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this species this year. Our analysis of this grass shows a 

 nutritive ratio of only 1:8.13. Fayette : near Nuttallburg 

 (Nut tall). 



AVENA Linn. 

 A. FATUA Linn. 



Established at Morgantown, Monongalia County (Shel- 

 don, 439)- 



DANTHONIA, DC. 



D. SPICATA (L.) Beauv. Wild Oat-grass. 



Dry soil. Monongalia : near Beechwoods and Little Falls. 

 Randolph : on a dry boulder, summit of Point Mountain, 

 alt. 3,750 feet. Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). 



D. COMPRESSA, Austin. 



Dry banks. Tucker : near the Falls of Blackwater. Fay- 

 ette : near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). Randolph: near Pickens 

 (H. H. Smith, 1355). 



SPARTINA, Schreb. 



S. CYNOSUROIDES (L.) Willd. Fresh-water Cord-grass. 



Ohio: on Bogg's Island (Mertz & Guttenberg). Bar- 

 bour: near Tygart Junction (Greenman, 43)-. Fayette: 

 near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). 



ELEUSINE Gsertn. 



E. INDICA (L.), Gsertn. Dog's Tail or Wire Grass. 



Yards and streets. Kanawha : near Cannellton. Mon- 

 ongalia : near Morgantown. Mason : near Point Pleasant. 

 Berkeley : near Martinsburg. Fayette : near Nuttallburg 

 (Nuttatt). 



DACTYLOCTENIUM Willd. 



D. AEGYPTIUM (L.) Willd. Crab-grass. Yard-grass. 

 Yards and lawns. Monongalia; on the campus. 



TRICUSPIS Beauv. 



T. SESLERIOIDES (Michx.) Torrey. Tall Red Top. Triodia 

 cuprea J. F. Jacq. 



Dry or sandy fields. Monongalia near Little Falls. Wood : 

 near Selden. Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). 



PHRAGMITES Trin. 



P. PHRAGMITES (L.) Karst. 



In wet places. Kanawha: near Charleston (Holt on}. 



