Festuca GRAMINEAE Glyceria 



Festuca L. Fescue. 

 F. elatior L. Meadow Fescue. 



Frequent; fields, meadows and roadsides. June, July. Nat. 

 from Europe. 



F. obtusa Biehler. (F. nutans Biehler. Rhodora 47, 199. 1945.) 

 Frequent, on wooded slopes of the Piedmont and Coastal Plain. 

 Late May, June. 



F. paradoxa Desv. (F. Shortii Kunth.) 



Rare: Conowingo, J. J. Carter, July 1907 (A). 



F. rubra L. 



Infrequent in coastal marshes ; one collection on railroad cinders : 

 under B. & O. R. R. bridge over Lovering Avenue, Wilmington, 

 R. R. Tatnall, 5089, 20 May 1944 (T, A). 



Puccinellia Pari. Alkali Grass. 



P. fasciculata (Torr.) Bicknell. (P. Borreri Hitchc.) 



Infrequent, in salt marshes along the coasts of Delaware Bay 

 and Atlantic Ocean. May to Sept. Adv. from Europe. 



P. distans (L.) Pari. 



Rare, in moist soil: south side of Christiana Creek at Market 

 Street, Wilmington, Commons & Tatnall, 30 June 1896 (D). 

 Introd. from Europe. 



Glyceria R. Br. Manna Grass. 



G. acutiflora Torr. 



Rare, in swamps and shallow water of New Castle County; last 

 collected in 1890. 



G. septentrionalis Hitchc. 



Frequent in ponds and ditches, chiefly Coastal Plain. May to 

 July. The older reports of G. fluitans belong here. 



G. obtusa (Muhl.) Trin. 



Frequent in ponds and fresh-water marshes of the Coastal Plain. 

 June to Sept. 



G. canadensis (Mx.) Trin. Rattlesnake Manna Grass. 



Rare in bogs and swamps of the Piedmont: swamps along 

 Brandywine Creek above Rockland, Commons, 8 Aug. 1864 (A); 



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