THE VEGETATION OF MONTAUK 21 



Anaphalis margaritacea 



Sarothra gentianoides 



Panicum Scribnerianum 



Hieracium marianum 

 While the foregoing lists of the primary and secondary herbs include, 

 broadly speaking, the herbaceous vegetation of the Downs, other species 

 are, of course, found there. These occasional specimens, erratic in their 

 distribution, sometimes seen only once, add interest to the flora, without 

 being of much importance in the development of it. A list of these species 

 follows. All have been seen at least once, some are locally quite common. 

 These are not arranged according to frequency of occurrence: 



Sisyrinchium atlanticum and S. arenicola 



Blephariglottis lacera 



Ibidium gracile 



Polygonella articulata 



Potentilla monspeliensis 



Lespedeza capitata 



Cathartolinum striatum 



Cathartolinum medium 



Hudsonia tomentosa 



Oenothera Oakesiana 



Oenothera muricata 



Bartonia virginica 



Koellia incana 



Koellia mutica 



Trichostema dichotomum 



Linaria canadensis 



Plantago aristata; rather rare as an introduced plant. 



Hieracium Gronovii 



Eupatorium hyssopifolium 



Eupatorium Torreyanum; also found near CuUoden Point, but rare. 



Solidago bicolor 



Solidago juncea 



Cirsium horridulum* 

 * This plant furnishes a good example of the possible changes in herbaceous vegetation 

 of the Downs. Dr. Arthur HoUick who visited the region in 1890 wrote (Bull. Torrey Club 

 18: 256. 1891) that "Some four years since [1886], so my driver informed me, a few plants 

 of Cnicus horridiiltis made their appearance near the western edge of the hills. The pre- 

 vailing winds scattered the seeds toward the east, until now [1890] it has complete pos- 

 session over miles of what was formerly fine pasture land." Today nothing like such 

 frequency is to be found. 



