Andropogon GRAMINEAE— CYPERACEAE Cyperus 



Var. projectus Fernald. See Rhodora 37, 139. 1935. 



Rare, in the Piedmont: Wilmington, Canhy in 1861; south of 

 Goat Hill (Ce), Long & St. John, 2507, 1 May 1916 (A, P). 



Sorghum Moench. 



S. halepense (L.) Pers. Johnson Grass. 



Open roadsides and waste places; an infrequent escape from 

 cultivation. Aug. to mid-Sept. 



Sorghastrum Nash. 



S. nutans (L.) Nash. Indian Grass. 



Waste places, roadsides and railroad banks; Piedmont and 

 Coastal Plain; frequent. Aug. to mid-Sept. 



S. Elliottii (Mohr) Nash. 



Collected by Canhy at Salisbury (Wi), the northern limit of its 

 range, in Sept. 1867 (P). 



Manisuris L. 



M. rugosa (Nutt.) Ktze. {Rotthoellia rugosa of Gray's Man., ed. 7.) 



Roadside ditches, savannas, and wet places in pine woods, 

 Kent and Sussex Counties, Delaware; local, but abundant where 

 found. Aug. to mid-Oct. 



A plant of the southern Coastal Plain, here reaching its northern 

 limit. 



Tripsaceae 



Tripsacum L. 



T. dactyloides L. Gama Grass. 



Frequent along streams of the Coastal Plain, both fresh and 

 brackish ; occasional in dry ground, as in rocky woods of the Brandy- 

 wine valley (NC), and on a vacant lot in Wilmington: Delaware 

 Avenue and Bancroft Parkway, R. R. Tatnall, 3155, 2 Sept. 1936 

 (T, P, A). June to mid-Oct. 



CYPERACEAE (Sedge Family) 



Cyperus L. Galingale. 



C. tenuifolius (Steud.) Dandy. {Kyllinga pumila Mx. C. densi- 

 caespitosus Mattf. & Ktikenth. See Fernald: Rhodora 

 47, 113. 1945.) 



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