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182 FLORA OF MOUNT DESERT.
he considers without doubt a distinct species from F. ovina. Specimens from High Head, Great Cranberry Isle, Little Cranberry Isle, and Thompson Island, may be referred to var. genuina, Hack. A specimen from Indian Point road, Somesville, appears to be var. fallax, Hack.
"In F. rubra the leaves of the culm and sterile shoots are similar, the ligules in the latter are not auriculate, and the shoots themselves are extra-vaginal; i. e. the buds of the branches at the base of the culm burst through the base of the leaf sheath in the axil of which they are formed. In F. ovina the leaves of the flowering culms and sterile shoots are unlike, the ligules on the latter are auriculate and the shoots themselves are intra-vaginal; i. e. the buds in the lower leaf axils grow up out of the sheaths and do not break through them below. F. ovina is strictly tufted, while F. rubra extends more or less by rootstocks." F. Lamson-Scribner.
755 F. DURIUSCULA, L. F. ovina, L., var. duriuscula, Koch. Gray, Man., 6th ed.
Rare: Near Hulls Cove (Rand). Naturalized from Europe.
756 F. ELATIOR, L.
Fields and roadsides; common. Northeast Harbor; Southwest Harbor; Bar Harbor; Somesville; Seal Harbor; High Head. Naturalized from Europe.
757 Var. PRATENSIS (Huds.), Gray.
Fields. Seal Harbor; Southwest Harbor; Somesville; High Head, and elsewhere. Naturalized from Europe.
BROMUS, L. BROME GRASS.
758 B. ciliatus, L. XC+ AR. AR. DAR. &. Pic. N. &c Rga T
Frequent in rocky woods and low ground. Variable.
AGROPYRUM, Gaertn. (Triticum, L.) FALSE WHEAT.
759 A. repens (L.), Beauv. Triticum repens, L. QUITCH GRASS. C.B.MC.
WITCH GRASS. Pic. & T
Fields, waysides, and shores; common and very variable. RduX.S.
Naturalized from Europe in cultivated grounds, and also in Carl.
XC. AR+AR.Pic.DAR.