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Var. tenue, Vasey, Cat. Grasses D. S. 96, (1885.) 



Triticum xgilopiodes, Turcz. ; Gray, Proced. Acad. Phil., 79 (1363). 

 T. caninum, var. /?., Hook. Fl. II., 255. 



On dry slopes in Bow Eiver valley, near Old Bow Fort, and west- 

 ward mixed with the species. {Macoun.) 



(2932.) A. glaucum, E. & S., var. occidentale, Y. & S. 



Triticum repens, Linn., var. glaucwn, Vasey. 



Very abundant in the prairie region, and westward to the Fraser 

 Eiver. Souris Plain, Man. (J. M. Macoun.) Bank of Souris Eiver, 

 Assiniboia. {Burgess.} Eed Eiver, Man., 1827 {Douglas.') Long 

 Lake, Eed Deer Lakes, and south of Battleford ; rather common from 

 Calgary westward on dry benches through the Eocky Mountains 

 to Hector. (Macoun.) Near Wild Horse Creek, Kootanie Valley, 

 Eocky Mountains. (Dawson.) A form between this species and 

 A. divergens is abundant along the Thompson Eiver, near Lytton, B.C. 

 {Macoun.) ' Very variable, and extending from the Saskatchewan to 

 the, Arctic sea. (HboJeer, Fl.) Kotzebue Sound. {Rothr. Alash.) 



This is one of the finest grasses on the prairie for hay or pasture. 

 It seems to prefer saline and damp soil, and does not grow in bunches 

 but singly. There are numerous forms of this which are generally 

 referred to the next, but which I include here. Sir John Eicliardson 

 seems to have found the species all the way to the Arctic sea. 



(2933.) A. REPENS, Beauv. ; Vasey, Cat. Grasses U. S. 96, (1885.) 

 Triticum repens, Linn. ; Maconn, Cat. No. 2217. 

 We include all our indigenous forms under A. glaucum, and under 

 this place the notices of the introduced plant, which is a vile weed in 

 many parts of the old settlements. Eeported from Newfoundland, 

 Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, and Ontai-io, and even from 

 Vancouver Island, on the Pacific coast. 



(2934.) A. tenerum, Vasey, Coult. Bot. Gaz. X., 259. 



Lake Mistassini, N.E.T. ; and Severn Eiver, Keewatin. {J. M. 

 Macoun.) Speke's Point, Lake Nipigon ; abundant on prairies from 

 Winnipeg westward to the Touchwood Hills, and Edmonton, N. W. T. 

 {Macoun.) Pine Eiver Pass, lat. 55°, Eocky Mountains. (Dawson.) 

 Brandon, and Emerson, Man. (Prof. Fowler.) Eed Eiver, Man., 1827. 

 {Douglas.) Quite common on dry elopes and in meadows westward from 

 Calgary through the Eocky Mountains to the Columbia Valley; a 

 peculiar- form is not uncommon on Vancouver Island, at Goldstream, 

 and Nanaimo. (Macoun.) 



