PLANTS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. 225 



c. Larger flower scale with a short awn. A. alba aristata, p. 225 



cc. Larger flower-scale not awned. [A. alba]* 



bb. Panicle contracted, dense and spike-like, usually about 2 in. long. 



A. maritinia, p. 225 

 aa. One flower-scale wanting, or exceedingh^ minute. 

 h. Spikelets 1.5-2 mm. long. 



c. Culms weak and often prostrate, panicle green, branches dividing 



at or below the middle, spikelets scattered. A. perennans, p. 226 



cc. Culms erect, panicle silvery or purplish, exceedingly capillary and 



diffuse, branches dividing above the middle, spikelets crowded 



toward the tips. A. hyemalis, p. 226 



bb. Spikelets 2-3 mm. long, culms erect. 



c. Branches of the panicle dividing above the middle, spikelets 

 crowded at the ends, panicle purplish. A. elata, p. 225 



cc. Branches of the panicle dividing below the middle, panicle green- 

 ish or slightly purple. A. psendointcrmedia, p. 226 



Agrostis alba aristata Gray. Awned Herd Grass. 



Agrostis alba aristata Gray, Man. Ed. L 578. 1848 [E. North America]. — 

 Hitchcock, Bureau PI. Indst. U. S. Dept. Agr. 68 : 27. 1905. 



This awned form' of A. alba was collected by Mr. Charles S. 

 Pollard at Wildwood, N. J., July 4, 1897, and reported by Hitch- 

 cock in 1905. It doubtless occurs elsewhere, and is probably 

 native along the coast. 



Agrostis maritima Lam. Coast Bent Grass. 



Agrostis maritima Lamarck, Encycl. L 61. 1783 [Narbonne, France]. 

 Agrostis alba maritima Hitchcock, Bull. Bur. PI. Ind., U. S. Dept. Agr. 

 68 :27. 1905. 



D.imp spots along the coast, especially among the sand dunes. 

 Also at one station in the Pines along the Egg Harbor river 

 (coast intrusion?). 



Fl. — Early June into July. 



Coast Strip. — Spray Beach (L), Surf City (L), Peahala (L), Palermo, 

 Wildwood, Anglesea, Bennett, Cape May. 

 Pine Barrens. — Folsom. 



Agrostis elata Pursh. Tall Bent Grass. 



Agrostis elatum\ Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. L 61. 1814 [Sandy deep swamps, 



N. J.]. —Willis 72. 

 Trichodium elatum Torrey, Fl. U. S. I. 83. 1824. 

 Agrostis altissima Britton 288. — Keller and Brown 44. 

 Agrostis perennans elata Hitchcock, Bull. PI. Indust., U. S. Dept. Agr. 



68 127. 1905. 



* Red-top, or Herd-grass, abundantly introduced. PI. XH., Fig. 3. 

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