128 Rhodora [JULY 
APERA. 
A. sPICA-VENTI (L.) Beauv. Made land, S. Boston (C. E. Perkins, 
July 1, 1878 and July 5, 1881; E. & C. E. Faxon, Oct. 5, 1878 and July 
3, 1879); "in a field at West Newbury (W. P. Conant)” according 
to Robinson, Fl. Essex Co. 123, 1880 (as Agrostts Spica-venti L.). 
CINNA. 
C. arundinacea L. River borders, swamps and wet woods; com- 
mon elsewhere, but not reported from the extreme south. 
[C. latifolia (Trev.) Griseb. “Lawrence, Danvers (J. H. Sears); 
West Newbury (W. P. Conant) etc.” according to Robinson, Fl. 
Essex Co. 124, 1880, as C. arundinacea, L., var. pendula, Gray. There 
are no specimens in the Peabody Academy of Science.] 
HOLCUS. 
H. naNATUS L. Fields and meadows, very common throughout. 
SPHENOPHOLIS. 
S. nitida (Spreng.) Scribn. Woods, rare; Melrose, Malden, 
Wellesley, Canton, Randolph. 
S. obtusata (Michx.) Seribn. Dry shaded ledges north of Crooked 
Pond, Boxford (A. S. Pease, June 27, 1912); West Boston flats (C. W. 
Swan, June 27, 1881 and June 25, 1882); Blue Hill, Milton (E. & 
C. E. Faxon, no date); “Concord (E. S. Hoar; specimen in herb. of); 
Watertown (Bigelow's Fl. Bost., under Aira truncata, Muhl.)" ac- 
cording to Dame & Collins, Fl. Middlesex Co. 129, 1888, as Eatonia 
obtusata Gray. 
S. pallens (Spreng.) Scribn. Meadows and ditches, rare; nine 
stations from Blue Hills northward (1877-1896). 
S. pallens (Spreng.) Scribn., var. major (Torr.) Scribn. Danvers 
(J. H. Sears, June 4, 1879, specimen in herb. Peabody Academy 
of Science). 
S. palustris (Michx.) Scribn. Swamps and meadows; Andover 
CA. S. Pease, June S, 1903); “well meadow head," Concord (H. D. 
