194 FLORA OF MOUNT DESERT. 



Var. pulchrum, Liiidb. Bot. Gaz., xv. 218. 



Frequent; found in many forms, of which forma fuscescens, 

 with the whole plant rich golden brown in color, is the most 

 beautiful. Abundant at Sunken Heath ; Breakneck Ponds 

 (Faxon & Eand); — Sea Wall; Great Cranberry Isle (Rand). 



Var. mucronatum, Russ. Bot. Gaz., xv. 218. 



Breakneck Ponds; Otter Cliffs (Rand). 



Var, amblyphyllum, Russ. Bot. Gaz., xv. 219. 



Northwest Arm woods (Rand); — near Northwest Cove; Sea 

 Wall Swamp (E. Faxon). 



Var. parvifolium (Sendt.), Warnst. Bot. Gaz., xv. 219. 

 Pond Heath (E. Faxon); — bog near Sea Wall (Rand). 



S. cuspidatum (Ehrh.). Russ. & Warnst., var. Miquelonense, 

 Ren. & Card. Bot. Gaz., xv. 230. 

 Frequent. Round Pond; near Northwest Cove (E. Faxon) ; — 

 Aunt Bettys Pond; Northwest Arm woods, etc. (Faxon & 

 Rand); — Great Cranberry Isle (Rand). 



Var. falcatum, Russ. L. & J., Mosses N. A., 15. 



Branches distinctly falcate at the apex. Pools, Great Heath; 

 The Heath, Great Cranberry Isle (Rand). 



Var. submersum, Schimp. 



Tufts loose, very soft, deep green, nearly or quite submersed 

 or floating; stem very long and slender, green; branches rather 

 long, decurved; stem leaves broadly ovate-oblong, pointed, fibril- 

 lose near the apex; branch leaves rather long and narrow, green, 

 flexuous when dry; fruit scattered along the stem below the 

 coma, pseudopodia often very long, perichaetial leaves scattered, 

 fibrillose. Plant softer than var. Miquelonense, and much 

 smaller than var. Torreyanum. Frequent. In pools. Freeman 

 Heath; Dog Mt. (Faxon) ; — Beech Mt. (Faxon & Rand) ; — Sea 

 Wall; Sunken Heath (Rand) ;— Great Cranberry Isle (Redfield). 



Var. plumulosnin, Schimp. L. tS; J., Mosses N. A., 15. 



Tufts soft, compact; stems short and branches erect; leaves 

 short, lanceolate-subulate, very narrow. Pools, Sunken Heath 



