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FLORA OF MOUNT DESERT. 
GRAMI17E.iE. Grass I’amilt. 
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SPARTINA, Schreb. Marsh Grass. 
S. cynosuroides (L.), Willd. r 
Frequent on salt marshes. Also Beech Hill (Band) ; — 
where seed was doubtless introduced in seaweed used for field , 
dressing. - ^ 
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S. juncea (Mx.), Willd.^ Salt Rush Grass 
Salt marshes and sea beaches; common. 
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S. stricta (Ait.), Both, var. glabra (Muhl.), Gray. 
Marsh Grass. 
Common on muddy shores along the coast, and in salt 
marshes. Also Cranberry Isles. A form intermediate between 
this and the next variety. Little Cranberry Isle (Bedfield). 
Var. alterniflora (Loisel.), Gray. (/? 
Bare. Head of Somes Sound (Bedfield);—Horwood ■ 
(M. L. Fernald). t),, .^X-^^ 
PANICUM, L. Panic Grass. 
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P. capillars, L. 
Uncommon. Shore, Bipples Pond; field on Great Pond Cxit, 
road. Southwest Harbor (Band). Perhaps introduced on the 
Island. 
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P. commutatum, Schultes. 
Bare. Field, Northwest Cove (Band). ^'Although this 
plant differs much from southern specimens of P. commutatum, 
it is hard to place it elsewhere than in this species.” F. 
Lamson-Scribner. 
P. nitidum, Lam. 
East Peak, Western Mt.; Southwest Harbor (Band). 
Forma densiflorum. 
An unusual form having panicles somewhat densely many- 
flowered. Shore of Bipples Pond (Band). 
