GEAMINEAE. 53 



G. Paxicularia Ajieuicaxa (Torr.) MacM, M. p. 144. Wet soil. Sum- 

 mer. 

 Buds— Dm-ham, Bath (Fr.). Lancaster— (F.). Northampton— (F.). 



7. Paxicularia pallida (Torr.) Kuntze. M. p. 144. Shallow water. 



Summer. 



Pliiladelphia— (F.) . 2?«cAs— Sellersville (Fr.). Delaware— Tinicnm, 

 Aubrey H. Smith (B. Sm.). Northampton- (F.). 



Ca»(f?e/(— Kaiglm's Point, C. F. Parker (B. C). Gloucester— Mickle- 

 ton (He.), Repaupo (Li.). ,S'a?e?n— Riddleton (Li.). Atlantic— Ijandis- 

 ville (C). 



New Castle — Frequent. 



8. Paxicularia fluitans (L.) Kuntze. M. p. 144. Shallow water. Sum- 



mer. 



9. Paxicularia acutiflora (Torr.) Kuntze. M. p. 144. Wet places. 



Summer. 

 Philadelphia— Byheriy, Mart. (B. C.).' Bucks— Tulljtown (P.). 

 C«)Hde« — Gloucester, Merchantville (C). Gloucester— l>ieav Mickleton 

 (He.). 



60. PUCCINELLIA Pari. 

 1. Puccixellia distans (L.) Pari. Spreading Meadow-grass. M. p. 145. 

 Salt marshes along coast and ballast. 

 Philadelphia— GiT?.id Point (Te.). 

 Neic Jersey— Frequent along the coast (C). 



New Castle— Fort Penn, Collins, Delaware City, Commons; Wilmington, 

 south side, near Market Street, Commons and Tatnall. 



61. FESTUCA L. Fescue-grass. 



Leaves 2 mm. wide or less, usually involute or folded. 

 Annuals; flowering scales long-awned. 



First scale more than one-half as long as the second; awn not ex- 

 ceeding the length of the flowering scale. 1. F. octoflora. 

 First scale less than one-half as long as the second; awn much 

 longer than the flowering scale. 2. F. Myuros. 

 Perennial; flowering scales short-awned. 3. F. ovina. 

 Leaves 4 mm. wide or more, flat. 



Flowering scales 5-7 mm. long; spikelets 5-10 flowered. 4. F. elatior. 

 Flowering scales 4 mm. long or less ; spikelets 3-6-flowered. 



Spikelets very broad ; branches of the panicle spikelet-bearing from 



the middle* or below. 5. F. Shortii. 



Spikelets lanceolate; branches of the" panicle elongated, spikelet- 

 bearing at the end. 6. F. nutans. 



1. Festuca octoflora Walt. M. p. 146. Dry sterile soil. Summer. 



Philadelphia — Fyherry, Mart. (B. C). ^wcfcs — Eidge Road (Fr.). 

 Delaware— Concord (W. Tr.). Chester— {F.). Lancaster— (F.) . North- 

 ampton— F-aaton, Porter (B. C). 



New Jersey— Common. 



Neiv Castle — Frequent. 



2. Festuca Myuros L. M. p. 146. Dry fields. Summer. 



Bucks— Fock Hill, Dr. J. B. Brivton (Fr.). 



Camden— K&ighn "s Point, Mart. (B. C). G^OMcesfer— Mickleton (He.), 



