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3. M. Mexicana (Mexican Muhlenbergia). Resem- 

 bles fowl meadow grass. Regarded as a troublesome 

 weed. Common in low grounds. Flowers in August 

 and September. 



4. M. Sylvatica (The Sylvan Muhlenbergia). Is 

 common in low or rocky woods. Flowers in August 

 and September. 



5. M. Wildenovii (Wildenow's Muhlenbergia), 

 Found in rocky woods, growing about three feet 

 high. Flowers in August. 



6. M. Diffusa (Drop Seed Nimblewill). Is common 

 at tli West, Kentucky, Tennessee, and southward. 

 Cattle eat it very readily. Perennial. Flowers in 



"August and September. 



7. M. Capillaris (Hair Grass). Is found on sandy 

 soils, New England to New Jersey, Kentucky and 

 southward. Flowers in September. 



None of the grasses of this American genus are of 

 much agricultural value, except as they add to the 

 verdure of the land. 



11. BRACHYELYTEUM Beauv. BKACHYELY- 



TllUM. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Spikelets 1-flowered, with a conspicuous filiform 

 pedicil of an abortive second flower about half its 

 length, nearly terete, few, in a simple appressed race- 



