CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 177 



PHLEUM, L. CAT'S-TAIL GRASS. 



P. PRATENSE, L. TIMOTHY. 



Common in fields and meadows. Naturalized from Europe. 



ALOPECURUS, L. FOX-TAIL GRASS. 



A. PRATENSIS, L. MEADOW FOX-TAIL. 



Fields and by roadsides ; infrequent. Seal Harbor (Redfield) ; 

 Southwest Harbor; Bar Harbor; Hulls Cove; Somesville 

 (Kand). Naturalized from Europe. 



SPOROBOLUS, R. Br. DROP-SEED GRASS. 



S. serotinus (Torr.), Gray. MIST GRASS. 

 Meadows and low ground; frequent. 



AGROSTIS, L. BENT GRASS. 



A. ALBA, L. WHITE BENT GRASS. HERD'S GRASS. 



Meadows and fields; common. Naturalized from Europe 

 through cultivation. 



Var. SYLVATICA (L.), Scribner. 



A viviparous form of the species. Beech Hill; Somes Stream 

 (Rand). 



Var. coarctata (Hoffm.), Scribner. 



Panicle dense; branches short, flower-bearing to the base; 

 plant not stoloniferous. In wet ground ; frequent. Baker 

 Island (Redfield); High Head; bog, Kings Point, Southwest 

 Harbor (Rand); head of Somes Sound (Greenleaf). Doubt- 

 less indigenous. 



Var. stolonifera (L.), Vasey, 



Panicle dense, but the spikelets less crowded than in var. 

 coarctata, narrow, often linear; plant stoloniferous. On beaches 

 by the shore, and elsewhere. Hunters Beach; High Head 

 (Rand) ; Little Cranberry Isle; Little Harbor (Redfield). 

 Doubtless indigenous. 



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