Flora of Mount Desert annotated catalogue of plants
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CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 181 749 G. pallida (Torr.), Trin. XC+ A narrow-leaved form in bog at northern foot of Beech Hill B.S. (Rand). 750 G. grandis, S. Watson. G. aquatica (L.), Sm. C.B.S. Cult. Somes Stream, Somesville (Rand). R.Blanch XC. BR. onk. 9c 751 G. fluitans (L.), R. Br. of Amer. Brooksides and ditches; frequent. C.B.NC.S. PUCCINELLIA, Parl.* (Atropis, Rupr.) P. maritima (Huds.), Parl. Atropis maritima (Huds.), Griseb. Glyceria maritima (Huds.), Wahl. SEA SPEAR GRASS. Rare. Shore, Somes Harbor (Redfield). A puzzling form, perhaps a hybrid between this species and P. distans, Norwood Cove (M. L. Fernald). C.B.RduX. Var. (?) minor, S. Watson. Atropis maritima, var. Nutkaensis (Presl), Scribner. Atropis angustata (R. Br.), Griseb. Puccinellia angustata (R. Br.). Glyceria angustata (R. Br.), Fries. C.B.RduX. Sea beaches. Somesville; Ovens; Thomas Bay; Southwest Harbor; Mt. Desert Narrows, and elsewhere. “This form is distinguished from P. maritima by its smaller and weaker habit, and by having the keels of the palea smooth below and only very minutely scabrous above. In P. maritima the keels of the palea are strongly fringed nearly or quite to the base.” F. Lamson- Scribner. More recent examination shows this form to be spe- cifically distinct, and should bear the name in the Manual of P. angustata (R. Br.). FESTUCA, L. FESCUE GRASS. 754 rubra F. ovina, L SHEEP'S FESCUE. T Common especially on or near the shore. Also on Cranberry Isles. All specimens from Mt. Desert and vicinity are referred, however, to F. rubra, L., by Prof. F. Lamson-Scribner, which cultivar C.B. * Better considered as a sub-genus of Glyceria. Pduh.S. Cale+ XC+ BR+ 9c