12 FLORA OF BURLINGTON AND VICINITY 



DIGITARIA Scop. Finger Grass 



D. HUMiFusA Pers. Small Crab Grass. Occasional in sandy fields, more 



frequent as a lawn weed. Aug., Sept. 



I). SANGuiNAUS (L.) Scop. Large Crab Grass. Cultivated fields and 

 waste places; common. Aug., Sept. 



ECHINOCHLOA Beauv. 



E. CRUSGALLi (L.) Beauv. Barnyard Grass. Moist ground, waste places, 



etc.; common. Aug.-Oct. Presenting many differing forms; viz.: 

 long awned, short awned, semi-prostrate, erect, etc. 



ELYMUS L. Wild Rye. Lyme Grass 



E. canadensis L. Nodding Wild Rye. Low thickets and river banks; 

 common. July, Aug. Var. glaucieouus (Muhl.) Gray. Dry banks; 

 occasional. July, Aug. 



E. robustns Scribn. & Sm. Burlington, (Jones). July, Aug. 



E, striatus Willd. Slender Wild Rye. Ledges of Winooski River, 

 (Pringle). July, Aug. 



JE. Tirginicus L. Wild Rye. Moist thickets of river banks; frequent. 



I July, Aug. 



. ERAGROSTIS Beauv. 



E. liypnoides (Lam.) BSP. Creeping Eragrostis. Gravelly or sandy 



shores; frequent. Aug., Sept. 

 E-, megastachya (Koeler) Link. Strong-scented Eragrostis. Waste 



places; becoming frequent. July-Sept. 



E. piLOSA (L.) Beauv. Sandy soil, especially along railroads; rare. 



July-Sept. Burlington, (Priest, N. F. F.). 



FESTUCA L. Fescue Grass 



F. ELATioR L. Taller or Meadow Fescue. Meadows and roadsides; 



common. June, July. 

 F. nntans Spreng. Nodding Fescue. Rocky woods; frequent. June, 



July. 

 F. oviNA L. Sheep's Fescue. Introduced in lawn, South Burlington, 



(Jones). June, July. 

 F. rubra L. Red Fescue. Rocky or sandy shores of Lake Champlain; 



occasional. June, July. Var. subvillosa Mert. & Koch. Adventive 



in lawn. South Burlington, (.Tones). July. 



