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large areas. During my stay at the Main Life Saving Station over 
sixty tons of this crop were stored away within the huge barns. Such 
a conspicuous plant was naturally observed by ./. D wight, Jr.; J. 
Macoun; II. T. Gussow; H. St. John, no. 1,L37 (H). 
Fl. — -Late August and September. 
[A. AREXARIA (L.) Link. All records belong to the American A. 
brei'iligulata.] 
Deschampsia flexuosa (L.) Trin. On the drier parts of the 
island. ./. Macoun; II. T. Gussow (E); H. St. John, no. 1,138 (H). 
F;-.— July. 
[D. alba R. & S. Gilssow's specimen so named is D. flexuosa.] 
AvENA SATiVA L. A Weed at the Main Life Saving Station. 
//. .S7. John, no. 1,139 (H). 
A. SATIVA L., var. orientalis (Schreb.) Richter. A weed at the 
Main Life Saving Station. //. St. John, no. 1,140 (H). 
Danthonia spicata (L.) Beauv. On the old land, not rare. 
Found only by J. Macoun (C. no. 22,688). 
/'/•.— July. 
Spartina Michauxiana Hitchc. Occasional at the borders of the 
brackish ponds. Found by J. Macoun; II. T. Gussow; H. St. John, 
nos. 1,141 and 1,142 (H). 
Fl. — August. 
PoA ANNUA L. A weed near the stations. Collected by J. Macoun 
(C. no. 22,682). 
F/.— July. 
P. PALUSTRis L. (/■•. trijlora (liiil).) Plantcij in a field near the 
Main Life Saving Station. ./. Marouu (C. no. 22,<)81). 
f/.— July. 
P. pratensis L. Generally distributed and livtiuent on the dry 
dunes. In IT'hi, Andrew Le Mcrcier (L) remarketl. "there is some 
English (Jrass"; and in ISOl, Scth Coleman found "some small spots 
of English Grass" (Rept. on Canadian Arehi\es, 91, 189.")). 
Listed by ./. Macoun; II. T. Gussow; II. St. John, no. 1,143 (H). 
Fr. — Anu'ust. 
