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108 POACEAE 



4. P. capillare L. In dry soil, as a weed: N. S. to N. Dak., south 



to Fla. and Tex. Also in Bermuda. 

 Throughout the area, except the pine-barrens, always as a weed. 



5. P. Gattingeri Nash. In moist places: Me. to N. Car., Iowa 



and Mo. 



Conn. Rare at West Goshen. 



N. Y. Rare in Westchester and Columbia counties; and at Cypress 



Hills, L. I. (according to Bicknell). 

 N. J. Passaic and northern Middlesex counties. 

 Pa. Philadelphia, Chester and Montgomery counties. 



More common south of our area than in it. 



6. P. philadelphicum Bernh. (P. minus Nash). In dry woods 



and thickets: N. B. to Wise, Ga., Tex. and Okl. 

 Scattered throughout the range ; locally common. 



7. P. flexile (Gattinger) Scribn. In dry or moist soil: Ont. to 

 __J5. Dak., south to Fla. and Tex. 



Known in our area only from a limestone sink hole near White 

 Pond, Sussex Co., N. J., a region north of the moraine with a growing 

 season of about 145 days. 



8. P. miliaceum L. In waste places: Me. to Fla., Mich, and Cal. 



Native of Europe. 



Not uncommon as a weed ; not reported from L. I. 



9. P. amarum Ell. (P. amaroides Scribn. and Merr.). In sands 



along the coast: Conn, and L. I. to Fla. and Miss. 



Conn. Scattered at Guildford, Lyme and New Haven, increasing 

 westward along the coast. 



N. Y. Rare along the shores of L. I. and S. I., unknown else- 

 where. 



N. J. Sandy Hook to Cape May along the coast, and up the bay 

 shore to Town Bank (according to Mackenzie). 



Pa. Philadelphia (according to Porter). 

 Practically confined to coastal sands. 



10. P. virgatum L. (P. virgatum cubense Griseb.). In moist or 



dry soil: Me. to Sask., south to Fla., Ariz, and Costa Rica. 

 Common throughout the range, specially along the coast. 



11. P. anceps Michx. In moist soil: R. I. to Kan., south to 



Fla. and Tex. 



