174 FLORA OF MOUNT DESERT. GRAMINEAE. GRASS FAMILY. SPARTINA, Schreb. MARSH GRASS. 699 S. cynosuroides (L.), Willd. Oak T Frequent on salt marshes. Also Beech Hill (Rand);— where seed was doubtless introduced in seaweed used for field dressing. Caed. B.RD. Bie. in partem K.Rdk.S. 700 S. juncea (Mx.), Willd. SALT RUSH GRASS. Salt marshes and sea beaches; common. SP. Ca. 701 S. stricta (Ait.), Roth, var. glabra (Muhl.), Gray. SALT MARSH GRASS. Common on muddy shores along the coast, and in salt marshes. Also Cranberry Isles. A form intermediate between this and the next variety, Little Cranberry Isle (Redfield). SP? 702 Var. alterniflora (Loisel.), Gray. Rare. Head of Somes Sound (Redfield);—Norwood Cove B.Rdk. (M. L. Fernald). Caed+D. Oak S. SP. PANICUM, L. PANIC GRASS. 703 P. capillare, L. Uncommon. Shore, Ripples Pond; field on Great Pond road, Southwest Harbor (Rand). Perhaps introduced on the island. Caed. 704 P. commutatum, Schultes. Rare. Field, Northwest Cove (Rand). “Although this plant differs much from southern specimens of P. commutatum, it is hard to place it elsewhere than in this species.” F. Lamson-Scribner. 705 P. nitidum, Lam. East Peak, Western Mt.; Southwest Harbor (Rand). Forma densiflorum. 706 An unusual form having panicles somewhat densely many-flowered. Shore of Ripples Pond (Rand).