86 Lloyd and Tracy : The insular Flora 



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\Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene. Abundant on damp soils, 

 especially on the muck marsh islands. 



Elymus Virginicus L. (?) Occasional on shell beaches, He a 

 Pitre and Sam Holmes Islands. 



Eragrostis hirsuta (Michx.) Nash. In a single locality, Breton 

 Islands. Perennial. 



*E. Elliottii S. Wats. Occasional on dry sand. 



E. pectinacea (Michx.) Steud. Common except on muck soils. 



E. secundiflora Presl. Rather common on the drier soils of 

 Ship, Cat and Breton Islands, many of the panicles of the plants 

 on Breton Island being strongly viviparous, a peculiarity not 

 found elsewhere. Confined to the gulf coast. 



Erianthus saccharides Michx. Cat and Breton Islands. 



parvifli 



Mer. Port 



Eads. 



C. glattca (L.) Scribn. Port Eads. 



C. gracilis (H.B.K.) Scribn. & Mer. Common on ballast 



ground, Port Eads. 



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tc. 



He a Pitre and Cat Island, on 



sandy beaches. 



C. magna (Griseb.) Scribn. Abundant on low wet black soil 

 on Breton Island, occasional on Bird and Battledore Islands. 



* \Panicum amarum Ell. Very abundant on Battledore, Breton 

 and other southern islands, but rare near the Mississippi and 

 Louisiana coasts. 



P. angustifolium Ell. Occasional on Cat and Breton Islands. 



P. colonum L. Ship and Cat Islands. 



■fP. Crus-galli L. Occasional on margins of ponds on 



the 

 larger islands and very abundant in the marshes along the river. 



P. depauperatum Muhl. Occasional on Breton Island. 



P. gibbnm Ell. In one locality on Cat Island. Coastal plain 

 from southeast Virginia to Florida, and westward to Texas and 

 Cuba. 



Panicum halophilum Nash 



P. repens L. var. confertum Vasey, not P. confertuni Desv. 1816. 



A smooth and glabrous perennial with a long, stout rootstock 

 from which arise rather stout erect stems which are densely 



clothed toward the base with overlapping leaves. Stems I-5' 4 



