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2. D. compressa Austin. In woods: Me. to N. Y., south to N. 



Car. and Tenn. 



Conn. Scattered throughout, more common southward than 



elsewhere. 

 N. Y. On L. I., unknown on S. I., thence increasing up the 



Hudson Valley, but not known from the Catskills. 

 N. J. Morris, Warren and Sussex counties. 

 Pa. Pike, Monroe, Lackwanna and Berks counties. 



Tertiary, o: Cretaceous, 0: Older Formations, not very common. 

 127-189 days. Sea level-2,900 ft. 



3. D. sericea Nutt. In dry sandy soil: Mass. to Pa., south to 



Fla. and Miss. 



In our area known only from the coastal plain of N. J., there 

 common, except at Cape May, especially in the pine-barrens. 



4. D. epilis Scribn. In swamps: southern N. J. to Ga. 



A rare and local species confined to the pine-barrens, in our area. 



49. Capriola Adans. 



1. C. Dactylon (L.) Kuntze. In fields and waste places: Mass. 

 and southern N. Y. to Mo., Fla. and Mex., W. I., and S. Am. 

 Native of Europe. 

 Rare as a weed. 



50. Spartina Schreb. 



First scale awn-pointed, equalling the third; second long-awned. I. 5. Michauxiana 

 First scale acute, shorter than the third; usually J^ as long. 

 First scale strongly scabrous-hispid on the keel. 



Leaves 1.25 cm. wide or more, flat. 2. 5. cynosuroides. 



Leaves 6 mm. wide or less. 3. S. patens. 



First scale smooth on the keel or sometimes lightly scabrous. 4. 5. stricta. 



I. S. Michauxiana Hitch. (S. cynosuroides of many local floras, 

 not of L.). In swamps or streams of fresh or brackish water, 

 N. S. to Sask., south to N. J., Tex. and Colo. 

 Conn. Common along the coast and at Glastonbury and Oxford, 



inland. 

 N. Y. On L. I. and S. I.; near the northern end of Manhattan Is. 



(according to Bicknell). 

 N. J. Rare in Bergen and Hudson counties: common along the 



coast, and inland at Hammonton : reported from Hunterdon Co. 

 Pa. Bucks, Philadelphia and Delaware counties (according to 



Porter). 



Almost wholly within the influence of salt water, with us. 



