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STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Rico Cut- 

 grass. 



Indian Rice. 

 Water-oats. 



Meadow Fox- 

 tail. 



Floating Fox- 

 tail. 



"Wild Foxtail. 



Timothy. 

 Herd's Grass. 



Rush Grass. 

 Rush Grass. 



Drop-seed 



Grass. 



Drop-seed 



Grass. 



Drop-seed 

 Grass. 



Thin Grass. 



Hair Grass. 



Brown Bent- 

 grass. 



Red-top. 



Fiorin. 



White.Rent- 



grass. 



Wood Reed- 

 grass. 



1422. oryzoides, Swartz. 



River banks. 



ZIZANIA 



1423. aquatica, L. 



C. &S. 



Frequent. 



Th. 



Borders of large streams and lakes. Wright Cat.; South Haven— Bailey; 

 Montcalm Co.; Hubbardston (!); and northward. Yields an edible 

 grain, formerly gathered by the Indians, and now greedily eaten by 

 wild ducks which haunt lakes and rivers during its ripening in innu- 

 merable numbers. 



1424. miliacea, Michx. 



Grand Ledge.— Prof. W. J. Beal. 



ALOPECURUS 



1425. pratensis, L. 



L. Superior— Whitney Cat. 



1426. geniculatus, L. 



S. Mich.— Wright Cat.; Macomb Co. 



1427. aristulatus, Michx. 



In water. Lansing— Bailey; Hubbardston (!); Flint; and northward. 



Frequent. 



PHLEUM 



1428. pratense, L. 



Meadows everywhere. Cultivated for hay. 



1429. alpinum, L. 



L. Superior— Whitney Cat. 



VILFA 



1430. aspera, Beauv. 



Dr. Lyons. 



1431. vaginseflora, Torr. 



Dr. Lyons; Flint. 



SPOROBOLUS 



1432. junceus, Kunth. 



Dr. Lyons. 



1433. cryptandrus, Gray. 



S. Mich.— Winch. Cat. 



1434. serotinus, Gray. 



Sandy wet places— Gray's Manual. 



AGROSTIS 



1435. perennans, Tuckerrnan. 



Swamps. S. Mich.— Wright; Macomb Co. ; Hubbardston (!). 



1436. scabra, Willd. 



Sterile soil. 



1437. canina, L. 



Ann Arbor— Winch. Cat. 



1438. vulgaris, With. 



Low meadows everywhere. Naturalized from Europe. 



1439. alba, L. 



With the last, along river banks. Naturalized from Europe, 

 preceding are thought by some authors to be indigenous. 



CINNA 



1440. arundinacea, L. 



Low Grounds. 



Frequent. 



Th. 



Common. 



Th. 



This and the 



Th. 



Frequent. 



