64 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [BuU. 



(Andrews & Bissell), Waterbury (A. E. Blewitt), Middle- 

 bury (Harger), Norfolk (Bissell). Aug. — Sept. 

 A very delicate grass. 



AGROSTIS L. Bent Grass. 



Agrostis alba L. (white). 



Fiorin. White Bent Grass. Red Top. Fine Bent. Dew Grass, 



Local or occasional. Open, generally moist ground. July 

 — Aug. In part naturalized from Europe. 



The var. vulgaris (With.) Thurb. (common), Agrostis 

 vulgaris W'ith., cultivated under the name of Red Top, is 

 common in fields and open ground and is a valuable grass for 

 hay and pasturage. This variety is usually introduced from 

 Europe but is perhaps also native. 

 Agrostis alba L., var. aristata Gray (awned). 



Rare. Franklin, moist peaty soil in shade (R. W. Wood- 

 ward). July. 

 Agrostis alba L., var. maritima (Lam.) G. F. W. Mey. (of 



the sea-coast). 

 Agrostis coarctata Ehrh. 



Frequent along the coast in salt and brackish marshes ; 

 rare inland as at Southington (Bissell), Oxford (Harger). 

 July — Sept. 



Agrostis hyemalis (Walt.) BSP. (.wintering). 

 Agrostis scahra Wllld. 



Agrostis scabra Willd., var. montana Gray's Manual ed. 6. 

 Hair or Rough Hair Grass. Rough Bent. Fly-away or Silk 

 Grass. 



Frequent or common. Dry or moist open ground, often 

 in sandy soil. June — Sept. 



Agrostis perennans (W^alt.) Tuckerm. (perennial). 

 Agrostis intermedia Scribn. 

 Thin Grass. 



Frequent. Rich woodlands either drj^ or moist. Aug. — 

 Sept. 



Agrostis canina L. (of a dog). 



Brown Bent Grass. Rhode Island Bent. 



Local. Meadows, East Hartford (Weatherby) ; dry, ster- 



