222 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 



S. ITALICA (L.) Beauv. Millet. — (subsp. stramineofruda Hubbard, 

 var. Hostii Hubbard, subv. Metzgeri (Komicke) Hubbard; wd Rhodora, 

 18: 233, 1916.) 



Occasional escape from cultivation; Becket; Stockbridge. 



S. viRiDis (L.) Beauv. — Cultivated ground; frequent in the valley. 



SORGHASTRUM. 



S. nutans (L.) Nash. Indian Grass; Wood Grass. — Dry 

 ground; occasional in the valley. Pittsfield; Great Barrington; 

 Sheffield. 



SPHENOPHOLIS. 



S. nitida (Spreng.) Scribn. — Woods; frequent in the valley. 

 S. pallens (Spreng.) Scribn. — Woods, both dry and moist; fre- 

 quent in the valley. 



SPOROBOLUS. Drop-seed. 



S. neglectus Nash. — Dry open soil; occasional in the valley. 

 Williamstown (Churchill); North Adams; Pittsfield. 



S. uniflorus (Muhl.) Scribn. & Merr. — Wet sandy fields, ditches 

 and exsiccated margins of swamps; occasional on the plateau (Becket). 



S. vaginiflorus (Torr.) Wood. — Sandy soil and dry ledges; occa- 

 sional in the valley. Egremont; Sheffield. 



TRISETUM. 



T. spicatum (L.) Richter, var. molle (Michx.) Piper. — ( T. 

 spicatum Man, ed. 6 in part; vid. Rhodora, 18: 195, 1916.) 

 Banks of the Deerfield River, Florida. 



TRITICUM. Wheat. 



T. SATIVUM Lam. Wheat. — Occasionally self-sown along rail- 

 road tracks. 



CYPERACEAE. SEDGE FAMILY. 

 CAREX. Sedge. 



C. aenea Fernald. — Rocky woods and dry open ground; frequent. 

 C. aestivalis M. A. Curtis. — Rocky wooded slopes; frequent, 

 especially on the plateau and on the mountains. 



