40 Tennessee Flora. 



A. ramosissima Eng-elm. Sandy soil, Humboldt, W. Tenn. 

 July-September. 



A. purpurascens Poir. Paradise Ridge, Robertson County. 

 July. 



A, oligantha Michx. Dry, gravelly soils. O. S. 



STIPA U 



Stipa avenacea L. Black oat grass. Charleston, Bradley 

 County; summit of Lookout Mountain. May, June. 



MUHLENBERGIA Schr. 



Miihlenbergia sobclifera (j\liihl.) Trin. Rocky woodlands. 

 O. S. August, September. 



M. Mexicana (L.) Trin. Thickets along water courses. 

 O. S. August. September. 



M. sylvatica Torr. Damp woodlands. O. S. September, 

 October. 



M. tenuiflora (Willd.) M. Willdenovii Trin. Woodlands 

 of Middle Tennessee to the summits of the Smoky Mountains. 

 July-September. 



M. diffusa Schreb. Nimble Will, Dropseed grass. Pas- 

 tures and grass plots ; very common, and not liked by cattle. 

 September, October. 



M. capillaris (Lam.) Trin. A very graceful grass, with 

 light purple panicle. In a cedar glade at Lavergne. July, 

 August. 



BRACHYELYTRUM Beauv. 



Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreb.) Beauv. B. aristatum R. 

 & S. Dry woodlands. O. S. July-September. 



PHLEUM L. 



Phleum pratense L. Timothv. Gives the best hay crop in 

 the State. July, July. 



ALOPECURUS L. 



Alopecurus pratensis L. Meadow foxtail. In meadows ; 

 introduced with other grass seeds. Scarce. June, July. 



A. geniculatus L. Wet places. T.Iay-July. 



A. geniculatus aristulatus Torr. In similar localities. 

 Charlotte Pike, near AX'est Nashville (" New Town "). June. 



SPOROBOLUS R. Br. 



Sporobolus asper (Michx.) Kunth. Cedar glades at La- 

 vergne ; Knoxville. Scribn. October. 



