112 POACEAE 



N. J. Milburn, Essex Co., rare. 

 Pa. Bucks, Chester and Delaware counties. 

 A rare and local species in our range. 



31. P. boreale Nash. In moist soil: Newf. to Ont., south to 



N. Y., N. J., Ind. and Minn. 



Conn. Rare along the coast, increasing northwestward. 



N. Y. Rare in the Bronx, increasing northward. 



N. J. Rare in Morris Co., its most southerly distribution point, 



increasing northward. 

 Pa. Pike Co., rare. 



Tertiary, o: Cretaceous, o: Older Formations, rare but increasing 

 northward. Not south of the moraine. Ii8-i6adays. Sea level- 

 3,190 ft. 



32. P. mattamuskeetense Ashe (P. Clutei Nash). Sandy borders 



of swamps and bogs: Mass. to N. Car. 



N. Y. Common on L. I., rare on the southern end of S. I., un- 

 recorded elsewhere. 



N. J. Common throughout the coastal plain, not known elsewhere. 

 Apparently confined to the coastal part of our range. 



33. P. octonodum J. G. Smith. In wet places: N. J. to Fla. and Tex. 



Known in our area only from Tuckerton, Ocean Co., N. J., rare. 



34. P. paucipilum Nash. In wet soil: N. J. to Fla. and Miss. 



Known in our range only from Wildwood, Cape May Co., N. J., 

 its type locality; and from Folsom, Hammonton and Winslow 

 Junction, in the pine-barrens. 



35. P. spretum Schult. Along the coast, in damp or wet places: 



Me. to N. J. and Pa. and northern Ind. 



Conn. Rare along the coast in New Haven Co. and reported from 

 Columbia, Tolland Co., inland. 



N. Y. Riverhead, L. I. 



N. J. Not infrequent in the pine-barrens and at Cape May, un- 

 known elsewhere. 



Pa. Chester Co. 

 Tertiary, common: Cretaceous o: Older Formations, rare and 



local, mostly near the coast. 169-220 days. About sea level. 



36. P. Lindheimeri Nash. (P. nitidum of many earlier local floras, 



not of Lam.) In dry sandy soil: Me. to Ont. and Cal., 

 south to Fla. and Tex. 



Common throughout the range. 



