52 CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 



P. capillare, L. (Old-witch Grass.) In dry soil, everywhere. 



P. virgatum, L. (Tall Panic-Grass.) River-banks, etc. ; frequent. 



P. xanthophysum. Gray. (Yellow Panic-Grass.) Claremont, Dr. Barrows/ 

 Hanover and Lebanon ; rare. 



P. latifolium, L. (Broad-leaved Panic-Grass.) Low thickets ; frequent. 



P. clandestinum, L. Moist thickets ; common. 



P. depauperatum, Muhl. Dry woods ; frequent. 



P. dichotomum, L. Many varieties and abundant. 



P. laxiflorum. Lam. Resembles the preceding, and found with it. 



P. Crus-galli, L. (Barnyard-Grass.) On waste heaps and in rich soil ; 

 very variable as to size and hairiness. From Europe. 

 Setaria, Beauv. Bristly Foxtail Grass. 



S. VERTICILLATA, Beauv. Claremont, Dr. Bai-roivs ; not common. All 

 the species are European. 



S. GLAUCA, Beauv. (Foxtail.) Cultivated grounds; common. 



S. viRiDis, Beauv. (Green Foxtail.) With the preceding. 



S. Italica, Kunth, (Millet. Hungarian Grass.) Rarely spontaneous. 

 Cenchrus, L. Bur-Grass. Hedgehog-Grass. 



C. tribuloides, L. Sandy soil; the byrs prickly, with sharp barbed spines. 

 Leersia, Swartz. White Grass. 



L. Virginica, Willd. (White Grass.) Wet woods ; frequent. 



L. oryzoides, Swartz. (Rice Cut-Grass.) Marshes, and common. 

 Andropogon, Royen. Beard-Grass. 



A. furcatus, Muhl. (Blue stem.) Dry and sterile soil ; common. 



A. scoparius, Michx. (Broom-grass.) Like the last, and with the same 

 range. 



Chrysopogon, Trin. 



C. nutans, Benth. (Sorghum nutans. Gray.) — (Indian Grass, Wood- 

 Grass.) Dry soil ; with the preceding species. 



Phalaris, L. Canary-Grass. 



P. arundinacea, L. (Reed Canary-Grass.) Wet grounds; common, 

 var. picta, from Europe, is the Ribbon-Grass of gardens. 



Anthoxanthum, L. 



A. odoratum, L. (Sweet Vernal-Grass.) Meadows ; from Europe. 



Hierochloe, Gmelin. Holy-Grass, 



H. borealis, Roem. & Schultes. (Vanilla or Seneca Grass.) Hanover, etc., 

 Flint ; rare. 

 Aristida, L. Triple-awned Grass. 



A. dichotoma, Michx. (Poverty-Grass.) Sandy soil. 

 Oryzopsis, Michx. Mountain Rice, 



O. melanocarpa, Muhl. (Black Mountain Rice.) Rocky woods; bloom- 

 ing in May ; common. 

 O. asperifolia, Michx. (White Mountain Rice.) This and the next less 

 common than the first species. 



