88 MINNESOTA BOTANICAL STUDIES. 



Common in shallow water and swamps throughout. 

 Herb. : Numerous specimens. 



Homalocenchrus virginicus (WILLD.) BRITTON, Trans. N. Y. 



Acad. Sci. 9: 14. 1889. White grass. 

 Leersia virginica WILLD. Sp. PI. I : 325. 1797. 

 Infrequent south. 



Herb. : Sandberg, Oestlund, Aiton, Hennepin county ; Bal- 

 lard 1172, Zumbrota ; Sandberg, Goodhue county; Wheeler 

 564, Houston county. 



Homalocenchrus oryzoides (L.) POLL. Hist. PI. Palat. i: 52. 



1776. Rice cut-grass. 



Leersia oryzoides Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. I : 132. 1797. 

 Common throughout in moist places. 

 Herb. : Numerous specimens. 



Homalocenchrus lenticularis (Micnx.) SCRIBN. Mem. Torr.. 



Club, 5 : 33. 1894. Catch-fly grass. 

 Leersia lenticularis MICHX. Fl. Bor. Am. I : 39. 1803. 

 Rare southeast. 

 Herb. : Lyon 713, Houston county. 



Phalaris arundinacea L. Sp. PI. 55. 1753. Reed canary 



grass. 



Common in moist soil throughout. 

 Herb. : Numerous specimens. 



Phalaris canariensis L. Sp. PI. 54. 1753. Canary grass. 

 Adventive throughout. 

 Herb. : Well represented by specimens. 



Anthoxanthum odoratum L. Sp. PL 28. 1753. Sweet vernal 



grass. 



Adventive southeast. 

 Herb. : Holzinger 3556, Winona. 

 Savastana odorata (L.) SCRIBN. Mem. Torr. Club, 5 : 34. 



1894. Holy grass, Vanilla grass. 

 Hierochloa boreahs R. & S. Syst. 2: 513. 1817. 

 Hierochloa odorata fragrans (WILLD.) RIGHT. PI. Eur.. 



I : 31. 1890. 



Common throughout the state especially in the northern part. 

 One of our very earliest grasses. 



Herb. : Sheldon 175, Blue Earth county, 2062, 2367, Aitkin 

 county; Sandberg, Goodhue and Hennepin counties; Aiton, 



