8,'U PLANT l.IKK OK AF.A15AMA. 



VALLISNERIA I.. Sj.. I'l. 2:1(11.".. IT.".:?. 

 Two speciis. |M'i'(>iiiii:il .•i(|iiat iis, (>!' tlic triiipciatf :iii<l warnu-r rcjjioiis of Ixitli 



ll('!llis|)llCH-s, 



Vallisneiia spiralis 1.. Sp. I'l. 2: iin.".. 17ri3. I'.Ki. <ii;.\s,s. 



]'<illis)HTi<i (imiricani Miclix. V\. Uor. Am. 2 : 'Jl'O. 180:^. 



KM. Sk. 2:Gtil). (irav, .Man. od. ti, IIKI. C'liaj). I'l. ir>l. Coiiiici-. ( i.nlr. Nal. IIitI.. 

 2 : IL'l.'. 



SoiTiiKRN Et'noi'K, Asia, .\rsTUAi.iA. 



Canadian /i<\w to Lonisianian area. Now Hrnnswick, Ontario, and New York to 

 Miiin('st)ta, Illinois, Mi.s.soiiii. Arkansas, and TtMinessce, soiitli to I'lorida and Texas. 



Ai.AKAM.v: Coast region. (Jently llowinj:; water. Moliilo Conniy, ostuaiies oC 

 Mobile and I)o<f rivers, Mobile Hay. I'iowers iii .Inly, I'luit in Augnst. Abundant. 



Tyjte locality : " llab. in IMsae. et Floicntiat! I'ossis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mobr. 



POACEAE (GRAMINEAEi. Grass Family. 



TRIPSACUM L. .Syst. I'l. ed. 10, 2 : 12G1. 17.5!t. 



Two species, perennials, of warmer temperate rej^ion.s in Nortb America. 

 Tiipsacum dactyloides L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 2 : i;^78. 1763. Spikkd CJama Gkass. 



Kll. Sk. 2:522. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 63G. Cbap. Fl. 580. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2:491. 



Hrazil. 



Alleghenian to Loiiis-.ianian area. Sonthcrn New England, New York, and Penn- 

 sylvania, west to Illinois, Missonri, and Arkansas, sontb to I'lorida and Texas. 



Alabama: Monutain region. Central Prairie region to Coast ]ilaiu. Low damp 

 banks. Lee Connty, Anbnrn (Baker <)• Earic, 650). .Montgomery County (E. A. 

 Smith). Wilcox Connty, near Peacbtree. Mobile County. Scattered, not infre- 

 (pient, but iiowbere abundant. .Inly to August. 



Type locality: " Hab. in America.'' 



Economic uses: Of some value for forage. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mobr. 



ERIANTHUS Micbx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 51. 1803. Putmk (Jras-s. 



About 20 species, coarse pei'ennials, of tbo warmer regions of '.)otb bcmispberes. 

 Atlantic Nortb America, (! species. 



Eriauthus alopecuroides (L.) Ell. Sk. 1: 38. 1816. In part. 



SlMRAL-AWNEl) PlAI.MK GRA.SS. 



Andropofjon alopecuroides L. Sp. PI. 2 : 1015. 1753. 



Ell. I.e. Gray. Man. ed. .5, 651, iu part. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, ,595. Coulter, Contr. Nat. 

 Herb. 2 : 4!t3, in part. Prit-t. A Prowu, 111. Fl. 1 : !IS. 



Carolinian to Louisiauian area. Kentucky and .Missouri; south to Tennessee and 

 Georgia. 



Ai.aisama: From the coast to the mountains. In wet and dry soil. Cullman and 

 Clay counties. Chambers (/i. J. 6'»ii7/(), Mobile, and Baldwin counties. Four to 5 

 feet high. September. Near the coast; mostly found in swami)s. In upper dis- 

 tricts in drier soil. 



Ty])e locality: "Hab. in America septentrionaliore." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mobr. 



Erianthus saccharoides Miehx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : .55. 1803. 



Foxtail Plume Grass. 



EIL Sk. 1:38, in part. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 637. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 493, in 

 part. Britt. & Brown, 111. Fl. 1 : 99. 



Cuba, Mexico, Brazil. 



Lonisianian and Carolinian areas. From sontlK^rn Virginia to Florida, west to 

 Louisiana and Texas. 



Alabama: Coast plain to Central Prairie region. In deep open marshes, Mont- 

 gomery County. Mobile County, marshes of Mobile Kiver. Most frequent on the 

 coast. Eight to 10 feet high. October, November. 



Type locality: "Hab. a Carolina ad Floridam, in humidis." 



