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this species this year. Our analysis of this grass shows a 

 nutritive ratio of only i :<S.i3. Fayette: near Nuttallhurg 

 (Niittall). 



A VENA Linn. 

 A. FATUA Linn. 



Established at Morgantown, Monongalia County {Shel- 

 don, 4309). 



DANTHONUA, DC. 



D. spicATA (L.) Beauv. Wild Oat-grass. 



Dry soil. Monongalia : near Beechwoods and Little Falls. 

 Randolph : on a dry boulder, summit of Point Mountain, 

 alt. 3,750 feet. Fayette: near Nuttallhurg (Nnttall). 



D. coMPRESSA^ Austin. 



Dry banks. Tucker : near the Falls of Blackwater. Fay- 

 ette : near Nuttallhurg (AUittall). Randolph: near Pickens 

 (H. H. Smith, 1355) r 



SPARTINA, Schreb. 



S. CYNOSUROiDES (L.) WiUd. Fresh-water Cord-grass. 



Ohio: on Bogg's Island (Merta & Gnttenbcrg). Bar- 

 bour: near Tygart Junction (Grccniiiau, 43). Fayette: 

 near Nuttallhurg (Nnttall). 



ELEUSINE Gsertn. 



E. Indica (L.), Gaertn. Dog's Tail or Wire Grass. 



Yards and streets. Kanawha : near Cannellton. Mon- 

 ongalia : near Morgantown. Mason : near Point Pleasant. 

 Berkeley : near Martinsburg. Favette : near Nuttallhurg 

 (Nut fail). 



DACTYLOCTENIUM Willd. 



D. Aegyptium (L.) Willd. Crab-grass. Yard-grass. 

 Yards and lawns. Monongaha ; on the campus. 



TRICUSPIS Beauv. 



T. seslerioides (Michx.) Torrey. Tall Red Top. Triodia 

 cuprea ]. F. Jacq. 



Dry or sandy fields. Monongalia near Little Falls. Wood : 

 near Selden. Fayette: near Nuttallhurg (Nuttall). 



PHRAGMITES Trin. 



P. Phragmites (L.) Karst. 



In wet places. Kanawha: near Charleston (Holt on). 



