132 FLORA OF THE UPPER SUSQUEHANNA. 



P. compressa L. Flat-stemmeu Poa, Wire Grass. English 

 Bllk-(.rass. Common in cultivated grounds, along roadsides 

 and in other waste places. 



P. flava L. False Red-Top. Fowl Meadow Grass. Plentiful 

 in low meadows and on the banks of streams. {P. serotina 

 Ehrh.) 



P. pratensis L. Kentickv Bue-Grass. June Grass. Common 

 in meadows, fields and woods throughout our range. The com- 

 monest of our grasses. 



P. trivialis L. Roughish Meadow- Grass. Not common, Fen7io; 

 Lucy. 



P. alsodes A. Gray. Rare. Reported by Zz/ry, /r«;/i? and Cc'^'/■//<?. 



P. debilis Torr. Frequent in woods, Fenno. 



PANICULARIA Faur. 



P. Canadensis (Michx. ) Kuntze. Rattlesnake Grass. Tall 

 QiAKiNc; Grass. Common in wet places, especially on the bor- 

 ders of swamps. {Glyceria Canadejisis Trin.) 



P. nervata (Willd.) Kuntze. Fowl Meadow-Grass. Not un- 

 common in wet meadows and swamps. {Glyceria nervata 

 Trin ) 



P. aquatica (L.) Kuntze. Reed Meadows-Grass. Tall Meadows- 

 Grass. Plentiful in marshes or in shallow water. {Glyceria 

 grandis Watson, ) 



P. fluitans (L.) Kuntze. Floating Manna-Grass. Occasional 

 in shallow water or wet places. {Glyceria fliiita7is R. Br.) 



FESTUCA L. 



F. ovina L. Sheep's Fescue. Occasional in la.wns and waste 

 places. 



F. nutans Willd. Noddinm; Fkscue-Grass. Frequent in upland 

 woods and rocky places. 



F. elatlor L. Meadow Fescue. Not uncommon in grass-lands 

 throughout our range. 



BROMUS L. 



B. Kalmii A. Gray. Wild Chess. Infrequent. Found in hilly 

 or rocky woods, Lucy; Fenno; Graves. Elsewhere not reported. 



