220 Proceedings Port. Soc. Nat. Hist. 



Festuca rubea L. Very abundant in dry sterile soil. 



Festuca elatior L. Wet swampy woods, ]S[askeag Point, 

 Brooklin; swampy roadsides, Reach, Deer Isle (Xo. 

 2155) ; *Isle au Haut (J. C. Arthur). 

 Bromus ciliatus L. Occasional in wet thickets or roadside 



ditches. 

 Agropyrox repens (L.) Beauv. Very common on beaches 

 and occasional in fields or along roadsides. In the former 

 habitat at least this species appears indigenous. Oc- 

 curring in many forms. 



var. piLOSUM Scribn.' Occasional on muddy shores on 

 the outer islands. 

 Hordeum jubatum L. Frequent at the edge of beaches. 



Deer Isle and Isle au Haut. 

 Hordeum vulgare L. Occasional. Roadsides and waste 



places. 

 Elymus virginicus L. Common along shores. 



var. HiRSUTiGLUMis (Scribn.) Hitchc. Occasional in 

 clearings and open woods. 



Elymus ARE^'ARIUS L,, var. villosus E. Mey.' Abundant 

 on beaches and rocky shores. In this region this species 

 replaces Ammopliila arenaria as the most common grass 

 on beaches. 



CYPERACEAE 



DuLiciiiUM ARUXDiNACEUM (L.) Brittou. Occasional in 



swampy meadows or on pond shores. 

 Eleocitaris obtusa (Willd.) Schultes. Common in muddy 



ditches and bog-holes in meadows. 



1. Fl. Mt. Des. Isl., 183 (1894). 



2. PI. Labrador 20 (1830). See St. John, H., Rhodora 17: 98-103 



(1915). 



