88 MINNESOTA BOTANICAL STUDIES. 



Common in shallow water and swamps throughout. 

 Herb. : Numerous specimens. 



Homalocenchrus virginicus (Willd.) Brixton, Trans. N. Y. 

 Acad. Sci. 9: 14. 1889. White grass. 

 Leersia virginica Willd. Sp. PI. 1 : 325. 1797. 

 Infrequent south. ^ 



Herb.: Sandberg, Oestlund, Aiton, Hennepin county; Bal- 

 lard 1172, Zumbrota ; Sandberg, Goodhue county; Wheeler 

 564, Houston county. 



Homalocenchrus oryzoides (L.) Poll. Hist. PL Palat. 1: 52. 

 1776. Rice cut-grass. 

 Leersia oryzoides S\v. Fl. Ind. Occ. 1 : 132. 1797 • 

 Common throughout in moist places. 

 Herb. : Numerous specimens. 



Homalocenchrus lenticularis (Michx.) Scribn. Mem. Torr. 

 Club, 5 : 33. 1894. Catch-fly grass. 

 Leersia lenticularis Michx. FL Bor. Am. 1 : 39. 1803. 

 Rare southeast. 

 Herb. : Lyon 713, Houston county. 



Phalaris arundinacea L. Sp. PL 55. 1753. Reed canary 

 grass. 

 Common in moist soil throughout. 

 Herb. : Numerous specimens. 



Phalaris canariensis L. Sp. PL 54. 1753. Canary grass. 

 Adventive throughout. 

 Herb. : Well represented by specimens. 



Anthoxanthum odoratum L. Sp. PL 28. 1753. Sweet vernal 

 grass. 

 Adventive southeast. 

 Herb. : Holzinger 3556, Winona. 



Savastana odorata (L.) Scribn. Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 34. 

 1894. Holy grass, Vanilla grass. 

 Hierochloa borcalis R. & S. Syst. 2: 513. 1817. 

 Hierochloa odorata fragrans (Willd.) Richt. PL Eur. 

 ' 1 : 31. 1890. 

 Common throughout the state especially in the northern part. 

 One of our very earliest grasses. 



Herb. : Sheldon 175, Blue Earth county, 2062, 2367, Aitkin 

 county ; Sandberg,- Goodhue and Hennepin counties ; Aiton, 



