1909] Cushman,— Some interesting Maine Plants I3 
With the aid of a boat, Mr. S. N. F. Sanford and I were enabled to 
visit nearly thirty of the islands in the bay and outside. ‘These islands 
are almost entirely rocky, with bold cliffs and almost constantly bathed 
with fog. On them a number of noteworthy plants were found. 
Among these Sedum rosewm (L.) Scop. was of interest as it had been 
found by the Josselyn Botanical Society in one locality, The Point of 
Main, on the mainland. On the outermost islands it seems to be 
very common. We collected it on Old Man Island and Double Shot 
Island off Cutler; Libby Islands off Machiasport; 'l'he Brothers 
Island; and Knight's, Head Harbor, and Mistake Island off Jonesport. 
At all of these stations the plant was plentiful in the crevices of the 
cliffs. Euphrasia Randi Robinson and E. americana Wettst. were 
common everywhere. On the outer end of Great Wass Island several 
trees of Pinus Banksiana Lambert were seen and in the bog Erio- 
phorum opacum (Вјӧтпѕіг.) Fernald was collected, and in the woods 
Lycopodium annotinum L., var. pungens Desv. On the flats in Chand- 
ler River, Polygonum Fowlert Robinson was not uncommon. On 
the cliffs, especially the outer ones was plenty of Sagina nodosa (L.) 
Fenzl., as well as var. glandulosa (Bess.) Asch. On Cross Island, 
off Cutler, along the border of a salt pond were great mats of Stellaria 
humifusa Rottb. In a small pond just back of the beach on Head 
Harbor Island was a quantity of Sparganium simplex Huds. Rumex 
pallidus Bigel. was common on the beach. Altogether the region 
is a very interesting one and many other notable plants were collected. 
Late August was taken up by a trip to Spencer Lake and Spencer 
Mountain to the East of Moosehead Lake. ‘These were both inter- 
esting, the mountain especially so. Both of the Spencer Mountains 
rise directly out of low ground and seem to be true monadnocks. 
They are rather abrupt, wooded to the summit, but with many. bare 
cliffs and slides. About the lake many interesting plants were found. 
Carex retrorsa Schwein., var. Robinsoni Fernald on the shore, and 
beside our camp a fine tree of the true Betula alba L. may be noted. 
Along trails in the woods the delicate Botrychium ternatum (Thunb.) 
Sw., var. rutaefoliwm (A. Br.) D. C. Eaton was not uncommon. In the 
woods of the north slope at about 2800-3000 ft. were found Pyrola 
minor L., and Galium kamtschaticum Steller, two plants of Mt. 
Katahdin. On the cliffs were many ferns, among them the most 
interesting being Aspidium fragrans (L.) Sw. The height of the moun- 
tain as determined by aneroid was 3268 feet. 
