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Shannonville, Hastings Co. ; commorii on alluvial soil, near Belleville, 

 and in many places in Hastings Co., Ont. (^Macoun.) Eiver flat, Don 

 Valley, Toronto, On t. (Burgess.) Along the Eed Eiver, at Winnipeg ; 

 common. (Fletcher.) 



718. MELICA, Linn. Gen. 82. 



(2839.) M. acuminata, Bolander, Proced. Calif. Acad. IV., 104 

 FestuxM gubulaia, Bong. Veg. Sitch. 173 ; Hook, Fl. II., 251. 

 Bromus suhulatas, Griseb ; Gray, Proced. Am. Acad. VIII., 410. 



Not uncommon in shady woods at Oak Bay, Gordon Head, and 



Nanaimo, Goldstream, Qualicum, and Alberni, Vancouver Island. 



(Macoun.) Sitka. (Bothr. Alask.) Vicinity of Victoria, Vancouver 

 Island. (Fletcher.) 



(2840.) M. aristata, Thurber; Bolander Proced. Calif Acad. IV., 

 103. 

 Abundant in the valleys of the Selkirk Mountains, especially in 

 Beaver and Bear Creek valleys. (Macoun.) 



(2841.) M. bulbosa, Geyer; Hook. Journ. Bot. VIII., 19. 



M. po^oides, Torr. Pacif. R. Rep. IV. 157. 



Eather common in the Eocky Mountains, ard British Columbia. 

 "Western summit of South Kootanie Pass, Eocky Mountains. (Dawson.) 

 Not rare in northern British Columbia to Fort McLeod, lat. 55°. 

 (Macoun.) 



(2842.) M. Harfordii, Bolander, Proced. Calif Acad. IV., 102. 



Eather rare in rocky ground at Oak Bay, and in oak woods near 

 Cloverdale, Vancouver Island. (Macoun.) 



719. PLEUR0P060N, R. Br. 



(2843.) P. Sabinii, E. Br.; Hook., Fl. II., 249. 



Melville Island. (Sooker, Fl.) Port Kennedy, west coast of 

 Bafln's Bay, lat. 72°. (Dr. Walker.) Greenland. (Lange.) 



