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E. brevibarbis Michx. Mitchellville, Sumner County. 



E. contortus Ell. Hiwassee Valley. A. Ruth. E. Smallii 

 C. V. Nash. 



E. Ravennae Beauv. Frequently cultivated, maturing seeds 

 and spreading outside of cultivation. July. 



ANDROPOGON L. 



Andropogon scoparius Michx. Broom grass. Old fields. 

 O. S. August-October. 



A. scoparius multirameus Haekel. Banks of Cumberland 

 River. 



A. argyreus Schult. Ocoee Valley. Vicinity of Knoxville. 

 Scribner. 



A. furcatus jMiihl. A. provincialis Lam. O. S. August, 

 September. 



A, Virginianus L. A. dissitiflorus Michx. O. S. August, 

 September. 



A. Virginicus vaginatus Chapm. With the former. 



A. EUiottii Chapm. A. clandestinus Hale. Occurs in two 

 forms promiscuously near Tullahoma : var. genuina and var. 

 gracilis Hack. September, October. 



A. glomeratus (Walt.) b. s. p. a. macrourus Michx. Sandy 

 soils. O. S. October. 



CHRYSOPOGON Trin. 



Chrysopogon avenaceus Michx. Wild oat grass. O. S. 

 Old fields. 



Ch. nutans (L.) Bentham. Old, sandy fields. Dickson 

 County; Knoxville, on dry hills. Scribner. 



SORGHUM Pers. 



Sorghum Halepense (L.) Pers. Johnson grass. Old fields 

 and waste grounds. O. S. July-September. Introduced for 

 forage, but frequently abandoned as unsuitable for regular 

 cultivation and inferior in nutritive qualities. 



S. saccharatum Pers. Chinese sugar cane. Largely culti- 

 vated (or production of molasses. 



S. saccharatum (var.) technicum Haeckl. Broom corn. 

 Cultivated for the manufacture of brooms. 



S. vulgare. Pers. Chicken corn. Occasionally cultivated 

 for poultry feed. 



PANICEzE. 



PASPALUM L. 



Paspahim mucronatum Mlihl. P. fluitans Smith. Slow 

 streams, floating. July-September. O. S. 



