. Bulletin. 1901-13. Agriculture; Agriculture. 54 NORTH AMERTOAN RPEOTES OF AORORTTR. Noiiii'tiiiies W inni. w itlo, fv-1(» (in. I cm. loiit*; tho luwtT l>raiuli*'s wIioiUmI mikI s|n»'ii«liii^, u|»|»«'i' Jisrt'iidiii;^ or coiitrai-ttMl, Kli^litly 8cal) «»r nearly suuM>tli. Knii»ty KlniiJ; usually purple, eeyoml the si)ikelet, attache<l about the middle of the hack ; in some forms the awn Ik shorter or even obsolete; palet none or minute. (IM. XXXIV, tig. 1, and IM. XXXV. fig. 2.) : Alaska to Labrador, and the mountains of New York and New Kngland ; also mountains of


. Bulletin. 1901-13. Agriculture; Agriculture. 54 NORTH AMERTOAN RPEOTES OF AORORTTR. Noiiii'tiiiies W inni. w itlo, fv-1(» (in. I cm. loiit*; tho luwtT l>raiuli*'s wIioiUmI mikI s|n»'ii«liii^, u|»|»«'i' Jisrt'iidiii;^ or coiitrai-ttMl, Kli^litly 8cal) «»r nearly suuM>tli. Knii»ty KlniiJ; usually purple, eeyoml the si)ikelet, attache<l about the middle of the hack ; in some forms the awn Ik shorter or even obsolete; palet none or minute. (IM. XXXIV, tig. 1, and IM. XXXV. fig. 2.) : Alaska to Labrador, and the mountains of New York and New Kngland ; also mountains of .North Carolhia. : I'lialaska, MrrtcHx in 1829, Piper 4(518; Kadiak, riper 4«;i7; Sitka, Wrif/ht 1584; Nome City, Flftt 12; Hattle Har- bor, Wdffhontc in 1891 ; (Iraml Lake, Wdf/lutrnc 10. : Mount Hlgelow, Fcnuild and Strong 487; Mount Katahdin, Itri•('!/, CJiickcriu!/. A dwarf form which I have referred here is represented by : Labraix)r, Allen 22 (IM. XXXIV, tig. 2). Waf/hnnir; Newfound- land, WafiJiornc. Two .specimens collected at Cartwright. I^abra- dor. by Wa(/hornv (lU. .S8) are doubtful. They differ from .1. borcalis in the leafy stem and short straight awn. and from .1. niclaleuca in the tufted habit. .1. borealifi differs from the dwarf form of .1. hienialiii (jeniinata in the less scabrous branches of the 27. A. longiligula sp. nov. Fig. 2.—Agrostis paludosa Scribn.: a, empty glumes: b, flowering glume, showing a small palet and three stamens. Culms erect, tall, 70 cm in height. Leaves sev- eral ; blades 10-15 cm. long, 3—4 mm. wide, sca- brous; ligule elongated and decurrent, 5-G mm. long. I'anlcle bronze-purple, 10-18 cm. long, rather tiowered; branches very scabrous. Empty glumes acute, sca- brous on the keel and minutely hisi)idulous on the back, lower nearly 4 mm. long, upper about mnu ; flowering glume about mm. long, the upper por- tions of the nerves minutely scabrous, awned; awn rising from the middl


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