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GYMNOPOGON BEAUV. AGROST. 41. 1812 



Gymnopogon ambiguus (Michx) B. S. P. (G. racemosus 

 Beauv.)— Britton & Brown, Illus. Flora I, 178, Fig. 408. Small 

 Flora 136. Beale 411. Am. Grasses I, 198, Fig. 192. In 

 much the same situations as the last, but apparently not so 

 common. Collected near Covington, Amite and Shreveport. 



Gymnopogon brevifolius Trin. — Britton & Brown, Illus. 

 Flora I, 179, Fig. 409. Small Flora 136. Beale 411. Am. 

 Grasses I, 198, Fig. 192. In much the same situations as the 

 last, but apparent not so common. Collected near Covington, 

 Amite and Shreveport. 



BONTELOUA LAG. VAR, CIENC. 1805 



Bonteloua curtipendula (Michx) Torr. (Atheropogon 

 curtipendulus (Michx) Fourn.)— Britton & Brown, Illus. Flora 

 I. 180, Fig. 413. Small Flora 137. Beale 422. Am. Grasses 

 I, 201, Fig. 195. In dry sandy fields, near Alexandria and 

 Shreveport. 



Bonteloua hirsuta Lag.— Britton & Brown, Illus. Flora I, 

 180, Fig. 411. Small Flora 137. Beale 417. Am. Grasses I, 

 211, Fig. 205. Collected several times in Caddo Parish at dif- 

 ferent localities in dry open fields. 



ELUSINE GAERTN. FRUCT & SEM. 1:7. 1788 



Elusine Indica (L.) Gaertn.— Britton & Brown, Illus. 



Flora I, 181, Fig. 415. Small Flora 138. Beale 430. Fig. 78. 



Am. Grasses I, 215, Fig. 209. A common and troublesome weed 



everywhere. 



DACTYLOCTENIUM WILLD. ENUM. 1029. 1809 



Dactyloctenium aegyptium Desf. — Britton & Brown, 

 Illus. Flora I, 182, Fig. 416. Small Flora 138. Beale 429. Am. 

 Grasses I, 216, Fig. 210. A very common weed in dry, culti- 

 vated fields and in gardens. 



LEPTOCHLOA BEAUV. AGROST. 71. 1812 



Leptochloa Langloisii Vasey (L. scabra Nees.) — Small 

 Flora 139. Beale 432. Am. Grasses I, 221, Fig. 215. Very com- 

 mon on the edges of swamps, especially in the vicinity of New 

 Orleans on both sides of the river. According to Beale, Small 

 jmd Scribner occurring in Louisiana only of the United States. 



