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D. san^inalis* (L.) Scop. Large Crab-grass. Cultivated fields and 



waste places; common. 



ECHINOCHLOA 



E, crusgalli* (L.) Beauv. Barnyard Grass. Cultivated ground and 



moist places; common. 



ELYMUS. Wild Rye 



E. australis Scribn. & Ball. Jamaica, (Dobbin) ; Essex Junction, 



(Blake); Townshend, (Wheeler). 

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



common. Var. glaiicifoliiis (Muhl.) Gray. With type; occasional. 



Prefers dryer situations. 

 E. robustus Scribn. & J. G. Sm. Burlington, (Jones). 

 E. striatus Willd. Slender Wild Rye. Middlebury, (James, Brainerd) ; 



ledges of Winooski River, (Pringle) ; along Otter Creek, Brandon, 



(Dutton). 

 E. virginicus L. Wild Rye. Moist thickets along streams in the lower 



altitudes; frequent. Var. hirsutiglumis (Scribn.) Hitchc. (E. hir- 



sutiglumis Scribn.). West Haven, (Kirk). 



ERAGROSTIS 



E. capillaris (L.) Nees. Hair Grass. Twin Mt., West Rutland, (Kirk). 



E. hypnoides (Lam.) BSP. (E. reptans Nees.). Gravelly or sandy 

 banks, in lower altitudes of western Vermont; occasional. 



E. iiieg'astachya* (Koeler) Link. (E. major Host). Stink Grass, 

 Snake Grass. Waste places; Burlington, Woodstock, (Jones); 

 Pownal, Bennington, (Eggleston) ; Middlebury, (Brainerd) ; Rut- 

 land, (Kirk). 



E. pectinacea (Michx.) Steud. Purple Eragrostis. Dry sandy soil; 

 frequent in the lower Connecticut Valley; Townshend, (Wheeler); 

 Essex Junction, (Blake); Stowe, (Mrs. Carrie Straw). 



E. pilosa (L.) Beauv. (E. Purshii Schrad.). Sandy soil along rail- 



roads: frequent. 



FESTUCA. Fescue Grass 



F. elatlor* L. Taller or Meadow Fescue. Fields; common. 



F. uiitaus Spreng. Rocky woods in the low altitudes of western Ver- 

 mont; frequent. 



F. oc'toflora Walt. Slender Fescue. Burlington, (C. H. Knowlton). 



F. ovina L. Sheep's Fescue. Frequently introduced, especially in 

 lawns. Var. breyifolia (R. Br.) Hack. (F. brachyphylla Schultz). 

 Cliffs of Smugglers' Notch; rare. (Grout & Eggleston). Var. 

 capillata* (Lam.) Hack. (F. capillata Lam.). Introduced; occa- 

 sional. 



F. rubra L. Rocky shores and islands of Lake Champlain; occasional; 

 swamp, Stratton Mountain, (Jones). Var. siibvillosa Mert. <§r 

 Koch. In lawn, South Burlington, (Jones). 



