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UNIOLA L., Sp. PI. 71. 1753. 

 U. latifolia Mx., Fl. 1 : 70. 1803. 



Montgomery: Stallings' Bluff on the Oconee River near Mount 



Vernon, June 29, 1903. More common in the upper third 



of the coastal plain, and in Middle Georgia. 



Widely distributed in the Eastern United States between 



latitudes 30 and 40 . 



• Leaf-anatomy discussed by Holm, Bot. Gaz., 16 : 168-171. 



pi. 15. 1891. 

 U. laxa (L.) B. S. P., Prel. Cat. N. Y. 69. 1888; Scribn., Mem. 

 Torrey Club 5 : 51. 1894. 

 coffee: Margins of creek-swamps, July, 1902; not common. 



Scattered over the state, but nowhere abundant. 

 New York to central Florida, Tennessee, and Texas. 



MELICA L., Sp. PI. 66. 1753. 



M. mutica Walt., Fl. Car. 78. 1788. 



Wilcox : Upper Seven Bluffs, May 17, 1904. Belongs more 



properly to the Eocene region of the coastal plain, and to 



Middle Georgia. Fl. March-April. 

 Widely distributed in the Eastern United States between 



latitudes 32 and 39 . 



ERAGROSTIS Beauv., Agrost. 70. 1812. 

 (All our species weeds.) 

 E. AMABiLis (L.) Wight & Arn. ; Hook. & Arn., Bot. Beechey 

 251. 1840. (Not E. amabilis Walt.) 

 colquitt: Moist roadsides, etc.; about half a dozen stations 

 within a few miles of Moultrie. This species has a remark- 

 ably restricted range in the United States, being known only 

 from colquitt, Thomas, and Brooks Counties, Georgia, and 

 Jefferson and Suwanee Counties, Florida, all of which are 

 within 100 miles of each other. (See Bull. Torrey Club 31 : 17. 

 1904.) How and when it was introduced is still a mystery. 

 Native of Asia. 

 E. ciliaris (L.) Link, Hort. Berol. 1 : 192. 1827. 



Streets of Ocilla, July 15, 1902. Occurs in similar situations 

 in the Lower Oligocene region. 



