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Langlois. Catalogue Proviso-ire de la Basse-Louisianne. This 

 species has never been seen in Louisiana by the writer, either 

 wild or cultivated. 



ALOPECURUS L. SP. PL. 60. 1753 



Alopecurus geniculatus L.— Britton & Brown, Illus. 

 Flora I, 148, Fig. 337. Small Flora, 122. Beale 280. Am. 

 Grasses I, 121, Fig. 115. Very common everywhere, especially 

 in the vicinity of New Orleans, on the levee banks of the Mis- 

 sissippi River. 



SPOROBOLUS R. BR. FL. N. HOLL. 1 :169. 1810 



Sporobolus argutus (Nees) Kunth.— Britton & Brown, 

 Illus. Flora I, 154, Fig. 350. Small Flora 124. Beale 301. 

 Am. Grasses I, 134, Fig. 128. Only once collected by the 

 writer near Lake Charles. 



Sporobolus asper (Mjchx) Kunth.— Britton & Brown, 

 Illus. Flora I, 151, Fig. 341. Small Flora 123. Beale 287. Am. 

 Grasses I, 125, Fig. 119. Common in poor sandy soil and on 

 the edges of cleared woods in most parts of the State, except 

 the sugar alluvial regions. 



Sporobolus Indicus (L.) R. Br.— Britton & Brown, Illus. 

 Flora I, 154, Fig. 349. Small Flora 124. Beale 296. Am. 

 Grasses I, 132, Fig. 126. A common weed over the entire 

 State. 



Sporobolus Drummondii (Trin.) Vasey — Small Flora 

 123. Inserted here on the authority of Prof. Small. Species 

 rot known by the writer. According to Small, "dry soil, 

 Louisiana and Texas." 



Sporobolus junceus (Michx) Kunth.— Britton & Brown, 

 Illus. Flora I, 154, Fig. 351. Small Flora 124. Beale 290. 

 Am. Grasses II, 159, Fig. 455. Common in dry sandy soil over 

 the entire State. 



Sporobolus vaginaeflorus (Torr) Wood. (S. minor 

 Vasey).— Britton & Brown, Illus. Flora I, 152, Fig. 344. Small 

 Flora 123. Beale 293. Am. Grasses II, 170, Fig. 466. In waste 

 cultivated ground in most parts of the State, but not very 

 abundant anywhere. 



