144 Rhodora [AUGUST 
REPORTS ON THE FLORA OF THE BOSTON 
DISTRICT,— XVII. 
GRAMINEAE. 
[Melica striata (Michx.) Hitche. “‘ Manchester’ (S. P. Fowler), 
banks of the Merrimac, West Newbury," according to Robinson, Fl. 
Essex Co. 128, 1880, as Avena striata Michx. Mr. Robinson writes - 
that the Manchester record was a quotation from notes by S. P. 
Fowler. This cannot be verified. The specimen cited from West 
Newbury is Bromus ciliatus L. “Concord (E. S. Hoar; specimen in 
herb. of).” according to Dame & Collins, Fl. Middlesex Co. 128, 1888, 
as Avena striata Michx. This specimen, now in the herbarium of 
the New England Botanical Club, proves also to be Bromus ciliatus.] 
DISTICHLIS. 
D. spicata (L.) Greene. Salt marshes. Common along the coast, 
but not reported south of Boston. 
BRIZA. 
B. maxima L. Boston (C. E. Perkins, July 3, 1878, specimen in 
herb. Yale University). Native of Mediterranean region and south- 
ern Africa. 
B. mep1a L. Meadows and fields, scattered throughout. 
DACTYLIS. 
D. GLOMERATA L. Fields, roadsides and waste places, common 
throughout. 
CYNOSURUS. 
C. cristatus L. Lawns, fields and roadsides; Salem, Cambridge, 
- Dorchester and Jamaica Plain. 
POA. 
[P. alsodes Gray. Specimens recorded from Medford, Malden, 
Cambridge and Newton by Dame & Collins, Fl. Middlesex Co. 130, 
