174 FLORA OF MOUNT DESERT. 



GRAMINE^. Grass Family. 



SPARTINA, Schreb. Marsh Grass. 



S. cynosuroides (L.), Willd. 



Frequent on salt marshes. Also Beecli Hill (Rand) ; — 

 where seed was doubtless introduced in seaweed used for field 

 dressing. 



S. juncea (Mx.), Willd. Salt Rush Grass. 

 Salt marshes and sea beaches; common. 



S. stricta (Ait.), Roth, var. glabra (Muhl.), Gray. Salt 

 Marsh Grass. 

 Common on muddy shores along the coast, and in salt 

 marshes. Also Cranberry Isles. A form intermediate between 

 this and the next variety. Little Cranberry Isle (Redfield). 



Var. alterniflora (Loisel.), Gray. 



Rare. Head of Somes Sound (Redfield); — Norwood Cove 

 (M. L. Fernald). 



PANICUM. L. Panic Grass. 



P. capillare, L. 



Uncommon. Shore, Ripples Pond; field on Great Pond 

 road. Southwest Harbor (Rand). Perhaps introduced on the 

 Island. 



P. commutatum, Schultes. 



Rare. Field, Northwest Cove (Rand). ''Although this 

 plant differs much from southern specimens of P. commutatum, 

 it is hard to place it elsewhere than in this species." F. 

 Lamson-Scribner. 



P. nitidum, Lam. 



East Peak, "Western Mt. ; Southwest Harbor (Rand). 

 Forma densiflorum. 



An unusual form having panicles somewhat densely many- 

 flowered. Shore of Ripples Pond (Rand). 



