102 KANSAS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 



128. Panicum nitidum Lam.: Rooks county (Bartholomew). This is distinct 

 from P. spha^rocarpon Ell., with which it has heretofore been confounded. 



129. Panicum virgatum L., var. glaucum Vasey: Rooks county (Bartholomew). 



130. Setaria perennis Hall: Culm ascending or erect, 3 to 7 dm. high; spike cyl- 

 indrical, simple, green, 2 to 7 cm. long; bristles few, little longer than the spikelets. 

 Propagates freely by slender perennial rootstocks, and seldom ripens seed where 

 cattle freely graze. Frequent in damp alkaline and saline bottoms in central and 

 southwestern Kansas. Resembles and may be a form of S. caudata R. & S. — Smyth's 

 Check List of the Plants of Kansas. 



131. Sporobolus pilosus Vasey: Perennial, from thick roots; whole plant pale 

 green; culms cespitose, rigid, erect, about li ft. high, leafy, particularly at the base, 

 mostly simple; sheaths smooth, the uppermost sheathing the base of the panicle, the 

 lower crowded and flattened; ligule inconspicuous; the throat, margin and both 

 sides of the lower blades pilose, the upper ones involute and attenuated to a long 

 point, shorter than the culm; panicle terminal, spike -like, 2 to 3 inches long, close, 

 the lower part included in the sheath; spikelets 2i lines long, smooth, the lower 

 empty glume one-fourth shorter than the upper, which equals the fl. gl. and palet, 

 all obtuse. Resembles S. asper, which has the leaves longer than the culm, both 

 empty glumes shorter than the flower, and the leaves smooth or not pilose. Collected 

 in Kansas by B. B. Smyth. — Botanical Gazette, vol. XVI, p. 26. 



132. Sporobolus teianus Vasey: Perennial; culms 3 dm. high, rather rigid, and 

 rarely branching below, the upper half occupied by the capillary-branched panicle; 

 leaves linear lanceolate, rigid, 2.5 to 7.5 cm. long, acuminate, light green, scabrous 

 above; the lower sheaths and ligule covered with loose white hairs; panicle half the 

 length of the plant, sheathed at the base, becoming diffuse, the branches mostly 

 single and few-flowered, the lower 5 to 8 cm. long; spikelets about 4 mm. long, on 

 capillary pedicels; empty glumes unequal, the lower ones acute, less than half as 

 long as the upper, the latter as long as the spikelet. Resembles S. asperifolius, but 

 with simple, erect culms, and more rigid. Clark county (Cont. Nat. Herb., vol. I, 

 p. 219, citing vol. Ill, p. 63). 



MOSSES. 



133. Coscinodon wrightii SuU.: Rocks, W. K.; frequent ( S.) 



134. Orthotrichum cupulatum Hoffm., var. minus SulL: Rocks, Riley county 

 (collected by Minnie Reed, Manhattan, and determined by Mrs. Elizabeth T. Brit- 

 ton, Columbia College, New York city). 



135. Leptobryum pyriforme Schimp.: Shady ground, rotten wood, etc., E. K. (S.) 



136. Webera nutans Hedw.: Wet ground, etc., E. K. (S.) 



137. Timmia cucuUata Mx.: On damp ground, E. K. (S.) 



138. Meteorium nigrescens Mitt.: Shawnee and Riley counties (Miss Reed ). 



139. Leskea obscura Hedw.: Base of trees, low ground, Pottawatomie county 

 (Miss Reed). 



140. Cylindrothecium compressum B. & S.: Base of trees; common (S.) 



141. Climacinm americanum Brid.: Rotten log, in shady thicket, Shawnee county 

 (collected by B. B. Smyth, and determined by Dr. G. N. Best, Rosemout, N. J.) 



142. Hypnum (Thuidium) gracile B. & S.: Rotten log, in shade, Shawnee county 

 (S.— Doctor Best). 



143. Hypnum (llhynchostegium) geophilum Austin: Shady clays, Wilson county 

 (Miss Reed). 



144. Hypnum (Amblystegium) radicale Beau.: Roots of trees, etc., Riley county 

 (Miss Reed); Shawnee county ( S. — Doctor Best). 



