470 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY. 
ascending spikelets 3 to 7 mm. long, approximate: the linear-lanceolate 
perigynia plump at base, about 1 mm. wide. — C. scoparia, var. minor, 
Boott, Ill. iii. 116, t. 369; Gray, Man. ed. 5, 579; Bailey in Gray, 
Man. ed. 6, 621; Howe, |. c. 43.— Dry or rocky soil, or open woods. 
NEWFOUNDLAND, Whitbourne, Aug. 15, 1894 (Robinson's Schrenk, no. 
94): Prince Epwarp Isianp, Tignish, July 20, 1888 (7. Macoun, Herb. 
Geol. Surv. Can. no. 30,382): New Brunswick, Nepisiquit Lakes, July, 
1884 (J. Brittain, Herb. Geol. Surv. Canada, no. 30,377): QuEBEC, 
Riviere du Loup, Aug. 2, 1896, Lake Edward, Aug. 21, 1896, Tadou- 
sac, Aug. 26, 1896 (Hzra Brainerd); Roberval, July 27, 1892 (G. G. 
Kennedy): Manrtoza, Lake Winnipeg, July 29, 1884 (John Macoun, 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Can., no. 30,307, in part): Asstnrpora, Cypress 
Hills, June 25, 1894 (J Macoun, Herb. Geol. Surv. Can., no. 7,461) : 
SASKATCHEWAN, Carleton House and Bear Lake (Sir John Richardson) : 
ArtnHaBasca (Sir John Richardson, Herb. Geol. Surv. Can. no. 30, 396) : 
Marne, Van Buren, July 25, 1893 (IZ L. Fernald, no. 163); St. Fran- 
cis, Aug. 7, 1893, Farmington, July 8, 1896 (MM. L. Fernald) ; Beech 
Mt., Mount Desert Island, Aug. 20, 1890, Somesville, July 5, 1891, 
Southwest Harbor, Aug. 1, 1892, Little Cranberry Isle, July 10, 1894, 
Seal Harbor, July 5, 1897 (#. L. Rand); Gilead, Aug., 1897 (Kate 
Furbish): New Hampsuire, Randolph, July 23, 1897 (#. F. Wil- 
liams) ; near Crawfords, July 6, 1878, Mt. Washington, July 29, 1887, 
Franconia, July 6, 1878 (#. § C. E. Faxon); Crawford Notch, 
Aug. 24, 1891, Aug. 13, 1897, and Lebanon, July 22, 1890 (G. G- 
Kennedy): Vermont, Mt. Mansfield, July 24, 1884 (C. W. Swan), 
Sept. 9, 1897 (EZ. Brainerd) ; Willoughby, July 21, 1896 (G. G. Ken- 
nedy) ; Middlebury, July 11, 1896, Ripton, July 19, 1898 (Z. Brain- 
erd); Rutland, July 1, 1899 (W. W. Eggleston): MassacHuseETTs, 
Malden and Revere, June 21, 1879 (H. A. Young); Chelsea, July 19, 
1891 (W. P. Rich): Micuigan, Houghton, Sept. 15, 1871 (7. Gill- 
man) ; Keweenaw Co., Sept., 1888 (O. A. Farwell). 
ar. vigens. — Fig. 14.— Stouter throughout: culms 3 to 6 dm. 
high: leaves 2.5 to 3 mm. broad : spikelets mostly greener, 8 to 11 mm. 
long, densely crowded in a broad-ovoid to globose head. — Thickets and 
damp gravelly soil. New Brunswick, Campbellton, July 20, 1880 (f. 
Chalmers, Herb. Geol. Surv. Can. no. 30,363) : QueBec, Gaspé, Aug. 
1, 1882 (John Macoun) ; Rivitre du Loup, July 20 and Aug. 4, 1896, 
Lake Edward, Aug. 21, 1896 (Ezra Brainerd) : ONTARIO, Eastmans 
Springs, Sept. 16, 1892 (J. Macoun, Herb. Geol. Surv. Can. no. 30, 
386); Cache Lake, July 11, 1900 (John Macoun) : SASKATCHEWAN, 
