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7il. TRIPLASIS, Beauv. 



<2828.) T. purpurea, Chap.; Vasey, Cat. Grasses U.S. 67, (1885.) 

 Vralepis purpurea, Nutt. 

 On the sandy shore of Lake Erie, at Point aux Pins, and Point 

 Pel^e. (^Burgess.) 



712. MUNROA, Torr. Bot. Whipple Exp. 102. 



<2829.) M. squarrosa, Tom; Vasey.Cat. Grasses U.S. 69, (1885.) 

 On alluvium in the valley of Eed Deer Eiver, five miles east of the 

 Hand Hills, Alberta, 1879. (Macoun.) 



713. CYNOSURUS, Linn. Gen. 87. (DOG'S-TAIL GRASS.) 



(2830.) C. CRiSTATUS, Linn. ; Hook. Student's Flora, 488. 



On lawns and in meadows; seldom cultivated. Quebec, near the 

 Parliament buildings. (^St. Cyr.) Vicinity of Montreal. (G. Barnston.) 

 Lawns at Ottawa. {Fletcher, Fl. Ott.) Occasionally met with at 

 London, Ont. (Burgess.) l^ear Victoria, Vancouver Island. {Fletchev.) 

 Cloverdale, near Victoria. [John Tolmie.) 



714. KCELERIA, Pers. Syn. PI. L, 97. 



(2831.) K. cristata, Pers. ; Hook., Fl. II., 249. 



Very abundant in the whole prairie region, and from the confines of the 

 forest to Vancouver Island, and northward to Athabasca Lake. Sandy 

 ground, London, Ont. ; and Emerson, Man. {Burgess. Millman.) Moose 

 Mountain Creek, Assiniboia. {J. M. Macoun.) Brandon, Man. (Prof. 

 Fowler.) Cypress Hills, Eed Deer Lakes, and throughout the whole 

 Saskatchewan country to Peace Eivor ; also from Brandon westward 

 by Calgary through the Eocky Mountains to Castle Mountain. 

 (Macoun.) Emerson to the Eocky Mountains, on the 49th parallel ; 

 North Fork of Old Man Eiver, Eocky Mountains ; also Eliguck Lake, 

 B.C. (Dawson.) Abundant in northern British Columbia to lat. 54° ; 



