112 FLORA OF MOUNT DESERT. with panicle much-branched, branches erect, much resembling S. juncea, Ait., var. ramosa, Porter & Britt., in clearings, Sunken Heath, and elsewhere (Rand). A form with inflores- ce axillary, much prolonged, Emery District, and elsewhere (Rand). 247 S. rugosa, Mill. S. altissima, T. & G., non L. Fields, thickets, and roadsides; common. 248 S. neglecta, T. & G. SWAMP GOLDEN ROD. Swamps, bogs, and meadows. Especially common in sphag- num bogs. 249 Var. linoides (T. & G.), Gray. Sphagnum bogs; infrequent. Great Heath; The Heath, C, Great Cranberry Isle (Rand). 250 S. juncea, Ait. EARLY GOLDEN ROD. Dry ground; common. The earliest flowering species of the genus on the Island. A form more or less pubescent, Hio, Southwest Harbor (Rand). A form approaching var. ramosa, Porter & Britt., Jordan Mt. (Rand). 251 S. serotina, Ait. Rare. Copses, Long Pond meadows (Redfield);—Salisbury Cove (Clara L. Walley). 252 Var. gigantea (Ait.), Gray. Copses and low grounds; frequent. A low form, Long Pond meadows (Redfield). A form approaching S. rupestris, Raf., Long Pond meadows (Redfield). 253 S. Canadensis, L. Roadsides, fields, and thickets; common. 254 Var. glabrata, Porter. Low, slender 2°–3° high, stems glabrous or glabrate below, puberulent above; leaves numerous, crowded, linear-lanceolate, tapering into a long acumination, upper ones entire, lower ones with a few sharp serratures, scabrous on the veins beneath;