130 Rhodora [JULY 
DANTHONTIA. 
D. compressa Aust. Dry ground, mostly in open woods; frequent, 
especially southward. 
D. spicata (L.) Beauv. Dry places, common throughout. 
SPARTINA. 
S. glabra Muhl., var. alterniflora (Loisel.) Merr. Salt marshes, 
frequent along the coast. 
S. glabra Muhl., var. pilosa Merr. Salt marshes, abundant along 
the coast. 
S. Michauxiana Hitchc. Wet shores and marshes, both salt and 
fresh; frequent, especially on the coast. 
S. patens (Ait.) Muhl. Salt marshes, abundant along the coast. 
S. patens (Ait.) Muhl., var. caespitosa (A. A. Eaton) Hitchc. 
Causeway, Salisbury (4. 4. Eaton, Sept. 2, 1898); Plum Island (4. 
A. Eaton, Aug. 29, 1896); Newbury (A. A. Eaton, August, 1897). 
S. patens (Ait.) Muhl., var. juncea (Michx.) Hitche. Edges of 
salt marshes, occasional; Ipswich, Revere, Cambridge, Boston, 
Dorchester. : 
CYNODON. 
C. DacTYLoN (L.) Pers. South Boston flats (C. E. Perkins, Aug. 
25, Sept. 2 and Oct. 3, 1879; Sept. 5, 1881). 
CHLORIS. 
C. ELEGANS HBK. South Boston flats (C. E. Perkins, Aug. 2, 
1882). Native of Texas and northern Mexico. 
BOUTELOUA. 
B. aracinis (HBK) Lag. Made land, South Boston flats (C. E. 
Faxon, Oct. 5, 1878). Native of northwestern Canada, western 
United States and Mexico. 
[B. oligostachya (Nutt.) Torr. “Near the old carpet factory, 
