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E. callitrix, Cham., Saint Lawrence. 



E. latifolium, L., Including E.polystachyum and E. gracile, Sitka, Norton Sound to Point Bar- 

 row and the Arctic coast. "The silky hair of the cotton grasses is used by the Esquimaux as a 

 substitute for tinder," Seernann. (Not uncommon on the Aleutian Islands. T.) 



(E. capitatum, Host., Rather common at Saint Michael's. T.) 



Rhynchospora alba, Vahl., Sitka. 



Elyna spioata, Schrad., Arctic coast. 



Garex leiocarpa, C. A. Meyer. Sitka, Unalashka. 



G. mieropoda, 0. A. Meyer. Unalashka. 



G. circinata, C. A. Meyer. Sitka, Unalashka. 



C. nigricans, 0. A. Meyer. Sitka, Unalashka. 



C. pauciflora, Lightf., Sitka. 



0. elongata, L., Sitka. 



0. leporina, L., Unalashka. 



C. lagopina, Wahl., Kotzebue Sound. 



G. norvegica, Willd., Sitka, Kotzebue Sound. 



C. canescens, L., Sitka. 



C. stelhdata, Good., Sitka, Unalashka. 



G. remota, L., Sitka. 



G. buxbaumii, Wahl., Sitka, (Saint Michael's. T.) 



C. mertensii, Prescott. Unalashka, Sitka. 



C. atrata, L., Kotzebue Sound. 



C. gmelini, Hook., Sitka, Unalashka, Kotzebue Sound. 



G. livida, Wahl., Sitka. 



G. capillaris, L., Unalashka. 



G. rariflora, Smith. Unalashka, Schischmareff Bay. 



G. rotundata, Wahl., Kotzebue Sound. 



0. macrochwta, C. A. Meyer. Unalashka, Sitka. 



C. melanocarpa, Cham., Saint Lawrence. 



0. stylosa, 0. A. Meyer. Sitka, Unalashka. 



C. Umosa, L., Sitka. 



G. saxatilis, Wahl., Kotzebue and Norton Sounds. 



C. ccespitosa, L., Sitka, Kotzebue Sound. 



G. stricta, Good., Kotzebue Sound. 



C. aquatilis, Wahl., Unalashka, Kotzebue Sound. 



G. cryptocarpa, C. A. Meyer. Sitka, Kotzebue Sound. (All the Aleutian Islands. T.) 



C. acuta, L., Sitka. 



G. vesicaria, L., Sitka, Kotzebue Sound. 



G.fuliginosa, Sternb., Kotzebue and Norton Sounds. In a foot-note Dr. Rothrock states 

 that he had not access to Boott's great work on Carex, and has followed Ledebour as the latest 

 available authority. Most likely some modifications of this list will yet be needed. 



GRAMINEiE. 



Hordeum pratense, L., Sitka, Unalashka. 



H. jubatum, L., Fort Yukon, Saint Michael's. 



Elymus sibiricus, L., Sitka. 



E. arenarius, L., Norton Sound to Point Barrow. 



E. mollis, Trin., Sitka, Norton and Kotzebue Sounds. (Abundant throughout the Aleutian 

 Islands. Grows to a height of five feet in favorable situations. The grains have a tendency to 

 produce ergot. It is rare to find a head without one or more diseased grains of often an inch in 

 length. T.) 



Triticum repens, L., Kotzebue Sound. 



Festuca ovina, L., Kotzebue Sound. 



