50 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



Digitana sanguinalis (L.) Scop, (blood-red). 

 Panicuin sa)igui)iaJc L. 

 Syntheris}na sajigiiinalis Dulac. 

 Syntherisma fimhriata Nash. 

 Crab Grass. Large Crab Grass. Finger Grass. Crowfoot 



Grass. 



Common. Waste places and cultivated ground. July — 

 Oct. Naturalized from Europe. 



A troublesome weed in gardens and lawns. It makes good 

 hay if properly dried, and in the South is often harvested. In 

 Bohemia the seeds are used by man as a food. 



LEPTOLOMA Chase. 



Leptoloma cognatum (Schultes) Chase (related). 

 Panicnm autnuinalc Bosc. 

 Fall Witch Grass. 



Rare. New Haven, in dry ground and in gravelly soil 

 (R. W. Woodward). July. ' 



PASPALUM L. 



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Paspalum setaceum ^lichx. (bristle-like). 



Fields and pastures, mostly in dry ground. Rare in the 

 northern part of the state, becoming occasional near the coast. 

 A form with glabrous spikelets sometimes occurs. Aug. — 

 Sept. 



Paspalum Muhlenbergii Nash. 



Frequent or common. Dry open ground- Aug. — Sept. 

 Paspalum psammophilum Nash (sand-loving). 

 Paspalum prostratnm Nash, not Scribn. & Merr. 



Rare. Dry sandy or gravelly soil: Sprague (Graves), 

 Franklin (R. W. Woodward), Old Saybrook (Bissell & 

 Graves ) . Aug. — Sept. 



Paspalum plenipilum Nash (having many hairs). 



Rare. Orange, in meadows (R. W. Woodward). Sept. 



Paspalum circulare Nash (round). 



Rare. Groton, moist grassland (Bissell & Graves), Frank- 

 lin (R. W. Woodward). Sept. 



