37r» PLANT T.TKK <>F ALABAMA. 



Al,.vnAM.v: ("enlral I'rairio rcginii. i »i»cii luaiiiiis, dry calraroonH soil. Mont- 

 gomery, Hal<\ aii<l Dallas coiintioH. Not infre(|iu!nt. .Inly to Aufjiist. 



Tyjic locality : " I lah. in aridis regioniH IlliiiociiHis ail Waliast et in iii|iiliiiH prairio 

 dn roclier." 



llerli. (!('ol. Siirv. II<t1.. Molir. 



ELEUSINE (ia.Tt. Fnict. .t Soni. 1 : 7. /. /. 17SS. 



Six species, tropical and snlttropical regions <if tin- <»ld W dild. 

 Eleusine indica (!>.) (iai-rt. Frnct. ot Sem. 1:K. 178S. Uakn-vakh Guass. 



r(/»(»«Hr;(.s i/irficHx I>. Sp. I'l. 1: 72. 1753. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 17(). (Jrav, Man.ed. 6. 6.76. Chap. Fl. 558. Conifer. Contr. Nat. 11. rh. 

 2 : 533. 



ScrihntT. Crass. Tenn. 2 : !10, t. SO,f. 120. 



Wrsteux Asia, East Indies. South Akuica. all ovp-.u tkmi'kkatk Amkkica 

 A\n soiTii TO Hkazu.. 



AUoijjhcnian to-Lonisianian area. N.aturalized in tin- States sontli of New Eng- 

 land, northern Michigan, and Iowa. 



Alahama: Over the State. Cnltivated and waste places ntsar dwellings. .Tnne 

 to September. Common weed. Aunnal. 



Type locality: "Hah. in Indiis."' 



Herb. Geol. Surr. Herb. Mohr. 



Eleusine barcinonensis Costa, Ind. Sem. Hort. Bare. 1859. 



Al.vb.vma: Ballast weed; adventive from Spain. Mobile Connty, observed for the 

 past eiglit years. .Inlj' to September. Aunnal. 



Type localitv: Spain ?. 



Herb. Geol. Snrv. Herb. :Mohr. 



DACTYLOCTENIUM Willd. Ennm. 1029. 1809. 



One species, a weed in the warmer parts of Asia. Africa, and Australia; "West Indies 

 to Ar<ientina. 



Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) M'illd. Ennm. 1029. 1809. Ecvptian (;i;ass. 



( ynosurxs aegyptius L. Sp. PI. 1 : 72. 1753. 



Chloris niiicroudta Miehx. Fl. P>or. Am. 1 : .59. 1803. 



Eleusine aeqyptiaca Pers. Syn. 1 : 87. 1805. 



Ell. Sk. 1:176. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 656. Chap. Fl. .5.58. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 534. 



Louisianian area. Naturalized North Carolina to Florida, west to Texas. 



Alaba.via: Central Prairie region to Coast plain, cnltivated ground, meadows, 

 .lune to August; common. Annual. 



Type loeality : "Hab. in Africa, Asia, America.'" 



Economic uses : Of some value for hay. 



Herb. Geol. Snrv. Herb. Mohr. 



LEPTOCHLOA Beauv. Agrost. 71. 1812. 

 Twelve species; warmer regions temperate North America. 1. 



Leptochloa ruucronata (Michx.") Knnth, Gram. 1 :91. 1829-1835. Feather G ha s.s. 



EIe>isi7ie murronatn 'Slichx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:65. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 1:175. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 657. Chap. Fl. 558. Coulter, Contr. Nat. 

 Herb. 2 :534. Seribner, Grass. Tenn. 2 :91, t. 31, f. l?.l. 



China, East Inoiks, West Indies, Mexico to Veneztela. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Virginia to Florida, west to Texas; 

 Arkansas, southern Missouri, southern Illinois, and Tennessee. 



Alabama: From the Coast jdain to the Central Pine belt. Sandy iields. Most 

 frequent near the coast. June to July, frequent. Annual. 



Type locality: "Hab. in cnltis IllinoenBibus." 



Herb. Geol. Snrv. Herb. Mohr. 



DIPLACHNE Beauv. Agrost. 80, t. 16, /. 9. 1812. 

 Fourteen species, warmer regions of both hemispheres. 



Diplachne fascicularis (Lam.) Beauv. Agrost. 160. 1812. 



Ma.w-spiked Diplachne. 

 FesUica fascicularis Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 189. 1791. 



