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Fig. 544. A common grass in vicinity of New Orleans, bloom- 

 ing very early, in January or February. 



Poa pratenis L. — Britton & Brown, Illus. Flora I, 204, Fig. 

 406. Small Flora 153. Beale 543. Am. Grasses I, 279, Fgi. 

 273. Occurring occasionally on sides of roads, corners of fields 

 and edges of swamps over the entire State. 



Poa sylvestris A. Gray. — Britton & Brown, Illus. Flora I, 

 206, Fig. 474. Small Flora 153. Beale 537. Am. Grasses I, 

 281, Fig. 275. In woods Hammond, Covington, and West 

 Feliciana. 



Poa trivialis L.— Britton & Brown, Illus. Flora 1, 204, Fig. 

 468. Small Flora 153. Beale 532. Am. Grasses II, 243, Fig. 

 539. Plant has not been seen by the writer. Inserted on author- 

 ity of Rev. A. B. Langlois, Catalogue Provisoire de la Basse- 

 Louisianne, 1887. 



PANICULARIA FABR. ENUM. HORT. HELMST. 373, 1763 

 GLYCERIA R. BR, 



Panicularia fluitans (L.) Kuntze. (Glyceria fluitans B. 

 Br.) —Britton & Brown, Illus. Flora I, 213, Fig. 491. Small 

 Flora 155. Beale 570. Am. Grasses I, 291, Fig. 285. Not un- 

 common in shallow water or on the edges of water courses, St. 

 Tammany, West Feliciana, Also reported by Langlois in his 

 catalogue. Small gives southern boundary as North Carolina. 



FESTUCA L. SP. PL. 73. 1753 



Fescuta elatior L. — Britton & Brown, Illus. Flora I, 218, 

 Fig. 203. Small Flora 156. Beale 588. In woods West Felici- 

 ana and Caddo. 



Festuca obtusa Spreng. (F. Shortii Kunth.) — Britton & 

 Brown, Illus. Flora I, 218, Fig. 503. Small Flora 156. Beale 

 589. Am. Grasses II, 278. Fig. 574. Common in dry woods 

 Hammond and other places along the Illinois Central Railroad. 



Festuca myurus L. — Britton & Brown, Illus. Flora I, 216. 

 Fig. 498. Small Flora 155. Beale 586. Am. Grasses II, 285 

 Fig. 581. Dry sandy soil Slidell and Covington. 



Festuca octoflora Walt. (F. tenella Willd.) — Britton & 

 Brown, Illus. Flora I, 216, Fig. 497. Small Flora 156. Beale 



