376 PLANT LIFE OP ALABAMA. 



ALABAMA: Central Prairie region. Open prairies, dry calcareous soil. Mont- 

 gomery, Hale, and Dallas counties. Not infrequent. July to August. 



Type locality : "Hab. in aridis regionis Illinoeusis ad Wabast et in rupibus prairie 

 du rocher." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



ELEUSINE Gaert. Fruct. et Sem. 1 : 7, 1. 1. 1788. 



Six species, tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World. 

 Eleusine indica (L.) Gaert. Fruct. et Sem. 1 : 8. 1788. BARNYARD GRASS. 



Cynosurus indicus L. Sp. PI. 1 : 72. 1753. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 176. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 656. Chap. Fl. 558. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 533. 



Scribner, Grass.Tenn. 2 : 90, t. SO, f. 120. 



WESTERN ASIA, EAST INDIES, SOUTH AFRICA, ALL OVER TEMPERATE AMERICA 

 AND SOUTH TO BRAZIL. 



Alleghenian to Louisianiau area. Naturalized in the States south of New Eng- 

 land, northern Michigan, and Iowa. 



ALABAMA: Over the State. Cultivated and waste places near dwellings. June 

 to September. Common weed. Annual. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Indiis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Eleusine barcinonensis Costa, Ind. Sem. Hort. Bare. 1859. 



ALABAMA: Ballast weed; adventive from Spain. Mobile County, observed for the 

 past eight years. July to September. Annual. 



Type locality : Spain ?. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



DACTYLOCTENIUM Willd. Enum. 1029. 1809. 



One species, a weed in the warmer parts of Asia, Africa, and Australia ; West Indies 

 to Argentina. 



Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd. Enum. 1029. 1809. EGYPTIAN GKASS. 



Cynosurus aegyptius L. Sp. PI. 1 : 72. 1753. 



Chloris mucronata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 59. 1803. 



Eleusine aegyptiaca Pers. Syn. 1 : 87. 1805. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 176. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 656. Chap. Fl. 558. Coulter, Contr. Nat. TTerb. 

 2:534. 



Louisianian area. Naturalized North Carolina to Florida, west to Texas. 



ALABAMA: Central Prairie region to Coast plain, cultivated ground, meadows. 

 June to August; common. Annual. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Africa, Asia, America." 



Economic uses : Of some value for hay. 



Herb. Geol. Snrv. Herb. Mohr. 



LEPTOCHLOA Beauv. Agrost. 71. 1812. 



Twelve species; warmer regions temperate North America, 1. 

 Leptochloa ruucronata (Michx.) Kunth, Gram. 1 : 91. 1829-1835. FEATHER GRASS. 



Eleusine mucronata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 65. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 1:175. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 657. Chap. Fl. 558. Coulter, Contr. Nat. 

 Herb. 2 : 534. Scribner, Grass. Tenn. 2 : 91, t. 31, f. 121. 



CHINA, EAST INDIES, WEST INDIES, MEXICO TO VENEZUELA. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Virginia to Florida, west to Texas; 

 Arkansas, southern Missouri, southern Illinois, and Tennessee. 



ALABAMA : From the Coast plain to the Central Pine belt. Sandy fields. Most 

 frequent near the coast. June to July, frequent. Annual. 



Type locality: "Hab. in cultis Illinoensibus." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



DIPLACHNE Beanv. Agrost. 80, t. 16, /. 9. 1812. 

 Fourteen species, warmer regions of both hemispheres. 



Diplachne fascicularis (Lam.) Beauv. Agrost. 160. 1812. 



MANY-SPIKED DIPLACHNE. 

 Festuca fascicularis Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 189. 1791. 



