78 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 
Scirpus atrovirens Muhl. 
Car ex straminea Willd. 
Carex sterilis Willd.— These five sedges occurred in the damp 
places and about the pools in the hollows. 
Juncus effusus Linn.— Not common. 
Iris versicolor Linn.— One very luxuriant plant near the edge of 
a fresh-water pond at the north side of the island. x4ccording to 
the fishermen this pond had until very recently been in communica¬ 
tion with the salt water-. 1 
Pogonia ophioglossoides Linn.— Common in the fresh-water 
swamps. 
Myrica cerifera Linn.— Common. 
Fumex acetosella Linn.— Not common. 
Fumex altissimus Wood.—One plant near house. 
Atriplex hastata Linn.— Not common. 
>Salicornia herbacea Linn.— In edge of salt marsh. 
Lepidium virginicum Linn.— Common. 
Cakile edentula (Bigel.).—Abundant along the beaches. 
Fubus hispidus Linn.— Uncommon and very local. 
Fragaria virginiana Duch.—Rare and local. 
Posa sp.— Tolerably common at south end of island. 
Prunus maritima Wang.— Common, chiefly toward south end of 
island. The bushes all very old and covered with lichens and black 
wart {Plowrightia '). 
Lathyrus maritimus (Linn.).— Common, both purple and white, 
the two colors seldom growing together. 
Euphorbia polygonifolia Linn.— Not common. 
Phus radicans Linn.— Very abundant. 
Hypericum virginicum Linn. — Common in the fresh-water 
marshes. 
Viola lanceolata Linn.— A few fruiting plants in the fresh-water 
marshes. 
Onagra biennis (Linn.).— Common. 
Coelopleurum gmelini (D.C.).— One plant. 
Schollera macrocarpa (Ait.).— A small patch in one of the 
swamps. 
limoniurn carolinianum (Walt.).— Not uncommon in the salt 
marsh. 
Convolvulus repens Linn.— Rare and local. 
1 This Iris had disappeared when I was on Muskeget in 1893. 
