176 FLORA OF MOUNT DESERT. 



ANTHOXANTHUM, L. Sweet Vernal Grass. 



A. ODORATUM, L. 



Fields and meadows; becoming common. Katuralized from 

 Europe. 



HIEROCHLOE, Gmelin. Sweet Grass. 

 H. borealis, Roem. & Schultes. 



Borders of salt or brackish meadows and marshes. Bass 

 Harbor; Southwest Harbor; Little Harbor; Seal Harbor; 

 Northeast Meadow; Thomas Bay; Cranberry Isles; Duck Isl- 

 ands, and elsewhere. Much used by the Indians for basket 

 work. 



STIPA, L. Feather Grass. 



S. Macounii, Scribner.* S. Richardsonii, Gray, non Link. 

 Gray, Man., 6th ed., 641. 

 Rare. Burnt woods. Youngs District (Rand, E. Faxon); — • 

 wood clearings, Somesville (M. L. Fernald). 



ORYZOPSIS, Mx. Mountain Rice. 



0. asperifolia, Mx. 



Dry woods and clearings; not uncommon. 



MUHLENBERGIA, Schreb. Drop-seed Grass. 



M. glomerata (Willd.), Trin. 



Infrequent. Damp field, Northeast Harbor (Rand) ; — Long 

 Pond meadows (Redfield) ; — Sargent Mt. ; Beech Mt. Notch; 

 shore, Jordan Pond (Rand). 



* M. diffusa, Schreb. 



'<In abundance," western slope of Green Mt. (Arnold 

 Greene). 



BRACHYELYTRUM, Beauv. 

 B. aristatum (Pers.), Beauv. 



Low woods throughout the Island; frequent, but not abundant. 



* Bull Torr Bot. Club, xix. 154. 



