114 FLORA OF MOUNT DESERT. 



A. polyphyllus, Willd. 



Infrequent and local; in greatest abundance on tlie mountains. 

 Dog Mt. ; Jordan Mt. ; Peraetic Mt. ; Long Pond meadows 

 (Rand); — Frenchman Camp; on Hunters Brook, near French- 

 man Camp (R. & R.). The forms from Jordan Mt. are much 

 dwarfed. 



A. ericoides, L. 



Rare. Wayside, road to Jordan Pond (R. & E.). 



A. vimineus, Lam. 



Rare. Frenchman Camp (Rand). 



A. diffusus, Ait. 



Fields, thickets, and waj'sides; very common. Variable. A 

 form with purple ray flowers and panicles less elongated, Little 

 Harbor (Rand). 



Var. thyrsoideus, Gray. 



Rare. Seal Harbor (R. & R.). 



A. Tradescanti, L. 



Rare. Southern foot of Western Mt. (Rand). 



A. paniculatus, Lam. 



Moist ground; frequent and widely distributed, especially in 

 the northern part of the Island. Shore of Northwest Arm, 

 Great Pond; Liscomb Brook, and elsewhere in Emery Dis- 

 trict; Oak Hill and northward; Somesville; Ripples Pond; 

 Bass Harbor; road to Great Pond, Southwest Harbor, etc. 

 (Rand). 



A. salicifolius, Ait. 



Low grounds and roadsides; frequent. Southwest Harbor; 

 southern foot of Westei-n Mt. ; Somesville; Beech Hill; Oak 

 Hill; Town Hill; Bass Harbor; Northwest Cove; Eden P. O., 

 etc. (Rand). 



A. junceus, Ait. 



Rare. Roadside between Southwest Harbor and Bass Har- 

 bor; between Town Hill and Emery District (Rand). 



