GRASSES. 369 



Type locality: "Barren and sandy dry fields; common, especially south ward." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



SPOROBOLUS VIRGINICUS (L.) Kunth, Rev. Gram. 1:67. 1835. 



SEASHORE RUSH-GRASS. 



This perennial has not yet been collected in the State, but is not rare on the adja- 

 cent shores of Florida and Mississippi, and without doubt occurs within its limits. 



LIMNODEA L. H. Dewey in Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 518. 1894. 

 (THURBERIA Benth. Journ. Linn. Spc. 19 : 58. 1882. Not Gray, 1854). 



One species; Atlantic North America. 



Limnodea arkansana (Nutt.) L. H. Dewey in Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 518. 1894. 



Greenia arkansana Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 5 : 142. 1837. 



TUurl)eria arkansana Benth. in Vasey, Grasses of U. S. 16, 1883. 



Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 600. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Arkansas, Indian Territory, and Texas, thence 

 to Florida. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Shell mounds. Baldwin County, Point Clear. Mobile 

 County, Dauphin Island. April to May. Local and rare. Annual. 



Type locality not ascertained. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



POLYPOGON Desf. Fl. Atl. 1 : 66. 1798. ' 



About a dozen species, inhabiting the warmer regions. 

 Polypogon moiispeliensis (L.) Desf. Fl. Atl. 1 : 67. 1798. FRENCH BEARD-GRASS. 



Alopecurus monspeliensis L. Sp. PL 1 : 61. 1753. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 648. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 518. Wats. Bot. Calif. 2 : 270. 



EUROPE, ASIA, NORTH AFRICA. 



Carolinian and Louisianiau areas. Adventive on the Atlantic and Gulf coast. 

 Utah, Nevada, California, and Oregon. 



ALABAMA: Sparingly naturalized, waste places. Baldwin County, east shore 

 Mobile Bay, banks of Mobile River. June, July ; rare. Annual. 



Type locality : " Hab. Monspelii." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Polypogon littoralis (With.) Smith, Comp. Fl. Brit. ed. 2, 13. 1816. 



SEASIDE BEARD-GRASS. 



Agrostis littoralis With. Bot. Arr. Brit. PI. ed. 3, 2 : 129. 1796. 



Wats. Bot. Calif. 2 : 270. 



COASTS OF EUROPE, SOUTH AMERICA. 



Introduced on the Atlantic and Gulf coast. California. 



ALABAMA: Shores of Mobile Bay. Mobile County; July. With the last, rare. 

 Annual. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Anglia." 



Herb. Mohr. 



CINNA L. Sp. PL 1 : 5. 1753. 



Two species, perennials; Eastern North America, 2; Europe, 1. 



China aruiidinacea L. Sp. PL 1 : 5. 1753. WOOD REED GRASS. 



EUROPE. 



Canadian zone to Louisianian area. Newfoundland, Nova, Scotia, and Saskatche- 

 wan ; New England, west to Michigan, Minnesota, and Missouri, south from New 

 York to Georgia and from Missouri to Texas. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast plain. Shady woods and swamps. Clay 

 County (E. A. Smith}. Cullman County, 800 feet. Tuscaloosa County (E. A. Smith). 

 Mobile County, river marshes. June. Local; infrequent. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Canada." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



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