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Panicum capillare, L., tickle grass, Sulphur Grove, Ohio. 
Panicum virgatum, L., switch grass,! Central Neb. 
Setaria glauca and viridis, Beauv., barn grass, Oxford County, Me. 
Sorghum, sp.. cane, sugar cane, Sulphur Grove, Ohio. 
Sporobolus Buckleyi, Vasey, crawly grass, tickle grass, Waco, Tex. 
Sporobolus serotinus, Gray, blue ruin, Oxford County, Me. 
Triticum repens, twitch grass, dog grass, Oxford County, Me. 
Zea mays, L. (yellow striped with red), bloody butcher, Sulphur 
Grove, Ohio. 
(hard grains without dents), flint corn, Sulphur 
Grove, Ohio. 
EQUISETACEA. 
Equisetum hiemale, L., gun-bright,? Penobscot County, Me. 
snake weed, Jones and Delaware counties, 
owa. 
FILICES. 
Aspidium Noveboracense, Swartz, bear’s paw, Plattsburg, N. = 
Cystopteris, sp., bladder fern, N. 
Onoclea sensibilis, L., polypod brakes,# Oxford County, Me. 
sugar brake, Penobscot County, Me. 
Polypodium (a Florida species), resurrection fern,° Fla. 
Pteris aquilina, L., poor man’s soap,° Ala. 
Woodwardia, sp., chain fern, N. Y. 
OPHIOGLOSSACE. 
Botrychium Virginianum, Swartz, indicator,’ Jackson, West Va. 
LYCOPODIACE. 
Lycopodium rhigaiin, L., stag-horn evergreen, Concord, Mass. 
Lycopodium complanatum, L., saat Christmas Green, West Va. 
trailing, running, or creeping vine, 
Ferrisburgh, Vt. 
evergreen, Oxford County, Me. 
L ycopodium, sp., fox-tail, St. Andrews, 
1 Also called “ wild red-top” by the farmers. 
* Very troublesome to the mower, eluding the scythe. 
8 Said to have been used by the Indians for polishing their guns 
4 It would be an interesting investigation to trace out the origin of this applica- 
tion of a name evidently derived from Polypodium. 
5 From its habit of unrolling upon being wet with rain. 
® Because it will make a lather with wate 
7 Name derived from the fact that its mone is thought to indicate the pres- 
ence of ginsen 
