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(2'761,) S. heterolepis, Gray, Man. Ed. V. 610. 

 Vilfa heterolepis. Gray, Ann. Lye. N. York III., 233. 

 Vicinity of Ottawa. {Fletcher, Fl. Ott.) On rocks along the railway 

 at Shannonville, Hastings Co. ; and at Heely Palls, Seymour, Nor- 

 thumberland Co., Oat. ; very common in north-western Manitoba, and 

 along the Beaver, and Touchwood Hills, Assiniboia. (Macoun.') East 

 side of La Cloche Island, Georgian Bay. (B. Bell.') 



(2*762.) S. vagineeflorus, Vasey, Cat. Grasses. U. S. 45, (1885.) 



Vilfa vaginxflora, Torr. ; Gray, Man. Ed. V., 605. 

 Agrostis Virginica, MuM. Gram. 74. 



On dry barren spots near Ottawa. {Fletcher, Fl. Ott.) "Very com- 

 mon in many places around Bellfeville, Ont. ; and on roadsides near 

 Campbellford, ITorthumberland Co., Gnt. (Macoun.) Vicinity of 

 Hamilton, Ont. (Logic.) 



Note. — Dr. Vasey writea of the Vilfa tenacissima. Hook., Fl. II.» 

 239 ; — " This is now considered a variety of Sporobolus Indicus, but I 

 have seen no specimen from so far north as Menzies Island." Believ- 

 ing that it is included in some species we have catalogued, we leavfr 

 it out. 



694. AGROSTIS, Linn. Gen. 80. (BENT-GRASS.) 



(2763.) A. canina, Linn.; Gray, Man. Ed. V., 611. 



A. canina, Linn., var. (?) tenella, Torr. Bot. N. York II., 443. 

 Brigus, Newfoundland. (iZ. Bell.) Molus Elver, Kent Co., N.B. ; 

 in dry barrens. (Fowler, Gat.) Sandy beach, Mingan Eiver, Q. (St. 

 Cyr.) Crevices of rocks. Riviere Ste. Anne des Monts ; and summit of 

 Mount Albert, Gasp^, Q. (Macoun.) Oanalashka, 1885. (Mr. S. 

 Applegate.) 



Var. paleata, Vasey, (MS.) N. Var. 



Abundant in meadows at Cedar Hill, near Victoria, Vancouver 

 Island, 1887. (Macoun.) This is a fine gi-ass and seems to be valuable 

 both as a pasture and meadow grass. A variety of A. canina was 

 gathered at Sitka a few years since by Mr. Meehan, which may he- 

 this form. 



(2164:.) A. exarata, Trin.; Hook., Fl. II., 239. 



A. albicans, Buckl. Proced. Acad. Philad. 91, (1862.) 

 Polypogon alopecuroides, Buckl. 1. c. 88. 

 A very valuable grass in low grounds and meadows on the Pacific 



