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1. Eragrostis capillaris (L.) Nees. 
In the southeastern part of the state. Weeping Water. 
2. Eragrostis pilosa (L.) Beauv. Slender Meadow-grass. 
A common weed in the eastern part of the state. Lincoln. 
3. Eragrostis purshii Schrad. 
Common in waste places, especially in the eastern half of the state. 
Broken Bow; Dukeville; Minden; Mullen; Plainview; Rushville; 
Weeping Water. 
4, Eragrostis major Host. Stink-grass. 
A common weed all over the state. Brown county; Callaway; Cul- 
bertson; Halsey; Hooker county; Kearney; Mullen; Niobrara; Tal- 
mage; Thomas county. 
5. Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Steud. Couch-grass. 
_ Common in waste places except in the extreme western part of the 
state. Ainsworth; Calloway; Chelsea; Halsey; Lincoln; Long Pine; 
Minden; Republican valley; Thomas county. 
6. Eragrostis trichodes (Nutt.) Nash. Blowout-grass. 
Common in sandy places, often found in “blowouts”. Dismal river; 
Franklin; Howard county; Keyapaha county; Plummer Ford; Thed- 
ford; Valentine. 
7. Eragrostis hypnoides (Lam.) B. S. P. Creeping Eragrostis. 
Wet places, mostly along streams in the eastern part of the state. 
Franklin; Glen Rock; Guide Rock; Lincoln; Neligh; Norfolk; Wahoo. 
8. Eragrostis weigeltiana (Reichenb.) Bush. 
Nebraska, according to Britton’s Manual. 
15. Diplachne. 128. 
1. Diplachne acuminata Nash. 
Wet soil, frequent on sand-bars. Bassett; Callaway; Kearney; Min- 
den; Niobrara river; Thedford. 
16. Redfieldia. 128. 
1. Redfieldia flexuosa (Thurb.) Vasey. Blowout-grass. 
A common grass of the sand-hill regions. Antelope county; Box 
Butte county; Dismal river; Keyapaha county; Minden; Mullen; 
‘Thomas county; Valentine. 
17. Triplasis. 127. 
1. Triplasis purpurea (Walt.) Chapman. Sand-grass. 
\In ravines in the sand-hills. Long Pine; Minden; Plummer Ford; 
Halsey; Rock county; Valentine. 
18. Tridens (Tricuspis). 126. 
1. Tridens flavus (L.) Hitch. False Red-top. 
In the eastern part of the state. Bordeaux; Chadron; Crawford; 
Mullen; Richardson county; Red Cloud; Riverton; St. Paul. 
19. Phragmites. 125. 
1. Phragmites phragmites (L.) Karst. Reed. 
Phragmites communis Trin. 
In wet places and in shallow water throughout the state. Albright; 
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