240 GRAMINEAE. VOL. I. 



4. Eragrostis pilosa (L.) Beauv. Small Tufted Love-grass. Fig. 575. 



Poa pilosa L. Sp. PL 68. 1753. 



Eragrostis pilosa Beauv. Agrost. 162. 1812. 



Culms 6'-i8' tall, tufted, erect, slender, branched, 

 smooth and glabrous. Sheaths shorter than the in- 

 ternodes, smooth, sometimes pilose at the throat ; ligule 

 a ring of short hairs; blades i'-5' long, i" wide or less, 

 smooth beneath, scabrous above ; panicle 2' -6' in length, 

 the branches at first erect, finally widely spreading, 

 I'-ii' long, often hairy in the axils; spikelets 5-i2-flo\v- 

 ered, ii"-3" long, about \" wide; lower scales acute, 

 the first one-half as long as the second ; flowering scales 

 acute, the lower 4" long, thin, usually purplish, the 

 lateral nerves faint or wanting. 



Waste places or cultivated ground, Massachusetts to Mich- 

 igan and Kansas, south to Florida and Texas. Naturalized 

 from Europe. Also in the West Indies. Aug.-Sept. 



5. Eragrostis Purshii Schrad; Pursh's Love<grass. Fig. 576 



?Poa caroliniana Spreng. Mant. Fl. Hal. 33. 1807. 

 Eragrostis Purshii Schrad. Linnaea, 12: 451. 1838. 

 E. caroliniana Scribn. Mem. Torr. Club 5 : 49. 1895. 



Culms 6'- 1 8' tall, tufted, usually decumbent at the 

 base and much branched, smooth and glabrous. Sheaths 

 loose, shorter than the internodes, smooth and gla- 

 brous; ligule a ring of short hairs; blades ii'-3*' long, 

 i" wide or less, smooth beneath, rough above; panicle 

 open, 3'-8' long, the branches spreading, i'-2i' long, 

 naked in the axils; spikelets 5~i5-flowered, dull purple 

 or green, ii"-4" long, about 3" wide; empty scales 

 acute, the lower about two-thirds as long as the upper, 

 scabrous on the keel ; flowering scales acute, firm, the 

 lower ones \" long, the lateral nerves prominent. 



In dry places, Maine to Ontario and North Dakota, 

 south to Florida and Texas. Southern Spear-grass. Aug. 

 Sept. 



6. Eragrostis Eragrostis (L.) Karst. 



Low Love-grass. Fig. 577. 



Poa Eragrostis L. Sp. PL 68. 1753. 



Eragrostis poaeoides Beauv. Agrost. 162. 1812. 



Eragrostis minor Host, Fl. Austr. i : 135. 1827. 



Eragrostis Eragrostis Karst. Deutsch. Fl. 389. 1880-83. 



Culms seldom over 15' tall, tufted, usually decumbent 

 and much branched, smooth and glabrous. Sheaths 

 loose, shorter than the internodes, smooth, sometimes 

 a little pubescent, sparingly pilose at the throat ; ligule 

 a ring of short hairs; blades \'-2.V long, \"-2" wide, 

 smooth beneath, rough above and somewhat pilose near 

 the base; panicle 2' -4%' in length, the branches spread- 

 ing or ascending, f'-ij' long; spikelets 8-i8-flowered, 

 3"-S" long, about i" wide; empty scales acute, the first 

 two-thirds as long as the second; flowering scales ob- 

 tuse, I" long, the lateral nerves prominent. 



In waste places or cultivated ground, Massachusetts, New 

 York and Pennsylvania. Locally naturalized from Europe. 

 July-Sept. 



