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shore, Loch Broom, July 21, 1914, Fernald & St. John, no. 10, 917. 
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Perry, August 16, 1909, Fernald, no. 1,348; gravelly shore, Cutler, 
July 2, 1902, Kennedy, Williams, Collins & Fernald; salt marsh, 
Roque Bluffs, July 19, 1913, C. H. Knowlton; Gott’s Island, Fuly 20, 
1899, J. H. Redfield; Mt. Desert Island, Rand et al (specimen from 
Somesville, — 13, 1883, forming part a P. maritima, var. (?) minor 
Watson); beach sand, Rockland, July 11, 1903, Kate Furbish; salt 
marsh, So So Thomaston, August 15, 1913, Bissell, F ernald & 
Chamberlain, no. 8,799; sandy som Squirrel Island, August 2, 1892, 
Fernald; Horn aa Southport, August 4, 1894, Fernald; Peaks 
Island, June 29, 1909, FE. B. Chanberain: salt marsh, Great Chebeague 
Island, July 2, 1909, Fernald, no. 1,360; salt rsh, Cape Elizabeth, 
July 23, 1889, F ernald; ia eS Biddetord Pool, July 29, 1901, G. G. 
Kennedy; Kenn ebunkport, August 23, 1888, G. G. Kennedy; sandy 
shore, York, July 15, 1891, Fernald. New Hampsuire: Rye, June 
4, 1903, E. F. Williams. MassacHusEtts: sandy soil, shore of 
Menansha Creek, branch toward Gay Head, Martha’s ’ Vineyard, 
August 2, 1897, S. Harris. Connecticut: shore of salt creek, 
Old Lyme, June 13, 1912, C. H. Bissell, A. E. Blewitt, no. 347. 
Acad.; nee Inlet, Cross Sou nd T. Meehan in herb. se "Acad. 
BRITISH Cotumsia: Skidgate, Queen Charlotte Islands, July 18, 
1910, Spreadborough, herb. Geol. Surv. Can. no. 87,622; Comox, 
Vancouver Island, June 27, 1893, J. M acoun, herb. Geol. Surv. Can. 
no. 243; vicinity of Ucleulet, Vancouver Island, May 16, and July 20, 
1909, 3 Macoun, herb. Geol. Surv. Can. nos. 82,335, 82,334; salt 
marsh, Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, June 14, 1887, J. Macoun, 
herb. Geol. Surv. Can. no. 29,538; Victoria June 24, 1887, J. Macoun; 
salt marshes, Burrard Inlet, July 27, 1889, J. Macoun, herb. Geol. 
= Can. no. 29,533. “Orecon”: old specimen without further 
ta. 
Lage wy ari n. var. Figs. 73-77. Major; culmis 3. 5-7 dm. 
dm 
inferiore 3-4 mm. longa obtusa vel acutiuscula, superiore 7-9 mm. 
longa 3-5-nervata oblongo-lanceolata acuta vel acuminata lemma 
proximum subaequante vel quam id longiore; lemmatibus 4.5-6 mm. 
longis 7-nervatis pasa palea 3-4-mm. longa: antheris 
0.7-1 mm. longis; eee psibus 2.2-2.6 mm. longi 
Larger: culms 3.5-7 dm. high: ligule 2-2.5 mm. long: panicle 
1-2.5 dm. long; the long lower branches spreading or reflexed: spike- 
lets 6-12 mm. long, loosely 4-6-flowered; the flexuous rhachis visible 
