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732. ACROPYRUM, J. Caertn. (WHEAT-GRASS) 



(2929.) A. caninum, Eeich. Icon. PI. Germ. 119. 



Triticum caninum, Schreb. ; Hook., Fl. II., 254 ; Macoun, Cat. No. 2220. 

 Eather rare on gravel banks eastward ; abundant in the northern 

 prairie region. On intervales, Coal Branch, Kent Co., N.B. {Fowler, 

 ' Cat.) Environs of Quebec; rocky bank of Madeline Eiver, Gasp^, Q. 

 {St. Cyr.) Mount Albert, Gasp^, Q. {Porter.) Banks of the Moira, 

 at Belleville; rooky banks, Shannonville, Hastings Co. ; on the Trent, 

 above Trenton, Ont.; woods, Niagara Falls. {Macoun.) Vicinity of 

 Hamilton, Ont. (Logie.) London, Ont. ; and Saugeen, Lake Huron. 

 {Burgess.) Kaministiqua Eiver, west of Lake Superior ; very abun- 

 dant from Winnipeg westward to Edmonton, on the Saskatchewan; 

 common from Calgaiy through the Eocky Mountains to the Columbia 

 Yalley. {Macoun.) Sand Creek, Kootanie Valley, Eocky Mountains ; 

 Njcola, and Kamloops, B.C. {Dawson.) Lake Winnipeg to the Sas- 

 katckewan. {Hooker, Fl.) Emei-son, and Brandon, Man , and Shuswap 

 Lake, B.C. {Frof. Fowler.) 



(2930.) A. dasystachyum, Vasey, Cat. Grasses U. S. 96, (1885.) 



Tritimim dasystachyum, Gray, Man. Ed. V., 638. 



T. repens, var. dasystachyvm, Hook., Fl. II., 254. 

 Sandy shore of Lake Huron, at Saugeen, Ont. {Burgess.) North 

 shore of Lake Superior. {Agassiz.) West coast of Lake Superior ; 

 western Manitoba, Long Lake, Old Wives Lakes, Eiver That Turns, 

 Fort Pitt, and throughout the northern prairie region to Edmonton ; 

 from Calgai-y westward to Castle Mountain, Eocky Mountains. 

 {Macoun.) Souris Plain, Man. (J. M. Macoun.) Echmanish Eiver, 

 Keewatin ; and Nelson Eiver, near York Factory, Hudson Bay. 

 {B. Bell.) 



(2931.) A. divergens, Nees. ; Vasey,'Cat. Grasses U. S. 96, (1885.) 

 Triticum strigosum, Less. ; Macoun, Cat. No. 2221. 

 Bunch grass of British Columbia, and the drier parts of the Eocky 

 Mountains. Common on the dry slopes of the mountains along the 

 Bow Eiver, from Morley westward to Banff; on dry slopes of the 

 Thompson and Fraser rivers, B.C. {Macoun.) Abundant on the higher 

 slopes at Lytton, B.C. {Fletcher.) North Point of Texada Island, 

 Gulf of Georgia, B.C. {Dawson.) An awnless variety is found in 

 great profusion on the gravel ridges at the mouth of the Kicking 

 Horse Eiver, Columbia Valley. 

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