168 EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT ON THE STATE CABINET. 



ORYZOPSIS, Michaux. Mountain Rice. 



MELANOCARPA, Muhlenberg. Black-fruited Oryzopsis. 



Gulf-sides, rocky banks. In copses along the steep sidehills above Bignose 

 point on the Mohawk, and among shaded tahis of the cliffs themselves, 

 Montgomery county. Rocky v?oods at Littlefalls, Herkimer county. Around 

 Oneida lake, Gra^/. Ravine of Chittenango creek. Frequent. August. 



ASPERIFOLIA, Michaux. Rough-leaved Oryzopsis. 



Shady sandy sidehills. Abundant. May. 



CANADENSIS, Tovrey. Canadian Oryzopsis. 



Sandy barrens. Pine plains of Rome, Knieskern. Near Oneida lake. New- 

 York, Grmj Gram. 8f Cyp. Yates county, Sartwell. Rare. May, June. 



AE-ISTIDIA, L. Poverty- grass. Three- awned- grass. 



DICHOTOMA, Michaux. Base-branching Aristidia. 



Sandy plains, dry hillsides. Barren fields in Rotterdam, Schenectady county, 

 E. W.Paige. On the pine plains of Rome probably. Infrequent. July. 



SPARTINA, Schreber. Marsh Grass. 



CYNOSUROIDES, WHldenow. Cynosurus-like Spartina. 



Lake marshes. Watertown, Jefferson county, on the rocky banks of Black 



* river; Oneida lake; Gra^/- Onondaga lake, all round. Cayuga marshes. Ca- 



nandaigua lake, Sartwell in herb. Ham. Coll. Scarce. August- October. 



STRICTA, Roth. Salt-marsh Grass. 



var. ALTERNIFLORA, Gray. Alternate-flowering Spartina. 



Banks and marshes of Onondaga lake, chiefly along the west side. 



Rare. August, September. 



ELEUSINE, Gcertner. Yard- grass. 



INDICJti Geert. Indian Eleusine. 



Around dwellings. Waterloo, Seneca county, jS'arft^eZZ. July -September. 



LEPTOCHLOA, Beauvois. 



FASCICULARIS, Gray. ^ Clustered-Jlowered Leptochloa. 



Abundant at Salina, and on the springy slopes southeastward along the banks 

 of Onondaga lake : short and spreading over wet shores, but erect and tall 

 in grassy marshes. Rare. August - October. 



DACTYLIS, L. Orchard Grass. 



GLOMERATA^ L. Clustered-fruited Dactylis. 



Fields, in shade. Frequent. June. 



EATONIA, Rafinesque. 



OBTUSATA, Gray. Obtuse-glumed Eatonia. 



Damp places in woods and fields, Oneida county, Knieskern. "Western part of 

 the State, Gram. 4" Cyp.: Seneca lake. Gray. Yates county, Sartwell in herb. 

 Ham. Coll. 



A small form is occasional in deep shady swamps. Scarce. June, July. 



PENNSYLVANiCA, Gray. Pennsylvanian Eatonia. 



Moist banks. Borders of marshes on the shore of Lake Ontario. 



Occasionally. July - September. 



var. MAJOR, Torrey. Greater Pennsylvanian Eatonia. 



Wet woods and borders of swamps. Frequent. June, July. 



