﻿T. 
  Holm 
  — 
  Studies 
  in 
  the 
  Cyperacece. 
  195 
  

  

  Art. 
  XV. 
  — 
  Studies 
  in 
  the 
  Cyperacece; 
  by 
  Theo. 
  Holm. 
  

   XXVIII. 
  Notes 
  on 
  Gar 
  ex 
  Franklinii 
  Boott, 
  and 
  C. 
  

   spectabilis 
  Dew. 
  (With 
  15 
  figures 
  drawn 
  from 
  nature 
  

   by 
  the 
  author. 
  ) 
  

  

  Car 
  ex 
  Franklinii 
  Boott. 
  

  

  This 
  beautiful 
  species, 
  named 
  in 
  honor 
  of 
  Sir 
  John 
  

   Franklin, 
  was 
  first 
  found 
  by 
  Drummond 
  in 
  the 
  Rocky 
  

   Mountains, 
  about 
  lat. 
  59°, 
  but 
  since* 
  then, 
  it 
  has 
  never 
  

   been 
  collected. 
  It 
  was, 
  therefore, 
  a 
  great 
  surprise 
  when 
  

   Mr. 
  James 
  M. 
  Macoun 
  wrote 
  us 
  about 
  a 
  year 
  ago, 
  that 
  

   he 
  had 
  rediscovered 
  the 
  plant 
  in 
  Alberta, 
  and 
  evidently 
  

   near 
  the 
  place 
  where 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  by 
  Drummond. 
  — 
  The 
  

   species 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  abundance, 
  and 
  through 
  the 
  kind- 
  

   ness 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Macoun 
  we 
  have 
  been 
  in 
  the 
  position 
  to 
  exam- 
  

   ine 
  quite 
  a 
  large 
  material, 
  upon 
  which 
  the 
  following 
  

   notes 
  have 
  been 
  drawn. 
  With 
  respect 
  to 
  the 
  habitat 
  

   Mr. 
  Macoun 
  writes, 
  that 
  he 
  found 
  the 
  species: 
  "at 
  four 
  

   stations 
  along 
  the 
  Athabaska 
  River 
  at 
  extreme 
  distances 
  

   of 
  twenty 
  miles 
  apart, 
  and 
  in 
  each 
  case 
  the 
  habitat 
  was 
  

   the 
  same. 
  Here 
  and 
  there 
  along 
  the 
  Athabaska 
  River 
  

   there 
  are 
  low, 
  boggy 
  areas 
  bordering 
  the 
  river 
  itself. 
  

   These 
  bogs 
  are 
  caused 
  by 
  seepage 
  from 
  the 
  true 
  bank 
  

   of 
  the 
  river 
  or 
  by 
  springs, 
  and 
  are 
  characteristic 
  of 
  all 
  

   mountain 
  streams. 
  There 
  is 
  generally 
  a 
  considerable 
  

   trace 
  of 
  alkali 
  in 
  the 
  soil, 
  as 
  is 
  indicated 
  by 
  the 
  occur- 
  

   rence 
  of 
  Ranunculus 
  Cymbalaria, 
  Triglochin, 
  Puccinel- 
  

   lia, 
  Dodecatheon, 
  etc. 
  Between 
  these 
  bogs, 
  which 
  are 
  

   often 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  yards 
  in 
  width, 
  and 
  the 
  river 
  there 
  is 
  

   always 
  a 
  narrow 
  strip 
  of 
  higher 
  ground 
  formed 
  of 
  Allu- 
  

   vium, 
  which 
  although 
  submerged 
  at 
  high 
  water 
  is 
  gen- 
  

   erally 
  a 
  few 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  river 
  bed. 
  It 
  was 
  always 
  on 
  

   this 
  narrow 
  strip 
  that 
  Carex 
  Franklinii 
  was 
  found, 
  and 
  

   of 
  the 
  hundred 
  or 
  more 
  specimens 
  collected 
  all 
  but 
  two 
  

   or 
  three 
  were 
  on 
  the 
  river 
  edge 
  of 
  this 
  bank 
  associated 
  

   with 
  the 
  usual 
  plants 
  of 
  such 
  localities. 
  During 
  parts 
  of 
  

   two 
  seasons 
  spent 
  in 
  Jasper 
  Park 
  a 
  constant 
  lookout 
  

   was 
  kept 
  for 
  this 
  species, 
  which 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  collected 
  

   since 
  Drummond 
  's 
  time, 
  but 
  it 
  was 
  seen 
  nowhere 
  else 
  

   but 
  in 
  the 
  localities 
  indicated. 
  As 
  the 
  old 
  "Athabaska 
  

   Trail" 
  in 
  many 
  places 
  follows 
  the 
  narrow 
  strip 
  referred 
  

   to 
  above 
  and 
  this 
  was 
  the 
  trail 
  followed 
  by 
  Drummond, 
  

  

  