1 8 FLORA OF WORCESTER COUNTY. 



Arrhenatherum Beauv. Oat Grass. 



elatius (L.) Beauv. Tall Oat Grass. 



In meadows, not common. 

 Danthonia DC. Wild Oat Grass. 



spicata (L.) Beauv. In pastures, common, 



compressa Aust. 



Templeton. Mr. P. Blodgett. 

 Spartina Schreb. Marsh Grass. 



Michauxiana (Hitchc.) Slough Grass. 



Brookfield. Mr. R. M. Harper. 

 Eleusine Gaertn. Goose Grass. 

 Indica Gaertn. 



Southbridge. Mr. L. E. Ammidown. Adventitious. 

 Phragmites Trin. Reed. 

 communis Trin. 



Westborough. Mr. A. N. Randlett. 

 Eragrostis Beauv. 



pilosa (L.) Beauv. Not common. 



Prof. G. E. Stone. 



megastachya (Koeler) Link. In waste places. 



refracta (Muhl.) Scribn. In pastures and dry soil. 



Melica L. Melic Grass. 



striata (Michx.) Hitchc. Not common. 



Prof. G. E. Stone. 

 Briza L. Quaking Grass. 

 media L. 

 Millbury. Not common. 



In Britten and Holland's "Dictionary of English Plant-Names " 

 the following list of fifty-four common names of this grass is given: 

 amouret, bird's-eye, cow-quake, dadder-grass, danglethorn, dawther, 



