476 Bicknejll: Ferns and flowering plants of Nantucket 



; Mrs. Owen's record of this grass, which, it was thought, might 

 perhaps have referred to L. italic um, is thus confirmed. 



* Agropyron repens pilosum Scribn. ; Rand & Redf Fl. Mt. 



Des. Isl. 183. 1894 ; U. S. Dept. Agric. Div. Agrost. Bull. 4: 



36. 1897. 



Sandy shore of the harbor towards Brant Point and adjacent 

 roadsides ; in full flower June 20. Plant conspicuously bluish 

 green and glaucous, in other respects agreeing precisely with 

 Scribner's descriptions and appearing very distinct from the ordinary 

 forms of A. repens. 



*Hordeum jubatum L. 



A single vigorous cluster by a neglected street-side near 

 old wharves ; spikes almost fully expanded June 12. 



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CYPERACEAE 



As with the Gramineae, it is to be understood of the species in 

 this family that they were found in mature condition from the mid- 

 dle of August until the middle of September unless it is otherwise 

 stated. 



Cyperus diandrus Torr. 



Frequent in damp sandy places and low grounds. 



* Cyperus rivularis Kunth. 



Uncommon, growing with C. diandrus at two localities near 

 the town and on the shore of Miacomet Pond. 



Cyperus Nuttallii Eddy. 



Very common in salt marshes and on the sandy shores o 

 brackish ponds. 



Cyperus dentatus Torr. 



Common, occurring at many localities in sand or sandy soi , 

 especially on pond shores ; occasional in dry places along roa - 

 sides. In great profusion at Tom Never's and Gibbs' ponds an 

 about ponds on the south shore ; Maxcy's Pond ; Capaum Pon 

 Long Pond ; not seen in northeast quarter. t 



In seasons favorable to its growth this species on Nantuc -e 

 attains a very full development, the inflorescence becoming M 

 usually broad and compound, with spikes 15-35-flowered and - 

 6 mm. in length (var. ctenosiackys Fernald, Rhodora 8: 







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