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2. S. pallens (Spreng.) Scribn. (Eatonia pennsylvanica (D. C.) 



A. Gray). In hilly woods or moist soil: Newf. to Br. Col., 

 Ga. and Tex. 



Common throughout the range except the pine-barrens and the 

 region east and south of them, there not recorded, nor from the 

 coastal plain of L. I. 



3. S. nitida (Spreng.) Scribn. In dry woods: Vt. to Mich., Ga. 



and Miss. 



Conn. Scattered throughout. 

 N. Y. Throughout, rare southward. 



N. J. Rare and local in Gloucester, Camden, Burlington and 

 Mercer counties, near the Delaware; thence increasing northward. 

 Pa. Throughout. 



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

 increasing northward. 177-207 days. Sea level-3,200 ft. 



62. Koeleria L. 

 I. K. cristata (L.) Pers. In dry sandy soil: Ont. to Br. Col., 

 south to Pa., Tex. and Cal. Also in Europe. 



Known definitely in our area only from Lackawanna Co., Pa., 

 from an old specimen marked " Conn." and as reported from 

 Jamaica South, L. I., by E. P. Bicknell. 



63. Uniola L. 

 1. U. laxa (L.) B. S. P. Sandy soil: S. I. to Ky., south to Fla. 

 and Tex. 



N. Y. Rare on S. I.; occasional, perhaps frequent, on south- 

 western L. I. (Bicknell). 



N. J. Common on the coastal plain, except the pine-barrens, there 

 rare and perhaps only adventive. 



Pa. Tinicum, Delaware Co. 



Not very common in our area except in southern N. J. 



64. Distichlis Raf. 

 1. D. spicata (L.) Greene. On salt meadows along the coast 

 from N. S. to Tex. and locally in the interior. 

 Common throughout the coastal marshes. 



