20 Rhodora [January 



shore, Loch Broom, July 21, 1914, Fcrnald & St. .John, no. 10,917. 

 Maine: (common along the coast; about 70 numbers examined, of 

 which the following are representative): strand, Pleasant Point, 

 Perry, August 10, 1909, Fernald, no. 1,348; gravelly shore, Cutler, 

 July 2, 1902, Kennedy, William*, Collins &• Fernald; salt marsh, 

 Roque Bluffs, July 19, 1913, C. II. Knowlton; Gott's Island, July 20, 

 1899, J. II. Redfield; Mt. Desert Island, Rand et al (specimen from 

 Somesville, June 13, 1883, forming part of P. maritima, var. (?) minor 

 Watson); beach sand, Rockland, July 11, 1903, Kate Furbish; salt 

 marsh, South Thomaston, August 15, 1913, Bi.ssell, Fernald & 

 Chamberlain, no. 8,799; sandy shore, Squirrel Island, August 2, 1892, 

 Fernald; Horn Cove, Southport, August 4, 1894, Fernald; Peaks 

 Island, June 29, 1909, E. B. Chamberlain: salt marsh, Great Chebeague 

 Island, July 2, 1909, Fernald, no. 1,300; salt marsh, Cape Elizabeth, 

 July 23, 1889, Fernald; sea-shore, Biddeford Pool, July 29, 1901, 6'. G. 

 Kennedy; Kennebunkport, August 23, 1888, G. G. Kennedy; sandy 

 shore, York, July 15, 1891, Fernald. New Hampshire: Rye, June 

 14, 1903, K. F. Williams. Massachusetts: sandy soil, shore of 

 Menansha Creek, branch toward Gay Head, Martha's Vineyard, 

 August 2, 1897, 8. Harris. Connecticut: shore of salt creek, 

 Old Lyme, June 13, 1912, C. II. Biwell, A. E. Blewitt, no. 347. 

 Alaska: hillsides, St. Paul Island, August 11, 1892, J. M. Macoun, 

 herb. Geol. Surv. Can. no. 29,579 (part of the original material of 

 P. alaskana); Bella-bella Island, A. Kellogg, no. 147 in herb. Phil. 

 Acad.; Idaho Inlet, Cross Sound, T. Meehan in herb. Phil. Acad. 

 British Columbia: Skidgate, Queen Charlotte Islands, July 18, 

 1910, Spreadborough, herb. Geol. Surv. Can. no. 87,022; Comox, 

 Vancouver Island, June 27, 1893, ./. Macoun, herb. Geol. Surv. Can. 

 no. 243; vicinity of Ucleulet, Vancouver Island, May l(i, and July 20, 

 1909, ./. Maeoitn, herb. Geol. Surv. Can. nos. 82,335, 82,334 ; salt 

 marsh, Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, June 14, 1887, J. Macoun, 

 herb. Geol. Surv. Can. no. 29,538; Victoria, June 24, 1887, ./. Macoun; 

 salt marshes, Burrard Inlet, July 27, 1889, ./. Macoun, herb. Geol. 

 Surv. ('an. no. 29,533. "Oregon": old specimen without further 

 data. 



Var. longiglumis, n. var. Figs. 73-77. Major; culmis 3.5-7 dm. 

 altis, ligulis 2-2.5 mm. longis; paniculis 1-2.5 dm. longis, ramis 

 longis inferioribus patentibus vel reflexis; spiculis 0-12 mm. longis 

 laxe 4-G-rloris, rhachi flexuosa inter lemmata evidente; gluma 

 inferiore 3-4 mm. longa obtusa vel acutiuscula, superiore 7-9 mm. 

 longa 3-5-nervata oblongo-lanceolata acuta vel acuminata lemma 

 proximum subaequante vel quam id longiore; lemmatibus 4.5-0 mm. 

 longis 7-nervatis elliptico-ovatis; pales 3-4-nnn. longa: antheris 

 0.7-1 mm. longis; caryopsibus 2.2-2.0 mm. longis. 



Larger: culms 3.5-7 dm. high: ligule 2-2.5 mm. long: panicle 

 1-2.5 dm. long; the long lower branches spreading or reflexed: spike- 

 lets 0-12 mm. long, loosely 4-G-flowered ; the fiexuous rhaehis visible 



