24 BOTANY OF MICHIGAN 



Eragrostis megastachya (Koeler) Link. Strong-scented love-grass. 

 Gardens and waste places. Frequent throughout. 



Melica striata (Michx.) Hitchc. Purple oat. In spruce-cedar woods 

 near St. Ignace. Apparently infrequent. 



Dactylis glomerate L. Orchard grass. Waste places, streets and road- 

 sides in and near cities and villages. Frequent throughout. 



Poo annua L. Low spear grass. Roadsides and in lawns and yards of 

 cities and villages. Plentiful throughout. 



Poa compressa L. Canada blue grass. Dry open ground. Frequent 

 throughout. 



Poa triflora Gilib. Fowl meadow grass. In damp ground on the east 

 side of Mackinac Island. Apparently infrequent. Perhaps overlooked. 



Poa pratensis L. June grass. In patches throughout. Seldom thriv- 

 ing in dry sandy ground. Common in cities and villages and in old 

 pastures. 



Poa debilis Torr. Weak spear grass. In open rocky places on the 

 east side of Mackinac Island. Apparently infrequent. Perhaps over- 

 looked. 



Glyceria canadensis (Michx.) Trin. Rattlesnake grass. Damp open 

 places. Plentiful throughout. 



Glyceria nervata (Willd.) Trin. Nerved manna-grass. In damp open 

 or partially shaded ground. Common throughout. 



Glyceria grandis Wats. Reed meadow grass. Banks of streams and 

 wet meadow-like ground. Frequent throughout. 



Festuca octoflora Walt. Slender fescue-grass. In dry open or slightly 

 shaded ground. Frequent throughout. 



Festuca occidentalis Hook. Western fescue-grass. Woods about St. 

 Ignace and on Mackinac Island. Plentiful. Apparently infrequent. 



Festuca ovina L. Sheep's fescue. Open sandy ground. Frequent 

 throughout. 



Bromus inermis Leyss. Hungarian brome-grass. Apparently a per- 

 manent escape from cultivation in old fields above Alpena. Apparently 

 infrequent. 



Bromus secalinus L. Common chess. Waste places of cities and vil- 

 lages and about farm dwellings. Frequent throughout. 



Bromus ciliatus L. Fringed broom-grass. "Damp slightly shaded 

 ground. Frequent throughout. 



Bromus kalmii Gray. Wild chess. Near St. Ignace and on Mackinac 

 Island in damp open ground. Plentiful. Also near Mio, Oscoda County. 



Bromus pumpellianus melicoid.es Shear. Pumpelly's brome-grass. 

 Plentiful on the sandy beach at Mackinaw City. Apparently well es- 

 tablished. A western grass perhaps not before noticed in Michigan. 

 Not yet included in our present manuals. Said to exist in Illinois. 

 (Agnes Chase. I 



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