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 63. VELVETY PANIC-GRASS 



PANICUM SCOPARIUM Lam. 



Not rare in dry open ground on the west side of the lake be- 

 tween Long Point and Arlington. Collected in flower June 26, 

 1901. One of the inconspicuous grasses of the region. 



64. YELLOW FOXTAIL; PIGEON-GRASS 



CHAETOCHLOA GLAUCA (L.) Scribn. 



Rather -common in waste places, and along the shore of the lake 

 at the railroad bridge at Culver. 



65. GREEN FOXTAIL-GRASS 



CHAETOCHLOA VIRIDIS (L.) Scribn. 



Somewhat common in waste places, and along the railroad. 

 Through many parts of the state this is one of our most vexatious 

 and troublesome weeds. The seeds germinate almost any time dur- 

 ing the summer. We found it in flower along the railroad June 

 26, which is unusually early. Where most abundant it usually 

 springs up in cornfields and potato patches after cultivation has 

 ceased, and makes the harvesting of these crops difficult. In gen- 

 eral it is not so prominent in the weedy autumn fields as formerly, 

 its place having been taken by ranker, broad-leaved weeds. 



66. HUNGARIAN GRASS; MILLET 



CHAETOCHLOA ITALICA (L.) Scribn. 



This is frequently cultivated, and occasionally escapes. It does 

 not usually persist very long, however. A patch at Long Point at- 

 tracted various birds and seed-eating mammals to that place. Some 

 of the 13-lined gophers, which had previously been confined largely 

 to the Gravelpit along the railroad, found the place attractive and 

 made their homes there in 1906. A few snow buntings or snow- 

 flakes appeared to light by chance and, finding good feeding in this 

 patch of millet, brought others from somewhere, the flock gradually 

 increasing until there were 25 or 30 birds. They had not been 

 noted in the vicinity previously. 



Besides the Long Point patch, some was also noted east of the 

 lake. 



67. SMALL BUR-GRASS 



CENCHRUS CAROLINIANUS Walt. 



This is undoubtedly the most pestiferous weed in the neighbor- 

 hood of the lake. It is frequent along the lake shore and common 

 along the railroad, but is in neither of these places so abundant as 



