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16. Andropogon scoparius Michaux. — Purple wood grass (Thoreau, Excur- 



sions, 1883, p. 223). 



17. Hilaria imitica Buckley. — Buffalo grass, Amarillo, Tex., Philip F. Allan. 



18. Hilaria rigida Thurber.— Galleta (Bentley, 1932, p. 138). 



19. Chaetochloa magna Grisebach. — Cat-tail, Santee Club, S. C. 



20. Zisania aqiiatica L. — Riz du Canada (Clapin, 1907, p. 192). 



21. Mtihlenbergia porferi Scribner. — Bush grama, hoe grass, tangle grass, 



white grama, Tucson, Ariz., Gale Monson. The writer trusts that this 

 exhibit will be an inspiration to those who seem unable to find any 

 names for the Muhlenbergia grasses except those containing the term 

 Muhly, a slangy abbreviation, and as inevitably pronounced, anything 

 but a tribute to a respected early American botanist. 



22. Stipa coinata Trinius and Ruprecht. — Spear grass, Pitrodie, S. Dak., 



E. S. Cheney (Oologist, 7, 1890, p. 201). 



23. Phragmites phragniites L. — Carrizo (Bentley, 1932, p. 117). 



24. Buchloe dactyloides Nuttall. — Curly mesquite, mesquite grass, vine 



mesquite, Texas Panhandle, PhiHp F. Allan. 



25. Eragrostis pcctinacea Michaux. — Purple grass (Thoreau, Excursions, 



1883, p. 219. 



26. Agropyron repens L. — Piper grass. Concord, Mass. (Thoreau, Notes on 



New England Birds, F. H. Allen, Editor, 1910, p. 280). 



Cyperaceae. 27. Cyperus csculenttis L. — Sweet coco, Catahoula, La., C. 

 Cottam. 



28. Cyperus rotimdus L. — Bitter coco, Catahoula, La., C. Cottam. 



29. Scirpus americaniis Persoon. — Goose grass, Mississippi Delta, La., C. C. 



Sperry. 



30. Scirpus olncyi A. Gray. — Goose grass, Mississippi Delta, La., C. C. 



Sperry. 



31. Scirpus robusfus Pursh. — Angle grass, Oakley, S. C, Nathaniel Hey- 



ward. 



32. Eleocharis acicularis L.. (and allies).- — Frog's hair, Massachusetts (Dia- 



lect Notes 1(8), 1895, p. 388) ; New England (Clapin, 1907, p. 197). 



CoMMELiNAcEAE. 33. Tradescaiitia sp. {"concolor"). — Moses-in-the-bul- 

 rushes, St. Petersburg, Fla., F. S. Allen (Dialect Notes, 4(3), 1915, 

 p. 302). 



PoNTEDERiACEAE. 34. Pontedcria cordata L. — Moose-ear, Maine, Fannie H. 

 Eckstrom (The Bird Book, 1901, p. 4). 



LiLiACEAE. 35. Chlorogalum pomcridianuni Ker. — Palmilla (Clapin, 1907, 

 p. 299); soap-lily, CaHfornia, B. H. Lehman (Dialect Notes, 5(4), 

 1921, p. 1,14). 



36. Lilium canadcnse L. — Sheepmoc, Indian name, Maine (Thoreau, Maine 



Woods, 1883, p. 326). 



37. Quamasia csculcnta Ker. — Camus plant, kamas root, quamish (Clapin, 



1907, p. 325). 



38. Yucca trcculcana Carriere. — Spanish dagger, Austin P. Smith (Auk, 



29(2), April, 1912, p. 244). 



Smilacaceae. 39. Smilax rofundifolia L. — Common greenbrier, Indian brier 

 (Torrey, The Foot-path Way, 1896, p. 80). 



Amaryllidaceae. 40. Narcissus pscndo-)iarcissus L. — Easter flower, Gar- 

 rett County, Md., F. Warnick. 



