120 POACEAE 



22. Anthoxanthum L. 



Perennial; third and fourth scales pubescent nearly to the apex, the 



awn of the latter arising about one-fifth above the base. I. A. odoratum. 



Annual; third and fourth scales pubescent only below the middle, the 



awn of the latter arising about one-third above the base. 2. A. Puelii. 



1. A. odoratum L. In fields and meadows: Nearly throughout 



N. Am. Native of Europe. 

 Common everywhere except the pine-barrens, there local. 



2. A. Puelii Lecoq. & Lamotte. Escape from cultivation or 



introduced: N. Eng. to Ont. and Pa. Native of Europe. 

 Rare as a weed. 



23. Savastana Schrank. [Hierochloe R. Br.] 



Panicle 1 dm. long or less, its branches short, 5 cm. long or less; leaves 



short and broad. 1. S. odorata. 



Panicle 1.5-5 dm. long, its branches capillary, drooping; leaves long and 



narrow. 2. 5. Nashii. 



1. S. odorata (L.) Scribn. In open places: Lab. and Newf. to 



Alask., south to N. J., Iowa and Colo. Also in Eu. and Asia. 



Conn. Not uncommon along the coast, decreasing inland. 



N. Y. On L. I., S. I. and in the Bronx and Westchester Co., not 



certainly known northward. 

 N. J. Rare in Bergen, Essex, and Hudson counties, and at Morgan, 



Middlesex Co. (according to Mackenzie); from Sandy Hook to 



Cape May and up the Delaware to Salem Co., unknown elsewhere. 



More common near the coast than elsewhere in our range. 



2. S. Nashii Bicknell. In brackish marshes: adjacent to N. Y. 



City. 



Known only from Van Courtlandt Park, N. Y. City, and Corao, 

 Monmouth Co., N. J. 



24. Milium L. 

 1. M. effusum L. In woods: Cape Breton Is. to Ont., south to 

 Mass., Pa. and 111. Also in northern Europe and Asia. 

 N. Y. The higher Catskills of Greene and Delaware counties. 

 Pa. Wayne Co.; reported also from Chester Co., but record 

 unverifiable. 



Tertiary, o: Cretaceous, o: Older Formations, at high elevations. 

 1 17-123 days. 2,200-3,365 ft. 



