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LOLIUM. Darnel 



L. pereune* L. Rye-grass, Common Darnel. By roadsides and In 



meadows; occasional. 

 L. teiuulentuiu* L. Bearded Darnel. Burlington, (Jones) ; Essex, 



(Willd). 



MELICA. Melic Grass 

 M. striata (Miclix.) Hitchc. (Avena striata Michx.). Purple Oat. 

 Rocky woods; occasional. 



MILIUM. Millet Grass 

 M. effiisum L. Cool moist woods; frequent in the mountains. 



MOLINIA. (AIRA) 



M. caenilea* (L.) Moench. Spreading to woods from cemetery, Rut- 

 land, (Kirk). 



MUHLENBERGIA. Drop-seed Grass 

 M. foliosa (R. & S.) Trin. (M. mexicana [L.] Trin.). Swampy ground. 



Willoughby Mt., (Faxon) ; Townshend, (Wheeler) ; Sudbury (F. W. 



Hubby) ; North Pownal, (W. H. Blanchard) ; Essex Junction, 



(Blake). Rhod. 15:160. 

 M. foliosa (R. & S.) Trin., subsp. ainbigiia (Torr.) Scribn. Lake Cham- 

 plain, (Faxon). 

 M. mexicana (L.) Trin. Knot-root Grass. Dry ground and waste 



places; common. 

 M. raceinosa (Michx.) BSP. (M, glomerata Trin.). Wet rocks and 



marshy places; frequent and variable. 

 M. Sclireberi J. F. Gmel. (M. diffusa Schreb.). Drop-seed, Niml)le 



Will. Shaded places in the lower altitudes; occasional. 

 M. sobolifera (Muhl.) Trin. "Rocky shady hills," (Oakes) ; Twin Mt., 



West Rutland, (Kirk). 

 M. sobolifera (Muhl.) Trin., var. setigera Hitchc. West Haven, (Kirk). 

 M. sylratioa Torr. (M. umbrosa Scribn.). Moist banks; occasional. 

 M. tenuiflora (Willd.) BSP. (M. Willdenowii Trin.). Rocky woods: 



occasional. 



ORYZOPSIS. Mountain Rice 

 0. asperifolia Michx. Woods; common. 

 0. pungeiis (Torr.) Hitchc. (0. canadensis Torr.). Dry sandy soil in 



the lower altitudes; occasional. 

 0. racemosa (Sm.) Ricker. (O. melauocarpa Muhl.). Rocky woods; 



frequent. 



PANICUM. Panic Grass 

 P. agrostoides Spreng. Hartland, (Ruggles) ; Newfane, (Grout). 

 P. barbulatum Michx. (P. dichotomum L.). Colchester, (Jones). 

 P. boreale Nash. Woods and fields; frequent on east side of the state; 

 occasional elsewhere. 



