238 REPORT OF XKW JERSEY STATE ML'SEUM. 



Common throughout the Middle and coast districts, and occa- 

 sional in the northern counties and Pine Barrens. In part, at 

 least, introduced. ' 



FI. — Late June to late September. 



Middle District.— ^q\\ Egjpt, Delaire (S), Kaighns Pt.. Mullica Hill 

 (NB), Swedesboro. 



Pine Barrens. — Lakehurst. 



Coast Strip.— Pt. Pleasant, Surf City (L). Barnegat City (L), Beach 

 Haven (L), Wiidwood (KB), bias Creek (S). 



Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.). Purple Eragrostis. 



PI. IX., Fig. 5- 



Poa pectinacea Michaux, Fl. Bor. Am. I. 69. 1803 [Illinois]. — Pursh. Fl. 



Am. Sept. I. 81. 1814. 

 Erargostis pectinacea Britton 294. 



Dry ground throughout the State, except the Pine Barrens, 

 where it occurs only along railroads. This is one of those 

 grasses that seems to thrive in cultivated ground and tends to 

 become a weed. 



Fl. — Late July to mid- September. 



Middle District.— New 'Egypt, Birmingham, Kaighns Pt., Albion, Mickle- 

 ton, Swedesboro, Dividing Creek. 



Pine Barrens. — Bamber, Landisville. 



Coast Strip. —Seaside Park, Manahawkin, Atlantic City (S), Ocean City 

 (S). Sea Isle City (S), Cape May (OHB). 



Eragrostis pectinacea spectabilis Gray. Coast Eragrostis. 



Eragrostis spectabilis Gray Man. Ed. I. 598. 1848 [Mass. to Penna. near 

 the coast]. 



Along the sand dunes of the coast, frequent. 

 Fl. — Early August to late September. 



Man7f/»^.— Waretown, Surf City (L), N. Beach Haven (L), Sher- 

 burn's (L). Atlantic City (S), Ocean City (S), Sea Isle City (S). 



Eragrostis hypnoides (Lam.). Creeping Eragrostis. 



Pon hypnoides Lamarck, Tabl. Encycl. I. 185. 1791 [South America].— 



Eragrostis hypnoides Britton 293. — Keller and Brown 49. 



Found only along the shores of the Delaware or its vicinity 

 from Warren to Salem Counties; local. 



Fl. — Late Julv into October. 



