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large areas. During my stay at the Main Life Saving Station owr 

 sixty tons of this crop were stored away within the huge barns. Such 

 a conspicuous plant was naturally observed by J. Dwight, Jr.; J. 

 Macoun; H. T. Gussow; H. St. John, no. 1,137 (H). 

 Fl. Late August and September. 



[A. ARENARIA (L.) Link. All records belong to the American A. 

 breiiligulata.] 



Deschampsia flexuosa (L.) Trin. On the drier parts of the 

 island. J. Macoun; H. T. Gussow (E); H. St. John, no. 1,138 (H). 

 Fr July. 



[D. ALBA R. & S. Gussow' s specimen so named is D. flexuosa.] 



AVENA SATIVA L. A weed at the Main Life Saving Station. 

 //. St. John, no. 1,139 (H). 



A. SATIVA L., var. ORIENTALIS (Schreb.) Richter. A weed at the 

 Main Life Saving Station. H. St. John, no. 1,140 (H). 



Danthonia spicata (L.) Beauv. On the old land, not rare. 

 Found only by J. Macoun (C. no. 22,688). 

 Fr. July. 



Spartina Michauxiana Hitchc. Occasional at the borders of the 

 brackish ponds. Found by J. Macoun; H. T. Gussow; H. St. John, 

 nos. 1,141 and 1,142 (H). 



Fl. August. 



POA ANNUA L. A weed near the stations. Collected by J. Macoun 

 (C. no. 22,682). 

 FL July. 



P. PALUSTRIS L. (P. triflora Gilib.) Planted in a field near the 

 Main Life Saving Station. J. Macoun (C. no. 22,681). 

 FL July. 



P. pratensis L. Generally distributed and frequent on the dry 

 dunes. In 1753, Andrew Le Mercier (L) remarked, "there is some 

 English Grass"; and in 1801, Seth Coleman found "some small spots 

 of English Grass" (Rept. on Canadian Archives, 91, 1895). 



Listed by J. Macoun; H. T. Gussow; H. St. John, no. 1,143 (H). 



Fr. August. 



