230 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



Sphenopholis obtusata (Michx.). Blunt-scaled Eatonia. 



Aira obtusata Michaux, FI. Bor. Am. I. 62. 1803 [Carolina and Florida]. 

 Eatonia obtusata Britton 293. — Keller and Brown 50. 



Sev^eral stations in the northern counties and southward along 

 the Coastal strip to Cape May. 

 Fl. — Early June into July. 



Middle District. — Farmingdale. 



Coast Strip. — Beach Haven (L), Spray Beach (L), Stone Harbor, Cape 

 May (OHB). 



Sphenopholis obtusata pubescens Scribner and Merrill. 



Sphenopholis obtusata pubescens Scribner and Merrill, Circ. U. S. Dept. Agr. 

 27, p. 6. 1900 [Stackville, Miss.]. 



Along the Coast strip apparently as frequent as the last. 

 Fl. — Early June into July. 

 Coast Strip. — Surf City (L), Spray Beach (L), Sherburn's (L). 



Sphenopholis nitida Spreng. Slender Eatonia. 



Aira nitida Sprengel, Fl. Hal. Mant. I. 32. 1807 [Pennsylvania]. 

 Eatonia Dudlcyi Britton 293. 

 Eatonia nitida Keller and Brown 50. 



One record for Hunterdon County, locally in the Middle 

 district. Sandy ground. 



Fl. — Early May to mid-June. 

 Middle District. — Mickleton, Swedesboro, Tomlin, Riddleton, Auburn. 



Sphenopholis pallens (Spreng.). Pale Eatonia. 



PI. XIV., Fig. 5. 



Aira pallens Sprengel, Fl. Hal. Mant. I., p. 2i2>- 1807 [Pennsylvania]. 

 Eatonia Pennsylvanica Britton 293. 



Shady ground; common in the northern counties, ranging 

 southward in the Middle district. 

 Fl. — Late May to early July. 



Middle District. — Farmingdale, New Egypt, Delair, Camden (Bassett), 

 Medford (S), Washington Park, Sewell (S), Mickleton (NY) Swedesboro, 

 Millville (S), Buckshutem. 



Sphenopholis palustris (Michx.). Marsh Eatonia. 



Avena palustris Michaux, Fl. Bor. Am. I. 72. 1803 [Georgia and Carolina]. 



—Barton Fl. Phila. I. 69. 1818. 

 Trisetunt pennsylvanicum Britton 290. — Keller and Brown 45. 



