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AVENA L. SP. PL. 79. 1753 



A vena fatua L. — Beale 384. Am. Grasses II., 203, Fig. 

 499. On authority of Rev. A. B. Langlois, Catalogue Provisoire 

 de Plantes de la Basse-Louisianne. 



Avena sativa L. — Small Flora 130. Beale 385. Frequent- 

 ly found growing on the sides of railroads and fields and waste 

 places of any kind. 



ARRHENATHERUM BEAUV. AGROST. ho. 1812 



Abrhenatherum elatius (L.) Beauv. — Britton & Brown, 

 Illus. Flora I, 173, Fig. 396. Small Flora 131. Beale 387. Am. 

 Grasses I, 167, Fig. 161. Collected by the writer in waste 

 places in vicinity of Shreveport and Alexandria. Not common. 



DANTHONIA D. C. FL., FRANCE, 3 :32. 1805 



Danthonia sericea Nutt. — Britton & Brown, Illus. Flora 

 I. 174, Fig. 399. Small Flora 131. Beale 390. Am. Grasses I, 

 176, Fig. 170. Only once collected by the writer. A large clump 

 growing by the side of the railroad near Slidell. 



Danthonia spicata (L.) Beauv. — Britton & Brown, Illus. 

 Flora I, 174, Fig. 397. Small Flora 131. Beale 391. Am. 

 Grasses I, 174, Fig. 168. Not uncommon in dry soil in vicinity 

 of Baton Rouge. 



CAPRIOLA ADAMS FAM. PL. 2:31. 1763 



CYNODON. 



Capriola Dactylon (L.) Kuntze. (Cynodon Dactylon 

 Pers.) —Britton & Brown. Illus. Flora I, 175, Fig. 400. Small 

 Flora 131. Beale 395. Am. Grasses I, 171, Fig. 165. Common 

 everywhere. 



Capriola Dactylon var. maritima Nees.— Chapman Flora 

 608. This form described by Chapman and which appears to 

 the writer to be well marked, is common on the edges of Lake 

 Ponehartrain and on the borders of bayous. Readily dis- 

 tinguished from the type by its much larger size, by the greater 

 number of spikes and by the greater breadth and shortness of 

 the leaves. 



