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382. Diplachne fascicularis Beauv. Salt-meadow Feather-grass. Brack- 

 ish marshes, scattered throughout the middle part of the state. Aug. (S) 



383. Diplachne acuminata Nash. Sharp-scaled Feather-grass. Wet or 

 moist soil; general; rare. Aug. 



384. Diplachne imbricata Scribn. Shingled Feather-grass. To be 

 looked for in S. W. K. ; is found not far away in S. E. Colorado and Texas 

 Panhandle. 



385. {Diplachne rigida Yasey = Eragrostis sessilispica Buckl., q. v.) 



386. Eragrostis capillaris Nees. Soft Lace-grass. Dry places, E. K. ; 

 not common. Aug. (ASU) 



387. Eragrostis frankii Steud. Short-stalked Meadow-grass. Moist, 

 sandy ground, N. E. K.; not common. Sept. (ASU) 



388 Eragrostis pilosa Beauv. Tufted Meadow-grass. Fields and waste 

 places, E. K. ; not common. Introduced from the east. 



390. Eragrostis purshii Schrader. Southern Meadow-grass. Dry places, 

 E. K. ; common. Aug. (ASU) 



391. Eragrostis poseoides Beauv. {E. minor Host.) Low Meadow- 

 grass; Small Love-grass. Waste sandy places, general; common. Aug. 

 (ASU) 



392. Eragrostis major Host. Stink-grass ; Mule-candy ; Great Love- 

 grass. Waste sandy and cultivated lands, general ; common. Aug. (ASU) 



393. Eragrostis sessilispica Buckley. (Diplacluie rigida Yasey.) Stiff 

 Meadow-grass. Prairies, S. W. K. ; occasional. Aug. (ASU) Spikelets 

 appressed. 



394. Eragrostis curtipedicellata Buckl. Short-pediceled Eragrostis. 

 Prairies, Clark county west and north to Hamilton; occasional. Aug. (ASU) 



395. Eragrostis pectinacea Steud. Purple Meadow-grass. Dry soil, E. 

 and C. K. ; common. Aug. (ASU) 



396. Eragrostis trichodes Nash. Hair-like Love-grass. Dry sands, 

 C. K., from Washington county to Barber; common. Aug. (ASU) 



397. Eragrostis secundiflora Presl. { E. oxylepis Torr.) Purple Love- 

 grass; Cluster- top Meadow-grass. Dry soil, S. W. K. ; frequent. Aug. (S) 



398. Eragrostis hypnoides B. S. P. (E. reptans Nees.) Creeping Low- 

 grass. Sandy or gravelly shores, E. K. ; common. Aug. (ASU) 



399. Eragrostis capitata Nash. Big-head Low-grass. Wet sands in 

 riverbeds, E. K.; frequent, though not common. July. (S) Lives like 

 E. hypnoides ; looks a little like E. secundiflora. 



400. Melica mutica Walt. Honey-grass ; Narrow Melic-grass. Open, 

 rocky woods, N. E. K. ; occasional. June. 



40L Melica nitens Nutt. Tall Melic-grass. Dry, rocky woods and 

 thickets, E. K.; 8-12 dm. high; not common. May. (AS) 



402. Melica porteri Scribn. Small Melic-grass. Prairies, S. W. K. ; 

 4-7 dm. high ; rare. May. (AS) 



403. Diarrhena diandra Wood. Twin-grass. Rich woods and shaded 

 banks, E. K.; frequent. August. (ASU) 



404. Distichlis spicata Greene. {Uniola L.) Alkali-grass; Salt-marsh 

 Spike-grass. Dry or damp saline or alkaline meadows, N., C, S., and 

 S. W. Kansas; very common. June. (ASU) Stolons from this grass 

 root freely on fresh moist alkaline earth, where it can root at every point; 

 on such occasions they may become thirty feet in length, and are occa- 

 sionally exhibited at county fairs, as at Hutchinson. 



