230 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



Sphenopholis obtusata (Michx.)- Blunt-scaled Eatonia. 



Aira'Obtusata Michaiix, FI. Bor. Am. I. 62. 1803 [Carolina and Florida]. 

 Eatonia obtusata Britton 293. — Keller and Brown 50. 



Several stations in the northern counties and southv/ard alonp- 

 the Coastal strip to Cape May. 

 Fl. — Early June into July. 



Middle District. — Farmingdale. 



Coast Strip. — Beacli Haven (L), Spray Beach (L), Stone Harbor, Cape 

 May (OHB). 



Sphenopholis obtusata pubescens Seribner and Merrill. 



SphenopJiolis obtusata pubescens Seribner and Merrill, Circ. U. S. Dept. Agr. 

 27, p. 6. 1900 [Stackville, Miss.]. 



Along the Coast strip apparently as frequent as the last. 

 Fl. — Early June into July. 

 Coast Strip.— Suri City (L), Spray Beach (L), Sherburn's (L). 



Sphenopholis nitida Spreng. Slender Eatonia. 



Aira nitida Sprengel, Fl. Hal. Mant. I. 32. 1807 [Pennsylvania]. 

 Eatonia Dudleyi Britton 293. 

 Eatonia nitida Keller and Brown 50. 



One record for Hunterdon County, locally in the Middle 

 district. Sandy ground. 



FI. — Early ]\Iay to mid-June. 

 Middle District. — Mickleton, Swedesboro, Tomlin, Riddleton, Auburn. 



Sphenopholis pallens (Spreng.). Pale Eatonia. 



PI. XIV., Fig. 5. 



Aira pallens Sprengel, Fl. Hal. Mant. I., p. 33. 1807 [Pennsylvania]. 

 Eatonia P ennsylvanica Britton 293. 



Shady ground ; common* in the northern counties, ranging 

 southward in the ^Middle district. 

 Fl. — Late May to early July. 



Middle District. — Farmingdale, New Egypt, Delair, Camden (Bassett), 

 Medford. (S), Washington Park, Sewell (S), Mickleton (NY) Swedesboro, 

 Millville (S), Buckshutem. 



Sphenopholis palustris (Michx.). Marsh Eatonia. 



Avena palustris Michaux, Fl. Bor. Am. I. 72. 1803 [Georgia and Carolina]. 



—Barton Fl. Phila. I. 69. 1818. 

 Trisetum pennsylvanicum. Britton 290. — Keller and Brown 45. 



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