CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 89 



Var. tenuifolia, Torr. 



Leaves petiolate, obovate, thin, smooth beneath except a 

 slight pubescence on the midrib, uncinately serrate, obtuse, or 

 more commonly mucronate-tipped; pistillate flowers 4-5-cleft, 

 commonly solitary, short-pedicelled; berries scarlet. A shrub 

 about 5° high with very slender branches. Torr. Fl. North. 

 States, 338. A woodland form, appearing most distinct from 

 the type.* On Denning Brook, Somesville (M. L. Fernald). 



NEMOPANTHES, Raf. Mountain Holly. 

 N. fascicularis, Raf. N. Canadensis (Mx.), DC. 

 Damp ground; common. 



VITACE^. Vine Family. 

 AMPELOPSIS, Mx. 

 A. quinquefolia (L.), Mx. Virginian Creeper. Woodbine. 



Common in cultivation, and often escaped to roadsides and 

 waste places. Squid Cove; Southwest Harbor; Somesville 

 (Rand). There is no satisfactory evidence that this plant is 

 indigenous on the Island. Introduced from farther south. 



SAPINDACE^. Soapberry Family. 

 ACER, L. Maple. 

 A. Pennsylvanicum, L. Striped Maple. 



Common in woodlands. 

 A. spicatum, Lam. Mountain Maple. 



Common in rocky woods. 

 A. saccharinum, Wang. Sugar Maple. 



Infrequent. Sargent District, etc. (Rand) ; — Seal Harbor, 

 etc. (Redfield) ; — near Bar Harbor (W. H. Manning). 



A. rubrum, L. Red Maple. 



Common in swamps and damp ground. 



* See also Britton in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, xvii. 314. 



