142 



Chlorideae 



Eleusine 



o "30 

 Map 251 



Leptochloa panicoides (Presl 1 Hitchc. 



50 



Map 252 



Eleusine indica (L.)Gaertn. 



5o 



Map 253 



Cynodon Dactylon (|_.) Pers. 



stages. Also found in sandy, alluvial fields along the Ohio River, and rarely 

 in a similar habitat away from the river. Usually rather plentiful where 

 it occurs. 



Va. to s. Ind. and e. Kans., southw. to Fla. and Tex., s. Calif., and 

 throughout tropical America. 



2. Leptochloa panicoides (Presl) Hitchc. (Leptochloa floribunda Doell 

 of Deam, Grasses of Ind.) Map 251. In 1916 I found a few specimens of 

 this species in a large, miry, muddy flat in what is locally known as 

 Pitcher's Lake, about 5 miles west of Mt. Vernon, Posey County. Pitcher's 

 Lake is in reality a shallow lagoon about 2 miles long and a half mile wide. 

 It is filled with water during the winter months and is usually nearly or 

 entirely dry in autumn. This grass was found with Lindemia, Cyperus, 

 Acnida, and Leersia oryzoides. I revisited the place in 1920 and found a 

 few more specimens. The Indiana specimens are the only ones known 

 north of Mississippi. The species is rare, having been found only in 

 Indiana, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, and southward to Brazil. 



93-304. ELEUSINE Gaertn. 



1. Eleusine Indica (L.) Gaertn. Goosegrass. Map 252. This species is 

 doubtless found in every county of the state although our records are less 

 frequent in the northern counties. It prefers a moist, sandy habitat and 

 is found about dwellings, along roadsides and footpaths and in waste 

 places, pastures, and cultivated fields. 



Nat. of the Old World ; Mass. to S. Dak., southw. to Fla. and Tex. ; occa- 

 sional in Oreg. and Calif. 



94-305. DACTYLOCTENIUM Willd. 

 See excluded species no. 71, p. 1028. 



