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DISTICHLIS, Raf. 



D. maritima, Raf. (Brizopyrum spicatum, Hook.) SALT 

 GRASS. 



Abundant in salt marsh at Coskaty. 



POA, L. MEADOW-GRASS. 

 P. annua, L. 

 P. compressa, L. 

 P. serotina, L. 



Near an old wharf. Dr. Swan. 

 P. pratensis, L. KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS. 

 P. trivialis, L. 



ERAGROSTIS, Beauv. 



E. major, Host. (E. poaeoides, Beauv., var. megastachya, Man) 

 Waste ground near town ; rather abundant in a few places. 

 C. &D. 



E. pectinacea, Gray, var. spectabilis, Gray. 



FESTUCA, L. FESCUE GRASS. 



F. Myurus, L. 



Sandy commons west of the town. W. Deane, 1884. 



Near Siasconset. Dr. Swan. 

 F. tenella, Willd. SLENDER FESCUE. 



Plains between Siasconset and Sesachacha. Dr. Swan. 

 F. ovina, L. SHEEP'S FESCUE. 

 F. ovina, L., var. duriuscula, Gray. 

 F. elatior, L. TALL FESCUE. 



BROMUS, L. 



B. racemosus, L. UPRIGHT CHESS. 

 B. mollis, L. SOFT CHESS. 

 B. sterilis, L. 



Near the wind-mill, unusually fine specimens ; Judge Church- 

 ill, 1886. On the edge of the sidewalk in Fair St., M. L. 0., 

 1887. This is the true plant of the Manual. B. tectorum, 

 L., which is sometimes taken for B. sterilis, L., has not yet 

 reached the island. 



