Eragrostis GRAMINEAE Eragrostis 



15 July 1933 (A) ; same locality, R. R. Tatnall, 1920, 15 July 1933 



(T). 



E. pectinacea (Mx.) Nees. {E. Purshii Schrad.) 



Frequent; in fields and waste places of the Coastal Plain. 

 June to Sept. 



E. multicaulis Steud. {E. peregrina Wiegand. See Rhodora 47, 

 108. 1945.) 

 Rare: Wilmington, street near Penna. R. R. station, Long, 24 

 July 1917 (A) ; Wilmington, sidewalk at Seventh & Harrison Streets 

 R. R. Tatnall, 4917, 11 Aug. 1941 (T). 



E. megastachya (Koeler) Link. {E. cilianensis (All.) Link.) 



Common weed of fields, roadsides and waste ground, throughout 

 our area. June to Oct. Introd. from Europe. 



E. poaeoides Beauv. (E. minor of Gray's Man., ed. 7.) 



Occasionally collected in waste ground. New Castle and Sussex 

 Counties. June to Sept. Introd. from Europe. 



E. neomexicana Vasey. 



Rare: Greenbank (NC), Commons, 8 Aug. 1880 (A), and 10 

 Oct. 1882 (A). Introd. from the West. 



E. mexicana (Hornem.) Link. 



Rare: Greenbank, Commons, 8 Aug. 1880 (A). Introd. from 

 the West. 



E. hirsuta (Mx.) Nees. 



Rare; sandy roadsides and pine woods of Northampton County: 

 Eastville, grassy roadside, Fernald & Long, 5219, 11-13 Oct. 1935, 

 (G, A, T) ; pines west of Kiptopeke, Fernald, Long & Fogg, 5220, 14 

 Oct. 1935 (P). 



Var. laevivaginata Fernald. 



One collection: sandy bank in Salisbury (Wi), R. R. Tatnall, 

 4762, 13 Oct. 1940 (T, A, G). (Det. Agnes Chase.) 



E. spectabilis (Pursh) Steud. (E. pectinacea var. spectahilis Gray). 

 Common throughout, chiefly in sandy soil. July to Sept. 



E. refracta (Muhl.) Scribn. 



Infrequent in open sandy soil of Wicomico and Sussex Counties, 

 where it reaches the northern limit of its range. Aug., Sept. 



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