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683. HIEROCHLOA, Cmel. (HOLY GRASS.) 



(2126.) H. alpina, Eoem. & Schultz.; Hook., PI. II,, 234. 

 Holcus alpinm, Wahl. Fl. Lapp., 31. 

 On the summits of high mountains and northward. Ford's Harbor, 

 coast of Labrador ; Cape Chudleigh, and Cape Prince of Wales, Hud- 

 son Strait. (B. Bell) Ungava Bay, Labrador. {Barnston.) Pond's 

 Bay, and Lancaster Sound, Baffin's Bay. {Dr. Kennedy.) On the coast 

 of Hudson Bay, between Port Churchill and Cape Lady Pelly. {Dr. 

 Mae.) Moose Pactory, James Bay. {Cottar & Dr. Hay dm.) Port 

 Greorge, James Bay. (J. M. Macoun.) Summit of Mount Albert, Gaspd, 

 Q. {Macoun. Porter.) Mountain at Finlayson Eiver, alt. 4,300 feet, lat. 

 61° 30°, north of British Columbia. {Dawson.) Labrador, and Arctic 

 sea-shores and islands. {Hooker, FL) Ounalashka, Kotzcbue Sound, 

 and Arctic coast. {Bothr. Alask.) Greenland. {Lange.) 



(2727.) H. borealis, Eoem. & Schultz.; Hook., Pi. II., 234. 



Holcus odoratw, Linn. ; Michx., Fl. I., 56. 

 H.fragrans, Pursh, Fl. I., 78. 



Sandy shores, meadows, or prairies ; widely distributed. Newfound- 

 land. {Beeks.) Truro, and Yarmouth, N.S. {Macoun.) On the Mag- 

 dalen Islands, N.S. {J. Bichardson.) Bedford Basin, N.S. {Sommers, 

 Cat.) Coast of Labrador. {McGill Coll. Herb.) Molus Eiver, Eichi- 

 bucto and elsewhere, in Kent Co., N.B. {Fowler, Cat.) Sheldrake 

 Eiver, and Pentecost Eiver, Q. {St. Cyr.) Salt Lake, and Jupiter 

 Eiver, Anticosti. {Macoun.) Summit of Mount Albert, Gasp^, Q. 

 {Porter.) Border of a field near Belleville, Ont. ; extremely abundant 

 all around Lake Superior, and northward up the Nipigon Eiver, to 

 Camp Alexander. {Macoun.) Eiver flat, London, Ont. {Burgess. 

 Millman.) North shore of Lake Superior. {Agassiz.) Point aux Pins, 

 Lake Erie ; Emerson, Man. {Burgess.) Swampy prairie, Eed Eiver, 

 and Pembina Mountain, Man. {Dawson.) Lake Mistassini, and down 

 Eupert Eiver, to James Bay; Beren's Eiver, and Severn River, Kee- 

 watin ; Moose Mountain, Man. {J. M. Macoun.) Oxford House, 

 Keewatin. {B. Bell.) Very common in wet prairies and along rivers 

 and lakes throughout the whole prairie region, and north to Peace 

 Eiver; not uncommon from the meadows at Morley through the 

 Eocky Mountains to the Columbia Yalley; common in northern Bri- 

 tish Columbia to lat. 55°, at Port McLeod. {Macoun.) Telegraph 

 Greek, lat. 58°, B.C. ; Upper Liard Eiver, lat. 60°, B.C. ; Lewes Eiver, 



