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ANDROPOGON. Beard Grass 



A. furcatus MuhL Forked Beard Grass. Dry, rocky banks of rivers 



and lakes; occasional in the lower altitudes. 

 A. scoparius Michx. (Schizachyrium scoparium [Michx.] Nash.). 



Broom Beard Grass. Dry, sterile soil; frequent. 



ANTHOXANTHUM. Sweet Vernal-grass 

 A, odoratum* L. Moist fields and roadsides; common. 



ARISTIDA. Triple-awned Grass 



A. dichotoma Michx. Poverty Grass. Barren fields; Pownal, (Rob- 

 bins); New Haven, (Pringle) ; Essex, (Mrs. N. F. Flynn). 

 A, gracilis Ell. Dry pastures; Vernon, (Grout). 



ARRHENATHERUM. Oat-grass 



A. elatius* (L.) Beauv. (A. avenaceum Beauv.). Tall Oat-grass. Char- 

 lotte, (Horsford) ; Burlington, (Jones); Rutland, (Kirk). 



AVENA. Oat 



A. fatua* L. East Wallingford, (Kent). 

 A. pubesceiis* Huds. Charlotte, (Pringle). 



A. satiya* L. Cultivated and frequently escapes. 



BRACHYELYTRUM 



B. erectum (Schreb.) Beauv. Moist shaded places; frequent. 



BRIZA. Quaking Grass 



B. media* L. In old meadow, Charlotte, (Pringle) ; woods, near Ever- 

 green Cemetery, Rutland, (Kirk). 



BROMUS. Brome Grass 



B. altissiinus Pursh. Along Hoosic River, North Pownal, (Woodward) ; 



Brattleboro, (Wheeler) ; common along streams in northern part 



of the state. 

 B. arrensis* L. Windham, (W. H. Blanchard). 

 B. oiliatns L. Wood Chess, Hairy Brome Grass. Moist thickets; 



common. 

 B. erectus* Huds. Charlotte, (Pringle). 

 B. incanus (Shear.) Hitchc. Along Hoosic River, North Pownal, 



(Woodward). 

 B. inermis* Leyss. Hungarian Brome Grass. Burlington, (Orton) ; 



Colchester, (Griffin); Rutland, (Kirk); Highgate, (Blewitt). 

 B. Kalmii Gray. Wild Chess. Dry woodlands in the lower altitudes 



of western Vermont; occasional. 

 B. purgans L. Thickets; frequent. 

 B. racemosus* L. Charlotte, (Pringle). 



B. secalimis* L. Chess. Occasional in fields and along railroads. 

 B. tectorum* L. Charlotte, (Pringle) ; along railroad, Rutland and 



Perrisburg, (Kirk); Burlington, (Mrs. N. F. Flynn). 



