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wove themselves through and through it in all sorts of directions 

 and were extricated with some difficulty. The seed was nearly ripe 

 by June 28. 



74. POVERTY-GRASS 



ARISTIDA DICHOTOMA Michx. 



A small depauperate grass growing scantily in poor soil at Long 

 Point back of Chadwick's and near the Arlington hotel. 



75. ARROW-GRASS; BROOM-SEDGE 



ARISTIDA PURPURASCENS Poir. 



Common in sandy soil along the railroad south of the lake. 



76. NIMBLEWILL; DROPSEED-GRASS 



MUHLENBERGIA SCHREBERI Gmel. 



A handsome grass, with close purplish drooping racemes, grow- 

 ing in dry places. At Lake Maxinkuckee it was quite common in 

 open places. There was a good patch along the railroad by Arling- 

 ton and in Green's woods opposite. Where plentiful enough it is 

 a good pasture grass. 



77. SATIN-GRASS; WOOD-GRASS 



MUHLENBERGIA MEXICANA (L.) Trin. 



This very pretty, much-branched grass appears to be rare in the 

 immediate vicinity of the lake, although it is fairly abundant in the 

 low grounds about Plymouth, Ind. The only plants seen near the 

 lake were in a thriving clump by the icehouses, along the railroad 

 track. The seed had evidently dropped from wild hay used in the 

 packing of ice. 



78. WILD TIMOTHY; MARSH MUHLENBERGIA 



MUHLENBERGIA RACEMOSA (Michx.) B. S. P. 



Not very common. There were a few scattered patches in the 

 Inlet marsh. A soft, diffuse grass, very good for hay or pasture 

 where abundant enough. 



79. WOOD OR WOODLAND DROPSEED 



MUHLENBERGIA UMBROSA Scribn. 



Not rare ; scattered through the woodlands about the lake. Col- 

 lected at the edge of the bank along the east side of Long Point. It 

 generally forms too scanty growth to be of much importance as 

 pasture. 



