Elymus GRAMINEAE Lolium 



Var. glabriflorus (Vasey) Bush. 



Frequent in moist ground along streams, Piedmont and 

 Coastal Plain. 



l/Var. halophilus (Bickn.) Wieg. 



Shores of the Atlantic Ocean, from Sussex County south- 

 ward: Rehoboth (S), Commons, 15 July 1897 (A); Ocean City 

 (Wo), Otis, 29 July 1914 (D); Wachapreague (Ac), R. R. 

 Tatnall, 3199, 17 Oct. 1936 (T). 



Var. australis (Scribn. & Ball) Hitchc. 



Moist shaded ground on banks of Brandy wine Creek (NC), 

 infrequent. 



Hystrix Moench. 



H. patula Moench. Bottle Brush Grass. 



Rocky woods along Brandywine Creek (NC); infrequent, but 

 abundant where it occurs; along Miles Creek (Ta), Earle, 2278, 6 

 July 1940 (P). 



Hordeum L, Barley. 



/ H. jubatum L. Squirrel-tail Grass. 



Infrequent weed, in fields, waste ground and salt meadows. 

 May to July. 



, H. pusillum Nutt. Little Barley. 



Frequent; waste places, beaches and salt meadows. May, 

 June. 



H. murinum L. 



Rare waif from Europe: waste ground, Wilmington, Commons, 

 1 June 1897 (A, D). 



Lolium L. Rye Grass. 

 L. perenne L. 



Common; fields, meadows and waste ground. Piedmont and 

 Coastal Plain. June, early July. Introd. from Europe. 



Var. cristatum Pers. 



Rare, in Wilmington: DuPont and Tulip Streets, Commons, 

 31 May 1899 (D); "Wilmington, rare," Commons, 19 June 

 1899 (A). Adv. from Europe. 



L. multiflorum Lam. Italian Rye Grass. 



Infrequent weed from Europe. Late May to early July. 



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