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Phalaris Cakoliniana Walt. (P. UU r media Bosc.) — 

 Britton & Brown, Illus. Flora I, 130, Fig. 291. Small Flora 

 113. Am. Grasses I, 86-80. With the preceding, but not so 

 common. 



ARISTIDA L. SP. PL. 82. 1753. 



Aristida dichotoma Michx.— Britton & Brown, Illus. 

 Flora I, 133, Fig. 297. Small Flora 115. Beale 208. Am. 

 Grasses II, 118, Fig. 414. A common species in sandy, dry soil 

 over the entire State. 



Aristida gracilis Ell.— Britton & Brown, Illus. Flora I, 

 133, Fig. 298. Small Flora 118. Beale 209. Not uncommon in 

 the dry pine barrens, St. Tammany and Tangipahoa. 



Aristida lanosa Muhl. (A. lanata Poir.) — Britton & 

 Brown, Illus. Flora I, 135, Fig. 302. Small Flora 118. Beale 

 203. Am. Grasses I, 93, Fig. 87. Same situations as former. 

 Common. 



Aristida oligantha Michx.— Britton & Brown, Illus- 

 Flora I, 135, Fig. 303. Small Flora 117. Beale 202. Am. 

 Grasses II, 122, Fig. 418. In dry, sandy soil. Collected in 

 Rapides Parish. 



Aristida palustris Vasey — Small Flora 118. Beale 206. 

 Am. Grasses I, 92, Fig. 86. In the prairies of Calcasieu and in 

 Cameron Parish, near the sea. 



Aristida purpurascens Poir.— Britton & Brown, Illus. 

 Flora I, 134. Fig. 301. Small Flora 118. Beale 201. Common 

 in the dry pine barrens near Mandeville and Covington. 



Aristida purpurea Nutt. — Britton & Brown, Illus. Flora 

 j, 135, Fig. 304. Small Flora 117. Beale 206. Plant not seen 

 by the writer. Inserted here on the authority of Prof. Small, 

 who gives distribution as "sandy soil, Arkansas and Louisiana 

 to New Mexico." 



Aristida stricta Michx.— Small Flora 117. Beale 204. 

 Am. Grasses I. 91, Fig. 85. Dry pine barrens of St. Tammany 

 and Tangipahoa. 



Aristida virgata Trint. — Beale 202. This species is in- 

 cluded with some doubt. It seems, however, to correspond with 

 description of A. Virgata in Beale. Dry pine barrens near 

 Covinsrton. 



