THE GRAMINEE, CYPERACEE AND JUNCACEE OF MONTREAL ISLAND. By HAROLD B. CUSHING, B. A., and ROBERT CAMPBELL, M. A., D.D. The following list, prepared jointly by Mr. Harold B. Cushing, B.A., and Rev. Robert Campbell, M.A., D.D., of Montreal, was communicated to the Natural History Society of Montreal on the evening of January, the 31st, 1898, by Dr. Campbell. It is the first time that a serious effort has been made to collect the local species of these three important families. The collections being continued over a period of four years, the list may be regarded as tolerably complete. The number of grasses-species and varieties-is 85, of which only 18 have been previously reported. The Cyperaceae number 89-species and varieties and of these only 10 have been previously reported. The Juncace number 14, and none of these have been hitherto reported. In all there are 179 species and 9 varieties given in this paper, of which only 28 have been previously credited to the Island of Montreal. It may surprise some of those under whose eye this catalogue may fall, that in an island only twenty-eight miles long and nine miles wide, so many species of grasses, carices and reeds should be found. In fact, we have in the Counties of Hochelaga and Jacques Cartier an epitome of the flora of all the Eastern Provinces. The reason, doubtless, is that the insular situation of these counties, and especially their geological character-being the combined Provinces of Ontario and Quebec in miniature -peculiarly fit them, owing to the occurrence of mountains, rivers, marshes, swamps and woods close together, for affording a suitable habitat to the plants in question. The nomenclature followed is that given in Britton & Brown's Flora of the United States and Canada. They have embodied in the main the determinations of the Torrey Club, now regarded as the most eminent authority on the Flora of Eastern America. The Graminea of their publication were elaborated by Geo. V. Nash; the Juncacea, by F. V. Coville, while Prof. Bailey's conclusions were generally adopted in regard to the Carices. Wherever there has been a departure from the nomenclature of Gray's" Manual," 6th edition, the latter is placed within brackets. GRAMINEE JUSS. SYNTHERISMA WATT. 1. SYNTHERISMA SANGUINALIS (L.) Nash. (Panicum sanguinale.)-Yards and roadsides. Rare. PANICUM L. 1. PANICUM CRUS-GALLI L-Very common in yards and waste places. July and August. 2. PANICUM PORTERIANUM Nash. (P. latifolium.)— Mount Royal Park and Cemetery. June. 3. PANICUM CLANDESTINUM L.-Bagg's Woods. July, 1896. 4. PANICUM XANTHOPHYSUM A. Gray.-Mount Royal Park. June. 5. PANICUM Park. July. SCRIBNERIANUM Nash.- Mount Royal 6. PANICUM DICHOTOMUM L.-Mount Royal Cemetery. Reported by Dr. Holmes as P. nitidum. 7. PANICUM DEPAUPERATUM Muhl.-Top of Mount Royal. 1894. 8. PANICUM MILIACEUM L.-Cote St. Paul. July 17, 1897. 9. PANICUM CAPILLARE L.-Common in yards, roadsides, lanes. August. IXOPHORUS SCHLECHT (Setaria.) 1. IXOPHORUS VERTICILLATUS (L.) Nash. (Setaria ver ticillatus.)-Common. Reported by Holmes and Fletcher. 