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ZIZANIOPSIS DOELL. & ALSCHERS. 



ZlZANIOPSIS MILIACEA (MlCHX) DOELL & ALSCHERS. Brit- 

 ton & Brown, Illus. Flora I, 128, Fig. 285. Small Flora 112. 

 Am. Grasses II, 112, Fig. 408. With the preceding, but much 

 more abundant. 



HOMALOCENCHRUS MIEG. 1768. LEERSIA SW. NOV. 



GEN. 21. 1782 



Homalocenchrus Virginicus (Wild) Britton (Leersia 

 Yirginica Wild) .—Britton & BBrown, Illus. Flora I, 129, Fig. 

 287. Small Flora 113. Beale 178. Am. Grasses I, 83, Fig. 77. 

 Common everywhere throughout the State. 



Homalocenchrus hexandrus (R. & S.) Britton. (Leer- 

 sia hexandra Sw.) — Small Flora 113. Beale 179. Am. 

 Grasses I, 81, Fig. 75. A very common species in the neighbor- 

 hood of ponds and along the edges of wdods, Calcasieu. 



Homalocenchrus lenticularis (Michx) Scribn. (Leer- 

 sia lenticularis Michx.) — Britton & Brown , Illus. Flora I, 

 129, Fig. 289. Small Flora 113. Beale 179. Am. Grasses I. 

 80, Fig. 74. The commonest species of the genus in swamps 

 and along bayous near New Orleans. 



Homalocenchrus oryzoides (L.) Poll. (Leersia ory- 

 zoides Sw.)— Britton & Brown, Illus. Flora I, 129, Fig. 288. 

 Small Flora 113. Beale 178, Fig. 37. Am. Grasses I, 82, Fig. 

 76. In swamps over the State; not very common. 



ORYZA L. SP. PL. I, 333. 1753 



Oryza sativa L. — Frequently escaped and growing wild 

 in all the rice portion of the State. 



PHALARIS L. SP. PL. 1:55. 1753 



Phalaris angusta Xees. — Small Flora 113. Am. Grasses 

 I, 87, Fig. 81. Not uncommon in cleared swampy ground in 

 vicinity of New Orleans. 



Phalaris Canarienses L. — Britton & Brown, Illus. Flora 

 1, 131, Fig. 292. Small Flora 113. Beale 182. Very abundant 

 in the swamps around New Orleans. 



