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3. M. Mexicana (Mex*:'an Mulilenbergia). Kesem- 

 bles fowl meadow grass. Regarded as a troublesome 

 weed. Common in low grounds. Flowers in August 

 and September. 



4. M. Sylvatica (The Sylvan Mulilenbergia). Is 

 common in low or rocky woods. Flowers in August 

 and September. 



5. M. Wildenovii (Wildenow's Mulilenbergia). 

 Found in rocky woods, growing about tliree feet 

 high. Flowers in August. 



6. M. Diffusa (Drop Seed IN'imblewil]). Is common 

 at the West, Kentucky, Tennessee, and southward. 

 Cattle eat it very readily. Perennial. Flowers in 

 August and September. 



7. M. Capillaris (Hair Grass). Is found on sandy 

 soils, New England to New Jersey, Kentuck}^ and 

 southward. Flowers in September. 



None of tiie grasses of this American genus are of 

 much agricultural value, except as they add to the 

 verdure of the land. 



11. BRACHYELYTRUM— Beauv. Braciiyely- 



TRUM. 

 GEIS^ERIC CHARACTER. 



Spikelets 1-flowered, with a conspicuous filiform 

 pedicil of an abortive second flower about half its 

 length, nearly terete, few, in a simple appressed race- 



