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{Agassiz.) On sand at the mouth of Current EivBr, and along the 

 north-east coast of Lake- Superior; east coast of Lake Nipigon. 

 (Macoun.) Along James Bay. and north to York Factory, Hudson 

 Bay. (J. M. Macoun.) Between Port Churchill and Eepulse Bay. 

 {Dr. Bae.) Saskatchewan to Bear Lake, and the Arctic shores. 

 {Hooker, Fl.) Greenland. {Lange.) 



(2950.) C. Striatus, Willd. ; Pursh, Fl. L, 89. 



E. villosus, Muhl. ; Pursh, Fl., I., 89 ; Hook., Fl. II., 256. 

 We have never seen Canadian specimens of this species. Niagara 

 Falls, and London, Ont. {Burgess.) Vicinity of Hamilton, Ont. 

 (Logie.) Canada. {Goldie, in Hooker, Fl.) 



(295].) E. VJrginicus, Linn.; Michx., Fl. I., 65; Pursh, Fl. I., 89; 

 Hook., Fl. II., 255. 

 Abundant in the alluvium of river flats. Quite common at Whyco- 

 comagh. Cape Breton, and Truro, N.S. {Macoun & Burgess.) On 

 intervales at Hampton, and Coal Branch, N.B. {Fowler, Cat.) Ellis 

 Bay, Anticosti; St. Fo3'e Eoad, Q. (St. Gyr.) Vicinity of Ottawa. 

 {Fletcher, Fl. Ott.) Kemptville, Ont. (Porter.) Low ground along 

 brooks and large streams throughout central Ontario, west to Owen 

 Sound, and north-westerly to the west side of Lake Superior, {Macoun.) 

 Vicinity of Hamilton, Ont. {Logic.) London, Ont. ; in the river flat ; 

 Emerson, Man. {Burgess.) Eosseau Eiver, Man. {Dawson.) 



Var. /?. submuticus, Hook., Fl. IL, 255. 



Along the Nation Eiver, at Casselman, near Ottawa. {Fletcher, Fl. 

 Ott.) Cumberland House, on the Saskatchewan ; common east of the 

 Eoeky Mountains. {Hooker, Fl.) Not uncommon along the Assini- 

 boine and Qu'Appelle rivers, Man. {Macoun.) Easily distinguished 

 from the species by the short awn. 



(2952.) E. VancouverensiS, Vasey,Bull.Torr.Bot. Club, XV.,48. 



Abundant, growing in sand close to the sea; on Mr. Fuller's farm. 



Oak Bay, near Victoria, Vancouver Island. Extensively creeping in 



the sand, by running root-stocks. Collected June 30th, ISBY. (Macoun.) 



(2953.) E. Columbiana, (120.) 



Abundant, growing in tufts on gravel close to the sea, at Qualicum, 

 Vancouver Island. {Macoun.) Texada Island, Gulf of Georgia, B.C. 

 {Dawson.) A very interesting grass with the general appearance of 

 A. tenerum. 



