CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 159 



TYPHACE^E. CAT-TAIL FAMILY. 



TYPHA, L. CAT-TAIL FLAG. 

 T. latifolia, L. 



Bogs and marshes ; frequent. 



SPARGANIUM, L. BUR-REED. 



S. simplex, Huds. 



Common in shallow water, in brooks and ditches. Very 

 variable. 

 Var. androcladnm, Engelm. 



Common. From a study of Mt. Desert specimens it appears 

 better not to recognize this variety as entitled to specific rank. 

 There is no well defined dividing line between it and S. simplex, 

 and occasionally the two forms appear on the same plant. 



Var. fluitans, Engelm. 



Floating in water of moderate depth. Somes Pond; South- 

 east Creek, Bass Harbor (Rand) ; Witch Hole (Kedfield). 



Var. angustifolium (Mx.), Engelm. 



Bare. Seal Cove Pond (R. & R.); pool, Hunters Brook 

 (Rand). Apparently also in Hadlock Upper Pond (Rand). 



S. minimum, Fries. 



Ponds and streams ; frequent. The Barcelona ; Hadlock 

 Upper Pond, etc. (Rand) ; Jordan Stream (R. & R. ) j 

 Northeast Creek (M. L. Fernald). 



ARACE^E. ARUM FAMILY. 



ARISJEMA, Mart. INDIAN TURNIP. 

 A. triphyllum (L.), Torr. JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT. 



Rich woods, boggy places, and meadows ; infrequent. Jordan 

 Pond trail from Northeast Harbor ; The Barcelona meadow ; 

 Northeast Meadow (Rand) ; roadside, north of Doctors Creek 

 (R. & R.). 



