121 PRELIMINARY CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 



P. compressa, L. Wire-grass. Dry fields. Rather common through- 

 out the State; probably not native to New Jersey. Nat. Eu. 



P. serotina, Ehrh. False Red-top. Camden, C. F. Parker; Clos- 

 ter, C. F. Austin ; Roseland, Essex Co., H. H. Rusby ; Bergen Point, 

 W. H. Leggett. Eu. 



P. pratensis, L. Kentucky Blue-grass. Common throughout, but 

 introduced for a pasture grass and not native to New Jersey. Nat. Eu. 



P. trivialis, L. Roughish Meadow-grass. Not common. Meadows, 

 Camden, C. F. Parker; Monmouth Co., 0. R. Willis; New Durham, 

 N. L. Britton; Bergen Point, W. H. Leggett. Nat. Eu. 



Eragrostis, Beam- ERAGROSTIS. 



E. rep tans, Xees. Shore of Delaware River, above Phillipsburg, T. 

 C. Porter; Petty 's Island, near Camden, C. F. Parker. 



E. poseoides, Beauv. ; Var. megastachya, Gray. Sandy waste places. 

 Rather common throughout. Nat. Eu. 



E. pilosa, Beauv. Waste ground and ballast at Camden, C. F. 

 Parker; not rare in Monmouth and Ocean Cos., P. D. Knieekern. 

 Nat, Eu. 



E. Frankii, Meyer. Shore of the Delaware River, above Phillips- 

 burg, T. C. Porter. 



E. Purshii, Schrader. Sandy soil. Shore of the Delaware, above 

 Phillipsburg, T. C. Porter; and common in the middle and southern 

 counties. 



E. capillaris, Nees. Sandy fields of Ocean and Monmouth Cos., not 

 common, P. D. Knieskern ; Gloucester and Cumberland Cos., C. F. 

 Parker; Little Snake Hill, N. L. Britton; near Phillipsburg, T. C. 

 Porter. 



E. pectinacea, Gray. Dry fields. Rather common throughout, 



Festuca, L FESCUE-GRASS. 



F. Myurus, L. Scarce. Squan, Monmouth Co., W. H. Leggett, 

 1857 ; Atco, Camden Co., J. H. Redfield ; Camden, C. E. Smith ; and 

 in ballast at Camden, C. F. Parker. Nat. Eu. 



F. tenella, Willd. Frequent in sandy fields, southern and middle 

 counties, and sparingly in the northern parts of the State. Essex Co., 

 H. H. Rusby. 



F. ovina. L. ; Var. duriuscula, Gray. Fields, <fec. Rather common 

 throughout. Nat. Eu. 



F. elatior, L. ; Var. pratensis, Gray. Meadow-fescue. Meadows. 

 Common throughout. Nat. Eu. 



F. nutans, Willd. Scarce. Palisades, C. F. Austin ; Bergen Point, 

 W. H. Leggett. 



