880 PLANT LIKK OK ALABAMA. 



Eragrostis major (L.) ''o«N <iriH'>- •^'"^''■- '■ l"^*"'- Cranky Okass. 



Jiri^a crofirostin I,. Sp. I'l. 1 : 10. llTt'A. 



EriiqrovtiH iHtaeoidiH mryuittarlnid ('ray, Man. <•<!. ">, (i:U. 1807. 



EU.'sk. 1: lOr. (Jray, Msm. Vd. (!, (ifid. Uliap. FL 563 Wats. I3ot. Calif. 2:'M'>. 

 Coulter, Contr. Nat. Ilorb. 2:51:5. ScrihixT, (iraHs. Tenii. .)7, /. V/,/. IL'4. 



Central Kukoi'k, Asia, Akuua. 



.Mli'jihciiiaii to LouiHiaiiiiin area. Outarin and New ICuf^land, west to IllinoiH, 

 Missouri. Miiino8o(;i, aud Nebraska, from Now York to Florida, and west to Texas, 

 Arkansas, and (alilornia. 



Alakama: Tennessee ^ alley. Mountain rojjion to Coast plain. In cultivated and 

 waste frronnd about dwellin<^s. Lautierdale, Cullman, Tuscaloosa, Ilalc, Choctaw, 

 and Mohile counties. A frei|uent {garden weed. Annual. 



Tyi>e locality: " Ilab. in Kuropa australi." 



Herb. Geol. .Surv. Herb. Mobr. 



Eragrostis bahieiisis Schult. Mant. 2 :318. 1824. 



Poa ]>(ihieiisis F'chT-.id.; Schult. Mant. 2 : 318. 1824. As svnonvm. 

 Griseb. Fl. Jirit. W. Ind. 532. 



In ALT, IROI'ICAL COl'NTRIKS. 



Louisianian area. 



Alabama : Adventivo from the tropics. MobileCounty, on ballast, fairly establislied 

 for the past six years near the shippiufjj. Perennial f 

 Tyj)o locality: "In Brasilia."' 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Eragrostis purshii Schrad. Linnaea, 12 : 454. 1838. Southern Spkak GitAss, 



Poa caroliniavd Sprenfj. Mant. Fl. Hal. 33. 1807. 

 EragroxtiH coroUniana Scribiier, Mem. Torr. Clnb 5 : 40. 1894. 

 Erdgrosiisp'dom'Muhl.GTinii.lil. 1817. Not Beauv. 

 Gray, Man. ed. 6, 661. Chap. Fl. 563. Scribner, Grass. Teiin. 2 : 97, /. .X?,/. 126. 



Mexico. 



Allegheniau to Louisianian area. Ontario, New York, Pennsylvania, and New 

 Jersey, south to Florida, Tennessee, and Louisiana, and west to Minnesota. Nebraska, 

 Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Arkansas. 



Alabama: Over the State. Dry sandy open places. Cullman County, 800 leet. 

 Morjijan County, Decatur. Tuscaloosa, Montgomery, and Mobile counties. Abun- 

 dant, particularlj^ in tiii^ sandy fields of the Lower Pine belt. Annual. 



Type locality : "America borealis."' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Eragrostis pilosa (L.) Beauv. Agrost. 162. 1812. Slender Mkahow Grass. 



Poa pilom L. Sp. PI. 1 : 68. 1753. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 660. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:543. Scribner, (Jr.iss. Tenn. 

 2:m,i..3;^,f.J27. 



Widely diffused in the temperate and tropical regions of the globe. 



EUROI E, ^VEST InDIE.S, MEXICO TO ARGENTINA. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Naturalized New York and J'ennsylvania, and 

 •west to Missouri. Tennessee, Mississippi, and Texas. 



Alabama: "Waste and cultivated places. Mobile ('ounty, August, 1891. Wash- 

 ington Countv, Yellowpine. Not frequent. Annual. 



Typo locality : " Hab. in Italia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Eragrostis nitida (Ell.) Chap. Fl. 564. 1860. Glossy Eragrostis. 



Poa vitida Ell. Sk. 1 : 162. 1817. 



Louisianian area. South Carolina, Florida, and Alabama. 



Alabama: Littoral belt. Lower Pine belt. Baldwin County, drifting sands, 

 near the bay shore at Howards. July, rare. Annual. 



Type locality : "Grows in cultivated land. Couinion on Paris Island." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Eragrostis secundiflora Presl, Rel. Ilaenk. 1 : 276. 1830. Purple Love Grass. 



Poa interrupta Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 5 : 146. 1835-1837. Not Lam. 



P. oxi/lepis Torr. in Marcy, Expl. Ked Piv, 269, 1. 19. 1854. 



Eragrosiiii osylepin Torr. Pac. R. R. Rep. 4 : 156. 1857. 



Vasey, Illust. Am. Grass. 1, pt. 2 : /. 45. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 542. Britt. 

 & Brown, 111. Fl. 1 : 191. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 615. 



