366 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
STIPA L.Sp. Pl1:78. 1753. 
About 100 species native of temperate and warmer regions, particularly on ele- 
vated table-lands. North America, 23 species. 
Stipa avenacea L. Sp. Pl.1:78. 1753. Brack Oat GRASS. 
Stipa barbata Michx. F]. Bor. Am. 1:53. 1803. 
EU. Sk.1:189. Gray, Man, ed. 6, 641. Chap. FI. 554. Vasey, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
3:54. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:516, 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas, Southern New York, Delaware, and Pennsyl- 
vania to Florida, west to Texas, Arkansas, and southern Missouri. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Dry sandy hills. Montgomery County. Bibb County, 
Ashland. Tuscaloosa County (#£, dA. Smith). Perry County, Uniontown, dry 
prairies. Mobile County, sandy pine ridges, April and May; frequent. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Stipa setigera Pres], Rel. Haenk. 1: 226. 1828, 
Stipa neesiana Trin. Mem, Acad, St. Petersb. 5:27. 1842, 
ALABAMA: Adyentive from Argentina on ballast. Mobile County. June, July, 
1886 and 1893, 
Type locality not given. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Iferb. Mohr. 
MUHLENBERGIA Schreb. Gen. 44. 1789. Drop-sEKpD. 
About 60 species, mostly South American; Mexico and North America, 37, mostly of 
the Western plains. 
Muhlenbergia trichopodes (Ell.) Chap. FI. 553. 1860. Evuiorr’s Harr GRass, 
Agrostis trichopodes Ell. Sk.1:135. 1817. 
Muhlenbergia capillaris var. trichopodes Vasey, Contr, Nat. Herb. 3:66. 1892, 
Ell. Sk. le. Coulter, Contr, Nat, Merb. 21522. 
MEXxIco, 
Louisianian area, South Carolina and Florida to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Dry woodlands. Hale County, 
Gallion. Mobile County. Washington and Clarke counties. Perennial. 
Type locality: “ Chatham County, Georgia, by Dr. Baldwin. Near Charleston.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Muhlenbergia diffusa Schreb. Beschr. Graes, 2: 143, 4.57. 1772-1779. Nimpie WILL. 
Dilepyrum minutifiorum Michx. F]. Bor. Am. 1:40. 1803. 
EI. Sk. 1:98. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 644, Chap. F1.553. Vasey, Contr. Nat. Herb. 3: 68. 
Scribner, Grass. Tenn, 2:67, t. 20, f. 80. 
SouTH BRAZIL, 
Alleghenian to Carolinian area, Ontarioand New England; west to Minnesota 
and Nebraska, south to eastern Texas; and from New York along the mountains to 
Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Lower hills. Open woods, pastures. Madison 
County, Huntsville. Tuscaloosa County. Franklin County, Russellville. June to 
September. Frequent. Perennial. 
Type locality not ascertained, Michaux’s locality: ‘Hab. in apricis, pratensibus 
regionum Kentucky et Hlinoensium.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Muhlenbergia tenuiflora (Willd.) B.S. P. Prel. Cat. Fl.N. Y.67. 1888. 
SLENDER-FLOWERED HAIR GRASS. 
Agrostis tenuiflora Willd. Sp. Pl. 1:364,. 1798. 
Muhlenbergia willdenovii Trin. Unifl, 188, 1824, 
KML. Sk.1:134. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 643. Scribner, Grass. Tenn, 2:68, ¢. 21, f. 84, 
Alleghenian to Carolinian area. Ontario and New England to Minnesota, south 
to northern Texas, aud from New York along the mountains to Tennessee and South 
Carolina. 
ALABAMA: Collected by 5. B. Buckley; locality not stated. Rare. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab.in America boreali.” 
