176 FLORA OF MOUNT DESERT. 



ANTHOXANTHUM, L. SWEET VERNAL GRASS. 



A. ODORATUM, L. 



Fields and meadows; becoming common. Naturalized from 

 Europe. 



HIEROCHLOE, Gmelin. SWEET GRASS. 

 H. borealis, Boem. & Scbultes. 



Borders of salt or brackish meadows and marsbes. 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. Eichardsonii, Gray, non Link. 



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



Rare. Burnt woods, Youngs District (Band, E. Faxon); 

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



ORYZOPSIS, MX. MOUNTAIN BICE. 

 0. asperifolia, MX. 



Dry woods and clearings; not uncommon. 



MUHLENBERGIA, Schreb. DROP-SEED GRASS. 



M. glomerata (Willd.), Trin. 



Infrequent. Damp field, Northeast Harbor (Band) ; Long 

 Pond meadows (Bedfield); Sargent Mt. ; Beech Mt. Notch; 

 shore, Jordan Pond (Band). 



* 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. 



