GRASSES. 369 



Type locality: "Barren ami sandy dry lields; couiniou, especially southward." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Sporobolus -virginicus (L.) Kunth, Eev. Gram. 1 : 67. 1835. 



Seashore Eusii-grass. 

 This perennial has not yet been collected in the State, but is not rare on the adja- 

 cent shores of Florida and Mississippi, and without doubt occurs within its limits. 



LIMNODEA L. H. Dewey in Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 518. 1894. 

 (Thurberia Benth.Journ. Linn. See. 19:58. 1882. Not Gray, 1854). 



One species; Atlantic North America. 



Limnodea arkansana (Nutt.) L. H. Dewey in Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 518. 1894. 



Greenia arkansana Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 5 : 142. 1837. 



Thiirbcria arlansana Benth. in Vasey, Grasses of U. S. 16, 1883. 



Chap. Fl. ed.3,600. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Arkansas, Indian Territory', and Texas, thence 

 to Florida. 



Alabama: Coast plain. Shell mounds. Baldwin County, Point Clear. Mobile 

 Countj', Dauphin Island. April to May. Local and rare. Annual. 

 Type locality not ascertained. 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



POI.YPOGON Desf. Fl. Atl. 1 : QQ,. 1798. 



About a dozen species, inhabiting the warmer regions. 

 Polypogon monspeliensis (L.) Desf. Fl. Atl. 1: 67. 1798. French Beard-grass. 



AJopecurus monspeliensis L. Sp. PI. 1 : 61. 1753. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, G48. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 518. Wats. Bot. Calif. 2 : 270. 



Europe, Asia, North Africa. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Adventive on the Atlantic and Gulf coast. 

 Utah, Nevada, California, and Oregon. 



Alabama: Sparingly naturalized, waste places. Baldwin County, east shore 

 Mobile Bay, banks of Mobile River. June, July; rare. Annual. 



Type locality : " Hab. Monspelii." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Polypogon littoralis (With.) Smith, Comp. Fl. Brit. ed. 2, 13. 1816. 



Seaside Beard-grass. 



Ar/rostis liitoraUs With. Bot. Arr. Brit. PL ed. 3, 2 : 129. 1796. 



Wats. Bot. Calif. 2 : 270. 



Coasts of Europe, South America. 



Introduced on the Atlantic and Gulf coast. California. 



Alabama: Shores of Mobile Bay. Mobile County; July. AVith the last, rare. 

 Annual. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Anglia." 



Herb. Mohr. 



CINNA L.Sp.PLl:5. 1753. 



Two species, perennials; Eastern North America, 2; Euiope, 1. 



Cinna arundinacea L. Sp. PI. 1 : 5. 1753. Wood Reed Grass. 



Europe. 



Canadian zone to Louisianian area. Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Saskatche- 

 wan ; New England, west to Michigan, Minnesota, and Missouri, south from New 

 York to Georgia and from Missouri to Texas. 



Alabama: Mountain region to Coast plain. Shady woods and swamps. Clay 

 County {E. A. Smith). Cullman County, 800 feet. Tuscaloosa, County {E. A. Smith), 

 Mobile County, river marshes. June. Local; infreiiuent. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Canada." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



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