364 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



ORYZA L. Sp. PI. 1:333. 1753. 



Oryza sativa L. Sp. PI. 1 : 333. 1753. KICK. 



Cultivated in the States from western Tennessee and North Carolina to the Gulf. 

 ALABAMA: Here and there voluntary in low fields. Annual. 

 Type locality: "Hab. forte in Aethiopia, colitur in Indiae paludosis." 

 Economic uses : Of great value as a grain crop. 



PHAL ARIS L. Sp. PL 1 : 55. 1753. 

 About half a dozen species, Mediterranean Europe, Central Asia; North America, 1. 



Phalaris caroliniana Walt. Fl. Car. 74. 1788. SOITHKKX CANARY (JRASS. 



Phalaris intermedia Bosc ; Poir. Enoycl. Suppl. 1 : 300. 1810. 



P. americana Ell. Sk. 1 : 101. 1817. 



Chap. Fl. 569. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 512. Wats. Bot. Calif. 2 : 264. 



Louisianian area. North Carolina to Florida; west to Texas and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: Central Prairie region to Coast plain. Low grassy places. Mobile 

 County, West Fowl River. Perry County, Uniontown (E. A. Smith). June. Not 

 rare; annual. 



Type locality : " South Carolina/' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Phalaris canariensis L. Sp. PI. 1 : 54. 1753. CANARY GRASS. 



Introduced. Rarely spontaneous about dwellings. 

 Type locality: "Hab. in Europa australi, Canariis." 

 Economic uses: Valuable for its seeds. 



ANTHOXANTHUM L. Sp. PI. 1:28. 1753. 



Three species, native of southern Europe. 

 Anthoxanthum odoratum L. Sp. PI. 1 : 28. 1753. SWEET VERNAL GRASS. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 37. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 639. Chap. Fl. 569. Coulter, ( 'ontr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 503. Wats. Bot. Calif. 2 : 266. 



EUROPE. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Extensively naturalized in eastern North 

 America and along the Pacific coast. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Warrior table-land. Cullman Comity, 800 feet 

 altitude. May to June; not frequent; perennial. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Europae pratis." 



Economic uses: Valuable meadow grass. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



ARISTIDA L. Sp. PI. 82. 1753. TRIPLE-A WNED GRASS. 



About 100 species. Perennials of warmer regions, largely American. North 

 America, 29 species. 



Aristida dichotoma Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 41. 1803. POVERTY GRASS. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 141. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 640. Chap. Fl. 555. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 513. Scribner, Grass. Tenn. 2 : 64, 1. 19, f. 73. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. New England, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, 

 south to Florida, west to Tennessee, Arkansas, and Texas. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley, Coosa hills to Coast plain. Sandy and gravelly hills, 

 dry sterile soil. Calhoun County, Anniston. Montgomery and Mobile counties. 



August to September; frequent. 

 Type locality : " Hab. in Carolina superi 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



iore, juxta Lincoln, in glareosis." 



Aiistida gracilis Ell. Sk. 1 : 142. 1817. SLENDER ARISTIDA. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 640. Chap. Fl. 555. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 514. Scribner, 

 Grass. Tenn. 2 : 64, 1. 19, f. 74. 



Alleghenian to Louisiauian area. Southern New England, New York, and Penn- 

 sylvania, south to Florida, and west to Texas, Arkansas, and Missouri. 



ALABAMA: Over the State; in dry gravelly soil. July; common. 



Type locality : " In the vicinity of Charleston. Common. " 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



