376 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie region, Open prairies, dry caleareous soil, Mont- 
gomery, Hale, and Dallas counties. Not infrequent. July to August. 
Type locality: “Hab. in aridis regionis [linoensis ad Wabast et in rupibus prairie 
du rocher.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr, 
ELEUSINE (Caert. Fruct. et Sem. 1:7, t. 2. 1788. 
Six species, tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World, 
Eleusine indica (L.) Gaert. Fruct. et Sem.1:8. 1788, BARNYARD GRass, 
Cynosurus indicus L. Sp. Pl. 1: 72. 1753. 
EIL Sk.1:176. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 656. Chap. Fl. 558. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 
2: 533. 
Scribner, Grass.Tenn, 2 : 90, t. 30, f. 120. 
WESTERN ASIA, East INpiEs, SOUTH AFRICA, ALL OVER TEMPERATE AMERICA 
AND SOUTH TO BRAZIL. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Naturalized in the States south of New Eng- 
land, northern Michigan, and Iowa. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Cultivated and waste places near dwellings. June 
to September. Common weed. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Indiis.” 
Herb, Geol. Sury. Herb. Mohr. 
Bleusine barcinonensis Costa, Ind. Sem. Hort. Bare. 1859. 
ALABAMA: Ballast weed; adventive from Spain. Mobile County, observed tor the 
past eight years. July to September. Annual. 
Type locality: Spain ?, 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
DACTYLOCTENIUM Willd. Enum. 1029. 1809, 
One species, a weed in the warmer parts of Asia, Africa, and Australia; West Indies 
to Argentina. 
Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd. Enum. 1029, 1809. EGYPTIAN Giass, 
Cynosurus aegyptius L. Sp. Pl.1:72. 1753. 
Chloris mucronata Michx. F]. Bor. Am.1:59. 1803, 
Eleusine aegyptiaca Pers. Syn. 1:87. 1805. 
Ell. Sk. 1:176. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 656. Chap. FL. 558, Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:534, 
Louisianian area. Naturalized North Carolina to Florida, west to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie region to Coast plain, cultivated ground, meadows. 
June to August; common. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Africa, Asia, America,” 
Economic uses; Of some value for hay, 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr, 
LEPTOCHLOA Beauv. Agrost. 71. 1812. 
Twelve species; warmer regions temperate North America, 1, 
Leptochloa n.ucronata (Michx.) Kunth, Gram. 1:91. 1829-1835, FEATHER GRASS, 
Eleusine mucronata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:65, 1803. 
Ell. Sk. 1:175. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 657. Chap. Fl. 558, Coulter, Contr. Nat. 
Herb. 2:534. Scribner, Grass. Tenn. 2 291, t. 31, f. 727. 
CHINA, East INDIES, West INDIES, MEXICO TO VENEZUELA, 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Virginia to Florida, west to Texas ; 
Arkansas, southern Missouri, southern Illinois, and Tennessee. 
ALABAMA: From the Coast plain to the Central Pine belt. Sandy fields. Most 
frequent near the coast. June to July, frequent. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in cultis linoensibus.” 
Herb. Geol, Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
DIPLACHNE Beauv. Agrost. 80, t. 16, f. 9, 1812. 
Fourteen species, warmer regions of both hemispheres. 
Diplachne fascicularis (Lam.) Beauv. Agrost. 160. 1812, 
MANY-SPIKED DIPLACHNE, 
Festuca fascicularis Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1:189, 1791, 
