12 



V. Spartina stricta maritima var. ?=flat sage, prick ear, etc. 



This grass appears to be a dwarf variety of tbe one just previously 

 described. It covers quite large areas away from the ditches, rarely 

 appears to blossom, and is easily recognized by its light pale gieen 

 color. It grows 6 to 8 inches high. A few plants in blossom are 

 -occasionally seen from 12 to 18 inches high. No Plate. 



PLATE VI.* 



VI. Sj)artina c?/?io.sHro?V?es=:thatch or cord grass. 



A stout erect grass, two to six feet tall, with unbranched smooth 

 -culms from strong, seal}', creeping rootstocks, long tough leaf-blades, 

 and live to twenty spikes forming a terminal panicle. (Scribner) It 

 grows tog'-ther witli stricta maritlma along the borders of the ditches. 

 Its spike or top is fuller and branches out rather more than the latter. 

 See I'late VI. 



* Scribner, Hulletin 7, Division of Agrostology, IT. S. Department of Agriculture. 



