No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 7^ 



ERAGROSTIS Beauv. 



Eragrostis hypnoides (Lam.) BSP. (like Hypnum, a kind of 



creeping Moss). 

 Eragrostis reptans Nees. 



Sandy shores of rivers and sometimes ponds. Frequent 

 in the valleys of the Connecticut and Housatonic Rivers ; rare 

 elsewhere. Aug. — Sept. 



Eragrostis capillaris (L.) Nees (hair-like). 

 Hair Grass. 



Dry fields or thin woods in sandy ground. Occasional, 

 becoming frequent or locally common in some parts of south- 

 western and central Connecticut. Aug. — Sept. 



Eragrostis Frankii (Fisch., Mey. & Lall.) Steud. 



Rare or local. River shores and roadsides in sandy soil : 

 Lyme (Graves & Bissell), Middletown (A. W. Driggs), East 

 Windsor, Windsor and Hartford (Bissell), Oxford (Harger), 

 SaHsbury (Mrs. C. S. Phelps). Aug. — Sept. 



Eragrostis pilosa (L.) Beauv. (hairy). 

 Eragrostis Purshii Schrad. 



Frequent. Dry soils, along roadsides and railways, on 

 river shores and in waste places. July — Sept. 



Eragrostis megastachya (Koeler) Link (large-spiked). 

 Eragrostis major Host. 

 Stink Grass. Snake Grass. 



Occasional or frequent. Waste places, roadsides, and as a 

 weed in cultivated ground. July — Sept. Naturalized from 

 Europe. 



The fresh plant emits a strong, unpleasant odor. 



Eragrostis minor Host (smaller). 



Rare. Waste ground: Bridgeport (Fames). Aug. Ad- 

 ventive from Europe. 



Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Steud. (comb-like). 

 Purple Eragrostis. 



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



A beautiful native grass, one of the " purple grasses " dis- 

 tinguished by Thoreau in his essay " Autumnal Tints." 



