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E. bahiensis d Stem a. 30-50 em. tall: panicle 7-12 em. 
s the branches as mueh as 5 c ong, dieses px lets linear, 1 em. 
long, many-flowered: pee poe * mm. long, aeute.—On ballast, Pensacola, 
Fla., and Mobile, Ala., and in La. Nat. of S. ^. 
9. E. hypnoides (Lam.) B. S. P. Stem much-branched, prostrate- E 
rooting at the nodes, bk TA -bearing branches erect or ascending, 5 m. 
ard leaf- oda Er ong: paniele nearly simple, rather compact, Md 
ver long: pope pale. linear, 10—35-flo owered, 5-15 mm. long: 
mul oboe keeled.—Moist sandy dee ooo "EOS lakes, s 
wet sandy slopes, various provinces, Fla. o Tex, N. D., and Vt.; Wash. 
Calif—(W. I., Mes., C. A., 8. A.) 
10. E. ciliaris ore Link, Stem oo or.spreading, as much as 50 cm. tall: 
b as muc em. long, compact and spikelike or sometimes rather 
: Spikelets rats dos red, 3 Ju mm. long.—Sandy roadsides and waste- 
puce Coastal Plain, Fla. p Tex. and N. J.— (WF. I., Mez., C. A., 8. A.) 
= E. amabilis (L.) Wight & Arn. Stem erect or spreading, as much as 40 
m. tall: panicle as much as 10 em. long: spikelet ets 4—8-flowered, 1-2 mm long. 
LE. d vom —Waste-places, cult. grounds, and roadsides, Fla., Tex. 
—(W. I., Mes., C. A., 8. A.) 
12. E. simplex Scribn. Stem erect or spreading, as much as 50 em. tall: 
panicle iu m. Ls a few aloe branches, the lower finally reflexed: s pike- 
lets linear: lemmas 1.5 mm. long.—Waste- -places, roadsides, and fields, Coastal 
Ga. 
13. E. glomerata iar L. H. Dewey. Stem erect, 25-80 em. tall: a 
pale, as ae = m. long, the sauce crowded bran ches as much a 
long: spikelets 5—10- feet lemmas about 1 mm. long, hyaline , the vic 
visible dpud them. [E. conferta "Trin. 2 places, a and ponds, 
Coastal Plain, Fla. to Tex. and S. C.— (W. I., Mex., C. A., S. A.) 
14. E. capillaris (L.) Nees. Stem s slender, erect, 15-60 e all or more: 
paniele more than half the entire height of the plant, oblong: rg the capil- 
lary branches spreading: spikelets 2-3 mm. long, on long divergent pedicels: 
lemmas about 1.5 mm. long.—(LACE-GRASS. eee e soil, fields, woods, 
river-banks, and prairies, m provinces, Ga. to Tex., Ia., and Me. 
15. E. Frankii (Fisch. Mey. & Lall.) Steud. Stem 15-40 em. tall: leaf-sheaths 
glabrous: panicle less than half the entire height. of plant, the sho dd branches 
spreadin T Ei 2-3 mm. long on ostly appressed pedicels: lemmas 
scarcely over 1 mm. ong.—Low w ground, sande, river-banks, fields, aa barrens, 
various oe Fla. to Miss., Minn., nd N. H. 
16. E. unioloides (Retz.) Nees. Stem 30-50 em. Fen E pins ee 5-15 
em. long: spikelets 5-10 mm. long, 3-4 mm. wide: flor ong, falling 
entire from ha continuous raehilla. —Roadsides, Cae Pisin N N Plana nd Ga. 
of Asi 
E. cilianensis (All) Link. Stem erect or spreading, 20-80 cm. tall: pani- 
de greenish or plumbeous, 5—15 cm. long, "pud densely flowered: spikelets 5—15 
ES ng, 10—40- 2.0m 
owered: lemmas about mm. long, the lateral nerves promi- 
ne [E. major Host. E. megastachya Link Waste plaees, fields, and road- 
sides, U. 8. nd SE Can. Nat. of Eu.—(W. I s Mex., C. A., S. A.) 
8. E. pilosa (L.) Beauv. Stem erect or "— ing, 20-60 em. tall: paniele 
oblong. -elliptie, 5-20 em. long, the lower branches usually E. pilose in 
the axils: spikelets linear, mostly 4-6 mm. long, 5-10-flowered: first glume 0.5 
