234 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



Bor. Am. I 64, 1803 — Carolina and Georgia) apparently occurs 

 in sandy localities near the marshes, but I cannot satisfactorily 

 separate it from the typical form. 

 Fl. — Early July to late September. 



Maritime. — Sandy Hook, Deal, Pt. Pleasant, Barnegat Pier, Surf City 

 (L), Barnegat City (L), Beach Haven (L), St. Albans (L) Harvey Cedars 

 (L), Spray Beach (L), Atlantic City, Ocean City, Palermo (S), Estelville, 

 Stone Harbor, Anglesea, Cape May, Salem, Beaver Dam, Dias Creek (S), 

 Cold Spring (S). 



Spartina glabra pilosa Merrill. Smooth Marsh Grass. 



Spartina glabra pilosa Merrill, Bull. PI. Indust. U. S. Dept. Agr. IX., p. 9. 



1902 [Atlantic City, N. J.] 

 Spartina glabra Knieskern 38. 

 Spartina stricta var. glabra Britton 283. 

 Spartina stricta Keller and Brown 47. 



Common along creeks and ditches on the salt marshes of the 

 coast and Delaware Ba3\ 



Fl. — Late July to micl-September. 



Maritime. — Deal Beach, Pt. Pleasant, Forked River, Beach Haven (L), 

 St. Albans (L), Half Way House south of Bond's (L), Marsh Elder Isl. (L), 

 Anchoring Isl. (L), Ocean City (S), Palermo, Stone Harbor (S), Wildwood, 

 Holly Beach (T), Cold Spring (S), Dennis (S), Salem (P). 



Spartina glabra alterniflora (Lois.). 



Spartina alterniHora Lois, Fl. Gall. II. 719. [Circa Baionam at Ripas Aturi]. 

 Spartina stricta var. maritima Britton 283. 

 Spartina stricta alterniflora Keller and Brown 47. 



Spartina glabra alterniflora Merrill, Bull. PI. Indust. U. S. Dept. Agri. IX., p. 

 12, 1902. 



Similar situations to those occupied by the last, but less 



abundant. 



Maritime. — Seaside Park, Atlantic City, Cape May (S), Salem (S). 

 GYMNOPOGON Beauvois. 



Key to the Species. 



a. spikes bearing spikelets for their whole length. G. ambiguus, p. 234 



aa. Spikes bearing spikelets only beyond the middle. G. brevifolius, p. 235 



Gymnopogon ambiguus (Michx.). Broad-leaved Gymnopogon. 



PI. IX., Fig. 6. 

 Andropogon ambiguus Michaux, Fl. Bor. Am. I. 58. 1803 [Carolina]. — Muh- 

 lenberg, Cat. 94. 1813. — Muhlenberg Gram. 285. 1817. 



