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Uran, Bear River Cafion, alt. 3,080 m. (S. Watson, nos, 1231° & 1233), 
Alta, Wahsatch Mts., alt. 2,460 m. (AZ. E. Jones, no. 1273): ALasKa, 
Ounalaska (J. MM. Macoun, hb. Geol. Surv. Can., no. 30,514); Sitka 
(Mertens): Atserta, Lake Louise (Z#. Brainerd): British CoLum- 
BIA, Revelstoke (nos. 19 & 30,526), Comox (no. 371), Port Henly 
(no. 20,500), Mt. Mark, Vancouver Isl. (no. 30,515), Beaver Creek, 
Selkirk Mts. (no. 30,519), Dead Man River (no. 30,522), — John 
Macoun, hb. Geol. Surv. Can.; Ilgacho Brook (Dawson, hb. Geol. 
Surv. Can. no. 30,518); Lulu Island, Fraser River Delta (2. B. Dixon): 
WaAsHINGTON, upper valley of the Nesqually (O. D. Allen, no. 163). 
May-Aug. 
Var. SUBLOLIACEA, Laestad. — Figs. 116, 117.— Smaller, the short- 
oblong or subglobose spikelets 4 to 7 mm. long: perigynia smaller, barely 
2mm. long, smooth throughout. — Nov. Act. Soc. Sci. Ups. xi. 282; 
Andersson, Cyp. Scand. 57; Boott, 1. c.; Bailey, Mem. Torr. Cl. i. 663 
Richter, 1, c. 152. C. lapponica, Lange, Linnaea, xxiv. 539. 
canescens in part, of Am. authors. —Laprtanp. In America specimens 
examined from Uneava, Ungava Bay (L, I. Turner): Hupson Bay 
(Sir John Richardson): New Brunswick, South Tobique Lakes (4: 
U. Hay, no. 55); Petitcodiac (J. Brittain, hb. Geol. Surv. Can. no. 
30,510): Nova Scorra, Halifax (J Macouwn): Marne, Orono and 
Southport (M. L. Fernald): New Hampsuire, Mt. Washington (Asa 
Gray, et al.) ; Mt. Monadnock — ledges toward summit (W. P. Rich) : 
Vermont, Willoughby Lake (W. Boott, G. G. Kennedy); summit of 
Mt. Mansfield (£. Brainerd); bog, Wallingford, alt. 675 m. (2 
Brainerd): Massacuuserts, Sharon (W. P. Rich); Washington, 
Berkshire Co. (W. Boott): New Yorx, Fairfield (A. Gray); Pen 
Yan (Sartwell, no. 82); Oriskany Swamp (Kniesken); tamarack 
swamps, Herkimer Co. (J. V. Haberer): Ontario, Ottawa (J. Fletcher, 
hb. Geol. Surv. Can., no. 7408) ; — Co. (J. Macoun): Micut- 
GAN, Flint (D. Clark) Lansing (L. H. Bailey, no. 262); Alma 
(C. A. Davis): Bririsu Covent, Mts. east of Adams Lake 
(Dawson, hb. Geol. Surv. Can., no. 30,520): Wasntneron, Seattle 
V. Piper, no. 1106). 
Var. disjuncta.— Figs. 118 to 120.—Tall and lax, 3 to 8 dm. 
high: spike elongated, flexuous, 0.5 to 1.5 dm. long; the 5 to 8 oblong- 
ovoid to cylindric spikelets 6 to 12 mm. long, all but the terminal remote, 
the lowermost 2 to 4 em. apart: perigynia as in the species, serrulate 
above. — C. canescens of most Am. authors. . canescens, form, Boott, 
Ii. iv. 154, t. 496. The common form in eastern America found in 
