REPORT OP THE CHEMIST. 



105 



REPORT ON GRASSES AND FORAGE PLANTS. 



Since tlie appearance of the last report fifty-six analyses of forage 

 plants and liays have been made, -which, Tvith thirty-fom^ previously 

 published (Eeport for 1878), form a series of the principal wild grasses 

 of the South and "West, some of those well known in the North, and 

 several forage and other plants not hitherto examined. 



The following list contains the names and localities of collection of all 

 the specimens analyzed during 1878, 1879, and 1880. ]S"os. 1 to 33, with 

 42 and 45, which were analyzed and published last year, are repeated 

 here, with their analyses corrected in a few points for comparison : 



GRASS AND FODDER PLANTS ANALYSED DURING 1878,* 1879, AND 1880, 



WUJTKU OF 1878-79. (From Dr. H. W. Ravenel, Charleston, S. C] 



[From Prof. S. B. Buckley, Austin, Tex.] 



No. of anal. 



1. Paspahimlceve. Watpr-grasa. 



2. Andropogon Virginicus. Broom sedge, 



sedge-grass. 



3. Fanicum Texanum. Texas millet. 



4. Sorghum nutans. Wood-grass. 



5. Setaria setosa. Bristle-grass. 



6. Tricuspissesleroides. 



7. Leptochloa mucronata. Feather-grass. 



8. Panicuni obiusitm. 



9. Panicu'.n nrgaium. Fall panic or 



Bwitcli-gTass. 



10. Panieum CrusgalU. Bam-yard grass, 



cock's foot. 



11. Eleusinelndica. Yard-grass, crow-foot. 



12. Muhlenhergia diffusa. Drop-seed grass. 



[From Thoo. Louis, Louisville, Wis.] 



13. Poa pratensis. June grass, blue-grass. 



14. Poa serotina. Fowl meadow-grass. 



15. Agrosiis exarata. Native red- top. 



[From D. L. Phares, Woodville, Miss.] 



16. Cifixodon dactylon. Bermuda grass. 



17. Sporohdus Xndicus. Smut-grass. 



18. THpsacum dacigloide*. Gaiua-grasa. 



[From E. HaU, Athens, HI.] 



Vauilla-grasa. 

 California broom- 



19. Hiei-ochloa horealis. 



20. Bromus carinatus, 



grass. 



[From Charles Mohr, Mobile, Ala.] 



21. Lespedeza striata. Japan clover. 



22. Panieum sanguinale. Crab-grass. 



23 . Pa n icu m jii in entorum. 



24. Panieum virgatum. Fall panic, switch- 



grass. 



25. Cynodon dactyJon. Bermuda grass. 



29. Andropogon scoparius. Broom-grass. 



30. Sorghum halapense. .Johnson grass. 



31. Elemine Indica. ^ard grass, crow-foot 



grass. 



32. Panieum fiUformt, 



[From Dr. W. A. Carswell, Americna, Ga.] 



26. Eleusine Indica. Yard grass, crow-foot 



grass. 



27. Dactylotmnium ^gxjptiacura. Crow-foot 



grass. 

 28. 



No. of anal. 



33. Desmodium molle. 



Begfrar lice. 



WDTIEB OP 187^'80. 



[From Charles Molir, Mobile, Ala.] 



34. Paspaliun prcecox. 



35. Paniaim anceps. 



36. Panieum divaricatum. 



37. Panieum dichotomum. 



38. Andropogon macrourus. Broom-grass. 



39. Panieum proliferum. Large crab-grass. 



40. Panieum CrusgalU. Bam-yard grass. 



41. Andropogon scoparius (before bloom). 



42. Uniola latifolia. Fescue grass. 



43. Panieum gibtum. 



65. Bichardsonia scabra. Mexican clover. 



[From the Department grounds.] 



44. Viehia sativa. Common vetch. 



45. Bromus unioloides. Schrader's grass. 



[From A. C. Lathrop, Glenwood, Pope Cotm^, 

 Minnesota.] 



46. Andropogon furcatus. Blue-joint grasB. 



47. Bouteloua oligostachya. Gamma grass. 



48. Spartina cynosuroides. Marsh-grass. 



49. Muhlenhergia glomerata. Satin grass. 



[From James O. Adams, Manchester, !N. H.J 



50. Anthoxanthon odoratum. Vernal grass. 



51. Festuca pratensis. Field fescue. 

 .52. Poa compressa. English blue-grass. 

 53. Ghjceria nervata. Fowl meadow-grass. 

 .54. Festuea ovina. Sheep fescue. 



55. Bromus secalina. Common cheat or 



chess. 



56. Poa pratensis. Blue-grass. 



60. Muhlenhergia sp. ? Knot-grass. 



61. Plantago lanceolaia. Ribwort plant- 



ain. 



62. Dactylis glomerata. Orchard-grass. 



63. Triticum repens. Quick-grass. 



64. Danihonia spicaia. Wild-oat grass. 



[From J. D. Waldo, Quincy, HI.] 



58. Spartina cynosuroides. Marsh or whip 

 grass. 



[From J. E. Snodgrass, North Mountain, W. V».] 



No. of Anal. 



57. Echium vulgare. Blue weed, blue 



thistle. 