2. IXOPHORUS VIRIDIS (L.) Nash. Common. Reported by Holmes. (Setaria viridis.) 3. IXOPHORUS GLAUCUS (L.) Nash. (Setaria glauca.)— Common everywhere. July and August. 4. IXOPHORUS ITALICUS (L.) Nash. (Setaria Italica.) Cote St. Antoine. 1896. ZIZANIA L. 1. ZIZANIA AQUATICA L.-Mouth of St. Pierre River. August, 1895. HOMALOCENCHRUS MIEG (Leersia.) 1. HOMACLOCENCHRUS ORYZOIDES (L.) Poll. (Leersia oryzoides.) St. Pierre River. August. Reported by Holmes. PHALARIS L. 1. PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA L.-Mouth of St. Pierre River. June and July. 2. PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA PICTA L.-Cote St. Paul. August. 3. PHALARIS CANARIENSIS L.-Cote St. Antoine and city lanes. August. SAVASTANA SCHRANK. 1. SAVASTANA ODORATA (L) Scribn.-Savanne. June, 1897. STIPA L. 1. STIPA MACOUNII Scribn. (S. Richardsonii.) Mount Royal Park, near riding course. August. ORYZOPSIS MICHX. 1. ORYZOPSIS JUNCEA (Michx) B. S. P.-Mount Royal Park. June, 1896. 2. ORYZOPSIS ASPERIFOLIA Michx.-Cemetery woods and north mountain. May. 3. ORYZOPSIS MELANOCARPA Muhl.-Woods north of riding course. August. MILIUM L. 1. MILIUM EFFUSUM L.-Hill west of Mount Royal Cemetery gate. August. MUHLENBERGIA SCHREB. 1. MUHLENBERGIA MEXICANA (L.) Trin.-Common on Mount Royal. August. 2. MUHLENBERGIA RACEMOSA (Michx) B.S.P.-Savanne, St. Michel. August, 1897. 3. MUHLENBERGIA SYLVATICA Torr. Trembles and Mount Royal Park. August. Pointe-aux 4. MUHLENBERGIA TENUIFLORA (Willd) B. S. P.—Bagg's woods. August. Reported by Holmes as agrostis tenuiflora. BRACHYELYTRUM BEAUV. 1. BRACHYELYTRUM ERECTUM (Schreb) Beauv.-Hochelaga woods. June. Reported by Holmes as B. aristatum. PHLEUM L. 1. PHLEUM PRATENSE L.-Common. June and July. ALOPECURUS L. 1. ALOPECURUS GENICULATUS L.-Swamps on Mount Royal and Annex. July. Reported by Holmes. CINNA L. 1. CINNA LATIFOLIA (Trev.) Griseb. (C. pendula.)— Swamp on Mount Royal. July and August. AGROSTIS L. 1. AGROSTIS ALBA L.-Common. June and July. 2. AGROSTIS ALBA VULGARIS Thurber.-Common. June and July 3. AGROSTIS PERANNENS (Watt) Tuckerm.-Swamp on Mount Royal. August. 4. AGROSTIS HYEMALIS (Watt), B S. P. (A. scabra.)— South mountain. August. CALAMAGROSTIS ADAMS. 1. CALAMAGROSTIS CANADENSIS (Michx) Beauv. (Arundo Canadensis.)-Mount Royal. August. 2. CALAMAGROSTIS LANGSDORFII (Link) Trin. (Arundo Langsdorfii.)-Woods west of riding course. August. 3. CALAMAGROSTIS NEGLECTA (Ehrh.) Gaertn. (Arundo neglecta.)-Hochelaga woods. August. HOLCUS L. 1. HOLCUS LANATUS L.-Montreal Junction. August. Reported by Holmes as Hierochloa borealis. DESCHAMPSIA BEAUV. 1. DESCHAMPSIA FLEXUOSA (L.) Trin.-In Cemeteries and on Mount Royal. June and July. ARRHENATHERUM BEAUV. Between 1. ARRHENATHERUM ELATIUS (L.) Beauv. Pointe-aux-Trembles and Sault au Recollet. June, 1894. DANTHONIA DC. 1. DANTHONIA SPICATA (L.) Beauv.-Abundant top of Mount Royal and Cemeteries. June. SPARTINA SCHREB. 1. SPARTINA CYNOSUROIDES (L.) Willd.-Pointe-auxTrembles. August. Reported by Holmes. EATONIA RAF. 1. EATONIA PENNSYLVANICA (DC.) A. Gray.-Montreal Junction. August. |