119 PRELIMINARY CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 



Stipa, L Feather-grass. 



S. avenacea, L. Black Oat-grass. Palisades, C. F. Austin ; Closter, 

 W. H. Leggett; and quite common in woods on the Yellow Drift. 



Aristida, L Triple-awned Grass. 



A. dichotoma, Michx. Poverty Grass. Dry sandy fields. Common 

 throughout. 



A. gracilis, Ell. Dry sandy fields. Quite common throughout. 



A. purpurascens, Poir. Limestone rocks, Sussex Co., C. F. Austin ; 

 Carpentersville, A. P. Garber ; not rare in Ocean and Monmouth Cos., 

 P. D. Knieskern ; and frequent in the southern counties. 



A. tuberculosa, Nutt. Middletown, Monmouth Co., P. D. Knies- 

 kern ; Sandy Hook, M. Ruger ; South Amboy, N. L. Britton. 



Spartina, Schreb Marsh Grass. 



S. cynosurioides, Willd. Hackensack Meadows, W. H. Leggett 

 and T. F. Allen. 



S. polystachya, Willd., Muhl. Salt Peed-grass. Common along 

 salt marshes and salt water ditches. 



S. juncea, Willd. Salt Marsh Grass. Common on salt meadows. Eu. 



S. stricta, Roth. ; Var. glabra, Gray. Salt Marsh Grass. Common 

 in ditches on salt meadows. Eu. 



Var. alternifolia, Gray. Cape May, W. M. Canby in Willis Cata- 

 logue. 



Bouteloua, Lagasca Muskit-grass. 



B. curtipendula, Gray. Limestone ledges, Sussex Co., C. F. Austin ; 

 Newton, Sussex Co., A. P. Garber. Scarce. 



Gymnopogon, Beauv Naked-beard Grass. 



G. racemosus, Beauv. Sparingly on the Yellow Drift. South Jer- 

 sey, W. M. Canby; Griffith's, Camden Co., C. F. Parker. 



Cynodon, Richard Bermuda Grass. 



C. Dactylon, Pers. Frequent in waste ground and ballast at Cam- 

 den, C. F. Parker ; and in ballast at Jersey City, Addison Brown. 

 Adv. Eu. 



Dactyloctenium, Willd Egyptian Grass. 



D. iEgyptiacum, Willd. Egyptian Grass. In ballast at Camden, 

 C. F. Parker; and at Jersey City, A. Brown. Adv. Africa. 



Eleusine, Gtertn Yard-grass. 



E. Indica, Gaertn. Wire-grass. Cultivated fields and roadsides. 

 Very common throughout. Nat. India. 



