1917] Additions to the Flora of C^onnecticut 109 



* Leersia orvzoides (L.) Sw., forma clandestixa Eames. Rho- 

 DORA, xviii. 239 (1916). Rare. Stratford (Eames, 1. c). Distin- 

 guished from the typical form by having the terminal as well as the 

 lateral panicles included in the sheaths. 



HiEROCiiLOE ODORATA (L.) Wahleul). A form with very large 

 spreading panicles occurs at Fairfield (Eames). 



* MiLUM EFKisu.M L. Millet Grass. Rare. Ricli, rocky woods, 

 Hartland (Bissell & Weatherhy). 



Oryzopsis pungexs (Torr.) Hitchc. Suffield and .Siinsl)ury 

 (Weatherhy), Morris (J. P. Brace about 1820; specimen in Herb. 

 Williams College. Am. Journ. Sci. Ser. 1, iv. 73; Rhodora, xvi. 90). 

 In the Catalogue not reported from west of the Connecticut River. 



In the Catalogue the ranges of three species of Muhlcnhcrgia of the 

 incxicana group were necessaril} left somewhat indefinite because of 

 lack of data. It is now possible to make a more definite statement, as 

 follows : — 



Muhlexbergia sylvatica Torr. Occasional. Woods, borders of 

 thickets and banks of streams. 



M. FOLiosA (R. & S.) Trin. Open bogs, wet woods, or rarely in 

 drier ground. Frequent in the northern part of the state, becoming 

 occasional near the coast. 



The awned form has been collected at Guilford (W. R. Dudley, 

 1872; specimen in Herb. Yale University). 



M. MEXICANA (L.) Trin. Fields, dooryards, roadsides and waste 

 places, preferring moist, rich soil: Scotland (Weatherhy), Litchfield 

 (J. P. Brace about 1820; specimen in Herl), Williams College: Rho- 

 dora, xvi. 90), New Milford (Eames) and frequent or locally common 

 in the central and southern parts of the state. Not reported from 

 Tolland Co. 



The awned form occurs with the typical form, but less commonly. 



These three species, though offering, as defined by Prof. Scril)ner, 

 a much more natural classification than the old one based on the 

 presence or absence of the awn, are closely related, variable and not 

 always easy to distinguish clearly. As between 3/. nirxicana and the 

 other two, a serviceable and constant character is found in the culm, 

 which in the former, is glabrous throughout and in the two latter, 

 minutely puberulent l)elow the nodes. — C. A. Weatherry. 



M. capillaris (Lam.) Trin. Cheshire (A. E. Blewitt). Otherwise 

 known onlv from New Haven. 



