334 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
VALLISNERIA L. Sp. Pl. 2:1015. 1753. 
Two species, perennial aquatics, of the temperate and warmer regions of both 
hemispheres. 
Vallisne1ia spiralis L.. Sp. Pl. 2:1015. 1753. EEL GRASS. 
Vallisneria americana Michx. F]. Bor, Am. 2:220. 1803. . 
Ell. Sk. 2:666. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 496. Chap. V1.451. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:422, 
SOUTHERN Evrorr, Asta, AUSTRALIA. 
Canadian zone to Lonisianian area. New Brunswick, Ontario, and New York to 
Minnesota, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, and Tennessee, south to Florida and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Coast region. Gently flowing water. Mobile County, estuaries of 
Mobile and Dog rivers, Mobile Bay. Flowers in July, fruit in August. Abundant. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Pisae et Florentiae fossis.” 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
POACEAE (GRAMINEAE). Grass Family. 
TRIPSACUM L. Syst. Pl. ed. 10, 2:1261. 1759. 
Two species, perennials, of warmer temperate regions in North America, 
Tripsacum dactyloides L. Sp. Pl. cd. 2, 2:1378. 1763. SPIKED GAMA GRASS, 
EH. Sk. 2:522. Gray, Man. ed, 6, 636, Chap. Fl. 580. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:491, 
BRAZIL. 
Alleghenian to Lonisianian area. Southern New England, New York, and Penn- 
sylvania, west to Illinois, Missouri, and Ark ansas, south to Florida and Texas. 
ALABAMA; Mountain region, Central Prairie region to Coast plain. Low damp 
banks. Lee County, Auburn (Baker §: Earle, 650). Montgomery County (£. 4. 
Smith). Wileox County, near Peachtree. Mobile County. Scattered, not infre- 
quent, but nowhere abundant. July to August. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in America,” 
Economic uses: Of some value for forage. 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb, Mobr. 
ERIANTHUS Miehx. F). Bor. Am.1:54. 1808. PLUME GRASs, 
About 20 species, coarse perennials, of the warmer regions of both hemispheres. 
Atlantic North America, 6 species, 
Brianthus alopecuroides (L.) Ell.Sk.1:38. 1816. In part. 
SPIRAL-AWNED PLUME GRASS. 
Andropogon alopecuroides L. Sp. Pl. 2: 1045. 1753. 
Ell,l.c, Gray. Man. ed. 5, 651, in part. Chap. Fl. ed. 8, 595. Coulter, Contr. Nat. 
Herb, 2: 493, in part. Britt. & Brown, Tl). Fl. 1:98. 
Carolinian to Louisianian area. Kentucky and Missouri; south to Tennessee and 
Georgia. 
ALABAMA: From the coast to the mountains, In wet and dry soil. Cullman and 
Clay counties. Chambers (2. A. Smith), Mobile, and Baldwin counties. Four to 5 
feet high. September. Near the coast; mostly found in swamps. In upper dis- 
tricts in drier soil. 
Type locality: “Hab. in America septentrionaliore.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Erianthus saccharoides Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:55. 1808. 
FoxTAIL PLUME Grass, 
El. Sk. 1:38, in part. Gray, Man. ed. 6,637. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 493, in 
part, Britt. & Brown, Ill. Fl. 1:99, 
Cuba, Mexico, Braziu. 
Louisianian and Carolinian areas. From southern Virginia to Florida, west to 
Louisiana and Texas, 
ALABAMA: Coast plain to Central Prairie region, In deep open marshes, Mont- 
gomery County, Mobile County, marshes of Mobile River, Most frequent on the 
coast. Eight to 10 feet high. October, November, 
Type locality: ‘Hab, a Carolina ad Floridam, in humidis.” 
