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CATALOGUE OF PLANTS.
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PHLEUM, L. CAT'S-TAIL GRASS.
P. PRATENSE, L. TIMOTHY.
722 Common in fields and meadows. Naturalized from Europe. C.B.Q.S,
XC BR SR Rice D OAK 9C T
ALOPECURUS, L. FOX-TAIL GRASS.
A. PRATENSIS, L. MEADOW FOX-TAIL.
723 Fields and by roadsides; infrequent. Seal Harbor (Redfield); C.S,
— Southwest Harbor; Bar Harbor; Hulls Cove; Somesville
(Rand). Naturalized from Europe.
SPOROBOLUS, R. BR. DROP-SEED GRASS.
724 S. serotinus (Torr.), Gray. MIST GRASS. C,
Meadows and low ground; frequent.
AGROSTIS, L. BENT GRASS.
A. ALBA, L. WHITE BENT GRASS. HERD'S GRASS. OAK A CAL XC BR
725 Meadows and fields; common. Naturalized from Europe B.S,
through cultivation. Tace. D. T.
726 Var. SYLVATICA (L.), Scribner.
A viviparous form of the species. Beech Hill; Somes Stream B BR
(Rand).
727 Var. COARCTATA (Hoffm.), Scribner.
Panicle dense; branches short, flower-bearing to the base;
plant not stoloniferous. In wet ground; frequent. Baker
XC 40
Island (Redfield);— High Head; bog, Kings Point, Southwest
Harbor (Rand);— head of Somes Sound (Greenleaf). Doubt-
less indigenous.
728 Var. STOLONIFERA (L.), Vasey.
Panicle dense, but the spikelets less crowded than in var.
C B C S
coarctata, narrow, often linear; plant stoloniferous. On beaches
CAL 4C
by the shore, and elsewhere. Hunters Beach; High Head
t
(Rand);— Little Cranberry Isle; Little Harbor (Redfield).
Doubtless indigenous.
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