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tains ; on gravelly banks, in the Columbia Valley. {Macoun.) Old 

 Man Eiver, Eocky Mountains ; also "Wood-end, and Tui-tle Mountain, 

 49tli parallel. (Dawson.) Bed Eiver, Man., 1827. (Douglas.') 



Var. glaucifolius, Gray, Man. Ed. V., 639. 

 E. glavc'fulim, Willd. ; Pursh, Fl. I., 89. 



Foliage glaucus and awns longer and more spreading than the type. 

 The difference is more marked in living plants. Niagara Falls ; on 

 rocky banks. (Burgess.) Sand banks, Prince Edward Co., Ont. (Mill- 

 man.) On rocks, Heely Falls, Northumberland Co., Ont. (Macoun.) 

 Vicinity of Hamilton, Ont. (Logie.) Point Edward, Eiver St. Clair, 

 Ont. (J. M. Macoun.) Vicinity of Ottawa. (Fletcher, Fl. Ott.) Sandy 

 shore. Lake of the "Woods. (Dawson.) 



(2946.) E. condensatus, Presl, Eel. Hank. I., 265. 



In saline marshes and swamps, both east and west of the Eocky 

 Mountains. Eibstone Creek, east of Hand Hills, Alberta ; westward 

 from Medicine Hat to Eocky Mountains ; also at Cache Creek, B.C. 

 (Macoun.) Kootanie Pass, Eocky Mountains ; also Similkameen Eiver, 

 B.C. (Dawson.) Ladner's Landing, Lower Eraser, B.C. (Fletcher.) 



(2947.) E. dasystachys, Trin. ; Vasey, Cat. Grasses "U.S. 99, (1885.) 

 Severn Eiver, Keewatin. (J. M. Macoun.) Nelson Eiver, Keewatin. 

 (B. Bdl.) North Fork of Old Man Eiver, Eocky Mountains. (Dawson.) 

 Abundant on hillsides, and in burnt woods from Calgary westward 

 through the Eocky Mountains to the Columbia Valley ; very common 

 in northern British Columbia to McLeod's Lake, lat. 55°. (Macoun.) 

 Lease Eiver, B.C., lat. 59°- (Dawson.) 



(2948.) E. Macounii, Vasey, Cat. Grasses U.S. 99, (1885.) 



Abundant in many parts of the prairie region, extending from 

 Qu'Appelle westward to the Eagle Hills,- and southward to the Hand 

 Hills, where it is particularly common, as well as at Morloy. A fine 

 grass growing chiefly in bunches, 



(2949.) E. mollis, Trin.; Hook., Fl. 11., 255. 



E. arenarius, var. /J. vUloms, E. Slayer, Labrad. 20. 

 Abundant along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Nain, and Ford's 

 Harbor, coast of Labrador ; Cape Prince of Wales, Nottingham Island, 

 and Digge's Island, Hudson Strait. (B. Bell.) Pictou, N.S. (Sommers, 

 Cat.) Cape Foi-teau, near Yarmouth, and Halifax,' N.S. (Macoun & 

 Burgess.) Sand beaches, Kouchibouguac, and at Eestigouche, N.B. 

 (Fowler, Cat.) Ellis Bay, Anticosti. (St. Cyr.) Along the St. Law- 

 rence, at Tamiscouata. (Fringle.) North shore of Lake Superior. 



