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39. Arundinaria tecta (Walt.) Muhl. Small Cane. There have been 

 a few reports for this species for the state. Since the species of cane were 

 not understood until recently, and it is now known that this species is 

 restricted to the Atlantic Coastal Plain, it is excluded. 



Coastal Plain from Md. to Fla. and La. 



40. Bromus arvensis L. A specimen from Jefferson County was so 

 named for me and I reported it as such. I am now referring this specimen 

 to Bromus japonicus Thunb. 



41. Bromus asper Murr. This species was reported by McDonald from 

 St. Joseph County (Amer. Midland Nat. 15: 208. 1934). Hitchcock now 

 refers this species to Bromus ciliatus L. 



42. Bromus erectus Huds. This species was reported from Tippe- 

 canoe County by Wilson (Proc. Indiana Acad. Sci. 1905: 166. 1906). Wil- 

 son says the determination was made by the Bureau of Plant Industry, 

 Washington, D. C. They are not now able to find this specimen at Wash- 

 ington, and, no doubt, it has been referred to some other species. There 

 is no other record and, in the absence of a verifying specimen, the species 

 is dropped from our flora. 



43. Bromus racemosus L. This species has been reported from Clark, 

 Gibson, Jasper, Jefferson, Noble, and Vigo Counties, from the area of 

 Delaware, Jay, Randolph, and Wayne Counties, and from the Lower 

 Wabash Valley. I have seen the Jasper County specimen, which is now 

 deposited in the herbarium of DePauw University, and I am referring it to 

 Bromus secalinus. I have the Vigo County specimen and it is an immature 

 specimen of Bromus secalinus. All of the records except the Jasper County 

 one were made years ago when Gray's Manual, ed. 5 was used, and when 

 the species were not divided as they now are. This species is very rare 

 in the United States, and since we have no specimens, I believe we can 

 safely exclude it for the present. 



44. Glyceria melicaria (Michx.) Hubbard. (Glyceria Torreyana 

 (Spreng.) Hitchc. in Gray, Man., ed. 7 and Panicularia Torreyana 

 (Spreng.) Merrill of Britton and Brown, Illus. Flora, ed. 2.) This species 

 has been reported from Clark and Noble Counties and from the area of 

 Delaware, Jay, Randolph, and Wayne Counties. It has not been found 

 west of the western slopes of the Appalachian Mountains and, in the 

 absence of a verifying specimen, it is excluded. 



N. B. to ne. Ohio, southw. to the mts. of N. C. 



45. Glyceria obtusa (Muhl.) Trin. Troop reported this species in his 

 "Grasses of Indiana" as "found in wet places in the southern counties". In 

 a letter dated January 4, 1917, Troop writes that the record was based 

 upon a Ripley County collection. Since this is an Atlantic coast species, the 

 identification must have been wrong, or else the plant was a waif. It is 

 excluded since there is no confirming specimen. 



Near the coast from N. S. to N. C. 



