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CALAMAGROSTIS. Reed Bent Grass . 



C. canadensis (Michx.) Beauv. Blue-joint Grass. Marshes and wet 

 places; common. 



C. hyperborea Lauge. Lake Willoughby, (Boott). Specimen in U. S. 

 national herbarium. 



C. inexpansa Gray. (C. confinis Gray). Mt. Mansfield, (Pringle) ; Lake 

 Willoughby cliffs. 



C. Langsdorfli (Link.) Trin. Mt. Mansfield, (Pringle) ; Lake Willough- 

 by, (Rusby). 



C. neg'Iecta (Ehrh.) Gaertner, Meyer & Scherbius. (C. stricta Gray's 

 Manual, ed. 6, not Trin.; C. hyperborea Lange., var. americaua 

 Kearney). Lake Willoughby, (Mann); Mt. Mansfield, (Pringle). 



C. Pickeringii Gray. (C. breviseta Scribn.). Vermont, (Pringle). 

 Specimen in U. S. national herbarium. 



C. Pickeringii Gray, var. lacustris (Kearney) Hitchc. (C. Lapponica 

 Gray in part; C. lacustris [Kearney] Nash). Mt. Mansfield, 

 (Pringle). Specimen in U. S. national herbarium. 



CENCHRUS. Sandbur 

 C. caroliniauus Walt. Dry sandy soil; local. Colchester and Burling- 

 ton, (Mrs. N. F. Flynn) ; Essex, (Griffin) ; along Connecticut River, 

 Brattleboro, (Grout). 



CINNA. Wood Reed Grass 



C. amndinacea L. Wood Reed Grass. Moist woods; frequent in the 



lower altitudes. 

 ('. latifolia (Trev.) Griseb. (C. pendula Trin.). Slender Wood Reed 

 Grass. Moist woods, especially on mountain sides; fre(|uent. 



DACTYLIS. Orchard Grass 



D. glomerata* L. Fields, in shade; common. 



DANTHONIA. Wild Oat Grass 

 D. compressa Aust. Dry banks and woods; occasional. 

 D. spicata (L.) Beauv. Common Wild Oat Grass. Sterile soil; com- 

 mon. 



DESCHAMPSIA 

 D. atropurpnrea (Wahlenb.) Scheele. A single specimen collected on 



Mt. Mansfield by Joseph Torrey, probably before 1853, is in the 



University of Vermont herbarium. Later botanists have failed to 



rediscover it. 

 D. caespitosa (L.) Beauv. Tufted Hair Grass. Rocky banks and 



shores; frequent in the lower altitudes. 

 D. flexuosa (L.) Trin. Common Hair Grass. Dry soil, ascending to 



highest mountain tops ; common. 



DIGITARIA. (SYNTHERISMA). Finger Grass 

 D. liumifusa* Pers. (S. Ischaemum [Schreb.] Nash). Small Crab- 

 grass. Occasional in fields and lawns. 



