Quaco, N.B. (Fowler, Gat.) St. Clair Flats, St. Clair Eiver, 

 Ont. (J. M. Macoun.) In water, Blackstone Lake, Muskoka Co., 

 Ont. (Burgess.) Oba Lake, Ont. (B. Bell.) Gull Lake, Addington Co., 

 and in Gull Eiver, Victoria Co. ; White Eiver, north of Lake Superior ; 

 and in a small lake on Mount Mark, Vancouver Island, alt. 2,500 feet. 

 (Macoun.) Deep standing pools in the Eocky Mountains, near the 

 head waters of the Columbia. (Hooker, Fl.) 



