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



Muhlenbergia Schreberi J. F. Gmel. 

 Muhlcnbcr^ia diffusa Schreb. 

 Drop-seed. Nimble Will. 



Frequent along roadsides, in yards and waste places near 

 dwellings ; rare elsewhere. Aug. — Sept. 



Muhlenbergia capillaris (Lam.) Trin. (hair-like). 

 Hair Grass. 



Rare. Rocky cliffs: Hamden (O. Harger). New Haven 

 (O. Harger, R. W. Woodward & Harger). Sept. 



BRACHYELYTRUM Beauv. 



Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreb.) Beauv. (erect), 

 Brachyelytrimi aristatnm Beauv. 



Rich moist or rocky woods. Frequent except along the 

 coast eastward where it is rare. July — Aug. 



PHLEUM L. Timothy. Herd's Grass, 



Phleum pratense L. (of meadows). 



Timothy. Herd's Grass. Cat-tail Grass. 



Common. Fields, roadsides and pastures, June — Aug. 

 Naturalized from Europe. 



Extensively grown and very valuable for hay. It is said 

 to have been introduced into ^Maryland in 1720 by Timothy 

 Hanson, l^ence the name " Timothy,'' 



ALOPECURUS L. Foxtail Grass, 



Alopecurus pratensis L. (of meadows). 

 ]\Ieadow Foxtail. 



Rare. Moist fields and roadsides: New London (Graves), 

 Middlebury (Harger), Southington, Litchfield and Cornwall 

 (Bissell). ?klay — June. Adventive from Europe. 



A desirable grass for moist pastures. 



Alopecurus geniculatus L. (abruptly bent). 

 Marsh, Water or Floating Foxtail. 



Rare or local. Wet meadows and along brooks : Hartford 

 (A. W. Driggs), Wethersfield (C. Wright), Southington 

 (Andrews & Bissell). May — June. 



A good grazing grass for wet grounds. 



