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 89. BOG REED-GRASS 



CALAMAGKOSTIS INEXPANSA A. Gray 



Not very common about the lake. A few plants were seen 

 along the railroad west of Green's marsh and by the railroad bridge 

 across the thoroughfare. Some was also collected in the swamp 

 below Farrar's. A tall handsome grass with a narrow erect 

 panicle. 



90. COMMON WILD OAT-GRASS 



DANTHONIA SPICATA (L.) Beam. 



A short, unimportant grass, growing scantily on sterile soil. It 

 ripens early in the year. Small scattered patches were found east 

 of the lake, and some was collected at Long Point. It ripens and 

 dies down toward the latter part of July. 



91. TALL MARSH-GRASS 



SPARTINA MICHAUXIANA Hitchc. 



A coarse, tall grass, quite leafy at the base but too tough when 

 old for hay or pasture. It is not usually found in large patches, 

 but grows in narrow belts in swamps or moist places. At Lake 

 Maxinkuckee it grows in scattered clumps along the south shore of 

 Outlet Bay between the road and the lake, and by the marsh 

 south of Farrar's. 



92. PRAIRIE CHLORIS 



CHLORIS VERTICILLATA Nutt. 



A coarse, tussocky grass. Late in the autumn of 1904, several 

 clumps of this species were found scattered in the sward of the 

 depot grounds. They were of recent introduction and had appar- 

 ently been brought there in lawn-grass seed. Not previously re- 

 ported for the state. 



93. TALL GRAMA-GRASS 



ATHEROPOGON CURTIPENDULUS (Michx.) Fourn. 



Only one small scanty patch seen in the neighborhood of the 

 lake. This was found growing on a bank on the east side of 

 Lost Lake outlet. This grass seems quite peculiar in distribution. 

 The only other place where we saw it was on a bank on the 

 east side of Eagle Lake at Warsaw, in a precisely similar situation. 



94. WIRE-GRASS; YARD-GRASS; DOG'S-TAIL GRASS 



ELEUSINE INDICA (L.) Gaertn. 



Not very common about the lake, only a few plants having been 

 found by the railroad bridge at Culver. It is generally a pretty 



