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FLORA OF MOUNT DESERT. 
A. polyphyllus, Willd. 
Infrequent and local; in greatest abundance on the mountains. 
Dog Mt.; Jordan Mt.; Pemetic Mt.; Long Pond meadows 
(Rand); — Frenchman Camp; on Hunters Brook, near French¬ 
man Camp (R. & R.). The forms from Jordan Mt. are much 
dwarfed. 
A. ericoides, L. 
Rare. Wayside, road to Jordan Pond (R. & R.). 
A. vimineus, Lam. 
Rare. Frenchman Camp (Rand). 1^, 
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A. diffusus, Ait. 
Fields, thickets, and waysides; very common. Variable. A ^,0 iS, 
form with purple ray flowers and panicles less elongated. Little 
Harbor (Rand). 
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Var. thyrsoideus, Gray. 
Rare. Seal Harbor (R. & R.). 
A. Tradescanti, L. 
Rare. Southern foot of Western Mt. (Rand). 
A. paniculatns, Lam. 
Moist ground; frequent and widely distributed, especially in 
the northern part of the Island. Shore of Northwest Arm, 
Great Pond; Liscomb Brook, and elsewhere in Emery Dis¬ 
trict; Oak Hill and northward; Somesville; Ripples Pond; 
Bass Harbor; road to Great Pond, Southwest Harbor, etc. 
(Rand). 
A. salicifolius, Ait. 
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Low grounds and roadsides; frequent. Southwest Harbor; 
southern foot of Western Mt.; Somesville; Beech Hill; Oak 
Hill; Town Hill; Bass Harbor; Northwest Cove; Eden P. 0., 
etc. (Rand). 
A. junceus, Ait. 
Rare. Roadside between Southwest Harbor and Bass Har- , 
bor; between Town Hill and Emery District (Rand). 
