Poa GRAMINEAE Eragrostis 



P. alsodes Gray. 



Rare, in rocky woods of New Castle County: along Beaver 

 Creek, Commons, 8 May 1897 (A); Harvey (NC), Pennell, 15 May 

 1909 (A) ; along Beaver Valley road, ^ mi. w. s. w. of Beaver Valley 

 P. 0., R. R. Tatnall, 5011, 5 May 1942 (T, A). May. 



P. sylvestris Gray. 



Frequent in rocky woods of the Piedmont; rare on the Coastal 

 Plain: on Grove Neck (Ce), 5 mi. w. of Cecilton, R. R. Tatnall, 

 2926, 16 May 1936 (T); 6 mi. n. e. of Easton (Ta), Earle, 2471, 1 

 June 1940 (P). Mid-May to mid- June. 



P. nemoralis L. 



Rare, in meadows and fields of the Piedmont: near Centre villa 

 (NC), Commons, 17 July 1870 (A), and 20 June 1876, (A). 

 The southern limit of range for this northern plant. 



P. autumnalis Muhl. 



Infrequent, in dry woods of the Coastal Plain and Piedmont. 

 Mid-May to mid-June. 



Briza L. Quaking Grass. 

 B. minor L, 



Rare, in waste ground: Greenbank (NC), Commons, Aug. 1879 

 (A). Adv. from Europe. 



B. media L. 



Rare, in waste ground: Wilmington, Commons, June 1900 (A). 

 This and the preceding species are sparingly introduced in waste 

 ground; each collected but once. From Europe. 



Eragrostis Beau v. Love Grass. 

 E. hypnoides (Lam.) BSP. 



Rare: along canal, west of Delaware City (NC), Canhy, July 

 1862 (D); gravelly bank of canal, St. Georges (NC), Commons, 8 

 Sept. 1869 (A). Not collected since. 



E. capillaris (L.) Nees. Lace Grass. 



Infrequent; in rocky soil of the Piedmont and sandy ground of 

 the Coastal Plain. Late Aug. to early Oct. 



E. pilosa (L.) Beauv. 



Local: north bank of canal at Pivot Bridge (Ce), Long, 41138, 



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