PIjANTS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. 237 



DIPLACHNE Beauvois. 



Diplachne fascicularis (Lam.). Salt Meadow Diplachne. 



Poa fasiculata Torrey, Fl. U. S. I. 107 [N. Y. City] 1824. 



deptochloa fascicularis Willis 7^. 



Diplachne fascicularis Britton 292. — Kellar and Brown 48. 



Edges of the salt mieadows along the coast. Not abundant. 

 Fl. — Mid-August to mid-October. 



Maritime. — Barnegat City (L), Beach Haven Terrace (L), Atlantic City 

 (P), Sea Isle City, Wildwood, Cape May. 



ERAGROSTIS Beauvois. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Culms creeping. B. hypnoides, p. 238 



aa. Cnlms not creeping. 



b. Much branched and decumbent at base, spikelets dull purplish or 

 lead colored. 



c. Spikelets 2-5 flowered, not over 3 mm. long. E. capillaris, p. 237 

 cc. Spikelets 5 to many flowered, 3-15 mm. long. 



d. Spikelets 1.5 mm. wide. B. pilosa, p. 237 



dd. Spikelets 2 mm. [B. major]* 



bb. Simple and erect, rigid spikelets, bright redish purple. 



c. Sheaths sparingly pilose. B. pectinacea, p. 238 



cc. Sheaths glabrous. B. p. spectabilis, p. 238 



Eragrostis capillaris (L.). Hair-like Eragrostis. 



Poa capillaris Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 68. 1753 [Virginia and Canada]. 



Poa hirsuta Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. L 80. 1814. 



Eragrostis capillaris Knieskern 38. — Britton 294. — Keller and Brown 49. 



Dry ground, local ; known fromi four localities in the northern 



counties and three in the Middle district. 



Fl. — Mid-August to early October. 



Middle District. — Camden, Birmingham, Swedesboro. 



Eragrostis pilosa (L.). Tufted Eragrostis. 

 ' PI. XIII., Fig. 2. 



Poa pilosa Linnseus, Sp. PI. 68. 1753 [Italy]. 



Poa tenella Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. I. 80. 1814. 



Eragrostis pilosa Knieskern, 38. — Britton 293. — Keller and Brown, 49. 



Eragrostis Purshii Britton 294. — Keller and Brown 49. 



* Strong-scented Eragrostis, a weed in waste ground. 



