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which may be good species, but we have not material enough od 

 hand to come to any decision. This genus is well represented in 

 Canada, and the fact that such species as P. ccesia, pratensis, serotina, 

 and tenuiflora, are found throughout the north, shows clearly that 

 Canada wherever denuded of forest is the land of butter, cheese and 

 beef, for future generations. 



724. CRAPHEPHORUM, Desv. (1810.) 



(28'76.) C. melicoides, Beauv. ; Gray, Man. Ed. V., 625. 



Dupontia Cooleyi, Gray, Man. Ed. II., (1856.) 



Petitcodiac, and Titusville, N.B. (Fowler, Cat.) Simonds, Carleton 

 Co., N.B. {Brittain.) Mount Albert, Gaspe, Q. {Porter.) Abundant 

 along the coast of Anticosti, at Eivi^re de Brig ; five miles up the 

 Madeline Eiver, Gasp^ coast, Q ; on the bank of the Trent, half-way 

 between Meyersburg and Campbellford, Northumberland Co., Ont. ;. 

 shore of Eed Bay, Lake Huron ; very abundant at the Pic Eiver, Lake 

 Superior. (Macoun.') 



(28'7'7.) C. Wolfii, Vasey, Cat. Grasses U. S. 55, (1885.) 



"Head of the Mountain," west end of Cypress Hills, Alberta. 

 (^Macoun.) 



725. DUPONTIA, R. Br. 



(28'78.) D. FiSCheri, E. Br.; Hook., PI. IL, 242. 



Arctic sea-coast and islands. (^Hooker, Fl.) Cape Prince of Wales,, 

 and Nottingham Island, Hudson Strait. {R. Bell.) Port Kennedy, 

 west coast of Baffin's Bay. (JDr. Walker.) Point Barrow. (John 

 Murdoch.) Between Eepulse Bay and Cape Lady Pelly. {Br. Bae.) 



(28'r9.) D. psilosantha, Eupt. ; Symb. PI. Boss. 64. 



Kotzebue Sound. {Rothr. Alask.) Arctic coast to Hudson Bay. 

 ( Vasey.) Greenland. {Lange.) 



