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HORDEUM L. SP. PL. 1 :84. 1753 



Hoedeum nodosum L. (E. pratense Huds.) — Britton & 

 Brown, Illus. Flora I, 228, Fig. 529. Small Flora 159. Beale 

 645. Am. Grasses II, 313, Fig. 609. In open fields near Baton 

 Rouge. 



Hordeum pusillum Hack.— Britton & Brown, Illus. Flora 

 1, 229, Fig. 530. Small Flora 159. Am. Grasses II, 314, Fig. 

 610. A very common weed in cultivated ground in the vicinity 

 of New Orleans. 



ELYMUS L. SP. PL. 1 :83. 1753 



Elymus Canadensis L.— Britton & Brown, Illus. Flora I, 

 231, Fig. 535. Small Flora 160. Beale 654. Not uncommon on 

 the banks of rivers (not Mississippi) and bayous in most parts 

 of the State. 



Elymus striatus Willd.— Britton & Brown, Illus. Flora I, 

 230, Fig. 533. Small Flora 160. Beale 655. Am. Grasses II, 



315, Fig. 611. Collected at Wakefield in West Feliciana and in 

 vicinity of Shreveport. 



Elymus Virginicus L. — Britton & Brown, Illus. Flora I, 

 230, Fig. 534. Small Flora 160. Beale 653. Am. Grasses II, 



316, Fig. 612. Not very abundant but distributed all over the 

 State. More abundant in West Feliciana than any other part 

 of the State. 



Elymus glabrifolius Vasey. — Studies in American 

 Grasses, Bull. 24, U. S. Department of Agriculture, page 49. 

 Inserted on authority of Lamson-Scribner & C. R. Ball. "Type 

 specimen collected in low miry places by Rev. A. B. Langlois 

 at Pointe-a-la-Hache. Also collected by C. R. Ball in -Arcadia. 



ARUNDINARIA MICHX. FL. BR. AM. 1:73. 1S03 



Arundinaria tecta (Walt.) Muhl. — Britton & Brown, 

 Illus. Flora I, 233, Fig. 542. Small Flora 161. Beale 659. All 

 over the State. In view of the fact that it is so often stated 

 that this plant blooms only at intervals of several or many years, 

 ii is worth noticing that certain clumps have been observed by 

 the writer near Abita Springs, which have bloomed every 

 year, in the latter part of May, since 1899. 



• Arundinaria macrosperma Michx.— Small Flora 161. 

 Beale 658. Am. Grasses II, 331, Fig. 627. Occurring all Over 

 the State. This plant has never been seen by the writer in 

 bloom. 



