;5G4 PLANT LIFK nK ALAIiA.MA. 



ORYZA 1. sp. I'l. 1::;:;:!. it:.:?. 



Oryza sativa L. Sp. ri.l:;{:{;5. ITf.a. liiiK. 



Cultivated in the .*^tates fioiii wcHtcru Tcuiicsscr and Noiili ( arolina to tin- (inlf. 

 Ai.ahama: Here and llnin voluntary in low liclds. Annual. 

 TyiH- locality: ''Hab. Ibite in Actbiopia, colitur in Indiae paludoHiN."' 

 Krononiic uhcs: Of^rt-at \alnf as a giain cniii. 



PHALARIS L. Sp. I'l. 1:.V.. 17.-i;;. 

 About ball' a do/Ill spc'cicM. Mcditi-iTauean ICuropc. ("cutral Asia; Xortli AnuMica, 1. 



Phalaris caroliniana Walt. 1"1. Car. 7J. 17«8. Soi i iiki:.\ C.wakv (Ika.s.s. 



J'htilaiin iiilirmcdia 15o.se; I'oir. Kucycl. Suppl. 1 : :;(»(). 1X10. 



/'. amn-ivdiia Ell. Sk. 1 : 101. 1817. 



Cbii]). F1.5()!l. Coulti-r, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:.")ll'. Wats. ]5ot. Calif. 2:L'GI. 



Louisianiau area. Nortb Carolina to Florida; west to Texas and Arkansas. 



Ai.ahama: Central Prairie region to Coast ])lain. Low gi-aesy places. Mobile 

 County, West Fowl River. Perry County, Uniontown {E.A.Smith). June. Not 

 rare ; annual. 



Type locality: "South Carolina." 



Herb. (ieol. Surv. Herb. .Mohr. 



Phalaris canariensis L. Sp. PI. 1 : 54. 17.53. Canary (;ka.s.s. 



Introduced. Kartdy s]iontaneou8 about dwellings. 

 Tyjie locality : "Hal), in Euro])a australi, Canariis."' 

 Economic uses: Valuable lor its seeds. 



ANTHOXANTHUM L. Sp. PI. 1:28. 1753. 



Three species, native of southern Europe. 

 Anthoxanthum odoratum L. Sp. PI. 1 : 28. 1753. Swkkt Vkrnal Grass. 



Ell. Sk. 1:37. Gray, Man. ed. G, 039. Chap. Fl. .5(J9. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 503. Wats. Bot. Calif. 2 : 2fi(;. 



El'ROPE. 



Allegheuian and Carolinian areas. Extensively naturalized in eastern North 

 America and along the I'acilic coast. 



Alabama: Mountain region. "Warrior table-land. Cnlhnan (,'onnty, XOO feet 

 altitude. May to June; not lre(iuent; perennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Europae jtratis." 



Economic uses : \'aluable meadow grass. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



AP.ISTIDA L. Sp. PI. 82. 1753. Tripf^e-awxed Gra.ss. 



About 100 species. Perennials of warmer regions, largely American. North 

 America, 29 species. 



Aristida dichotoma Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:41. 1803. Poverty Grass. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 141. Grav, Man. ed. 6, 640. Chap. Fl. .5.55. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 513. Scribner, Grass. Tenn. 2 : 64, 1. 19, f. 73. 



Allegheuian to Louisianiau area. New England, Pennsylv^ania, and New .Tersey, 

 south to Florida, west to Tennessee, Arkansas, and Texas. 



Ai.aijama: Tennessee Valley, Coosa hills to Coast plain. Sandy and gravelly hills, 

 dry sterile soil. Calhoun County, Anniston. Montgomery and Mobile counties. 

 August to September; frequent. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Carolina superiore, juxta Lincoln, in gl.ireosis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Aiistida gracilis Ell. Sk. 1 : 142. 1817. Slenuer Aristida. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 640. Chap. Fl. 555. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 514. Scribner, 

 Grass. Tenn. 2 : 64, 1. 19, f. 74. 



Allegheuian to Louisianian area. Southern New England, New York, and Penn- 

 sylvania, south to Florida, and west to Texas, Arkansas, and Missouri. 



Alabama: Over the State ; in dry gravelly soil. July; common. 



Type locality : "In the vicinity of Charleston. Common.' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



