i84 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



Andropogon furcatus Muhl. Forked Beard Grass. 



Andropogon furcatus "Muhlenberg," Willdenow Sp. PI. IV. 919. 1806 [North 



America — prob. Penna.]. — Kiiieskern 40. 

 Andropogon provincialis Britton 284. 



Northern New Jersey, extending locally into the Middle dis- 

 trict and recurring in the lower Cape May peninsula. 

 Fl. — Late July to late September. 



Middle District.— Tracy's (C), Manchester (C), Bordentown (H), Grif- 

 fith's Swamp, Mickleton (H), Swedesboro. 

 Cape May.— Cold Spring (OHB). 



Andropogon elliottii Chapman. Elliott's Beard Grass. 



Andropogon Elliottii Chapman, Fl. S. States. 581. i860 [Florida to N 

 Carolina]. — Long, Bartonia II. 18. 1910. 



Confined to the southern part of the Middle district ; originally 

 discovered in the State by Charles D. Lippincott at Swedesboro 

 September 2, 1894. 



PL — Early September into October or even November. 



Middle District. — Woodbury, Swedesboro, Sharptown. 

 Cape May. — Town Bank. 



SORGHASTRUM Nash. 



Sorghastrum nutans (L.), (Michx.). Indian Grass. 



PI. XL, fig. I. 

 Andropogon nutans Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 1045. I7S3 [Virginia]. 

 Andropogon avenaceiis Barton, Fl. Phila. I. 54. 1818. 

 Sorghum nutans Knieskern 40. 

 Chrysopogon nutans Britton 284. 



Dry soil frequent throughout, except in the Pine Barrens, 

 where it is rare or casual. 



Fl. — Mid-August to mid-September. 



Middle District. — New Egypt, Griffith's Swamp, Orchard (S), Mickleton, 

 Swedesboro. 

 Pine Barrens. — Pasadena, Landisville, Hammonton, Ab. Tuckahoe (S). 

 Coast Strip. — Manahawkin, Anglesea (UP). 

 Cape May.— Cold Spring (S), Cape May (OHB). 



PASPALUM L. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Rachis membranaceous, broader than the spikelets. Plant decumbent or 

 floating in water. P. dissectum, p. 185 



aa. Rachis narrower than the spikelets. 

 h. Culm simple, racemes stout. 



