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FLORA OF MOUNT DESERT. 
ANTHOXANTHTJM, L. Sweet Veknal Grass. 
A. ODORATUM, L. 
Fields and meadows; becoming common. Naturalized from ^ 
Europe. 
HIEROCHLOE, Gmelin. Sweet Grass. 
H. borealis, Roem. & Scbultes. 
Borders of salt or brackish meadows and marshes. Bass 
Harbor; Southwest Harbor; Little Harbor; Seal Harbor;^' 
Northeast Meadow; Thomas Bay; Cranberry Isles; Duck Isl-^'j ^ 
ands, and elsewhere. Much used by the Indians for basket ’ I ^ » 
work. fpn! 
STIPA, L. Feather Grass. 
S. Ma,counii, Scribner.* S. Richardsonii, GrRy, non Link. 
Gray, Man., 6th ed., 641. 
Rare. Burnt woods, Youngs District (Rand, E. Faxon); — 
wood clearings, Somesville (M. L. Fernald). 
ORYZOPSIS, Mx. Mountain Rice. 
0. asperifolia, Mx. 
0. asperifolia, Mx. 
lii 
Dry woods and clearings; not uncommon. 
MUHLENBER6IA, Schreb. Drop-seed Grass. 
M. glomerata (Willd.), Trin. 
Infrequent. Damp field, Northeast Harbor (Rand) ; — hong ^ / '//f 
Pond meadows (Redfleld); — Sargent M^ Beech Mt. Notch; 
shore, Jordan Pond (Rand). 
* M. diflfhsa, Schreb. 
“In abundance,” western slope of Green Mt. (Arnold 
Greene). 
BRACHYELYTRUM, Beauv. 
B. aristatum (Pers.), Beauv. 
Low woods throughout the Island; frequent, but not abundant, 
* Bull. Torr. Bot. Club. xix. 154. 
