170 EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL KEPORT ON THE STATE CABINET. 



ERAGROSTIS, Beauvois. 



REPTANS, Nees von Esenbeck. Creeping Eragrostis. 



Banks of streams, lakes. Wood and Oneida creeks, Knieskern. Abundant 

 over low sandy shores all along the head of Oneida lake. Cayuga lake, Gray. 

 Potter, Yates county, Sartwell. Penfield, L. Holzer ; Greece, Monroe county, 

 Bradley. Frequent on the beaches of Lake Ontario, from Sodus point, 

 Wayne county, to Braddock's bay, Monroe county. Scarce. July, August. 



PO.MOIDES, Beauvois. Poa-like Eragrostis, 



Sandy or gravelly places, Oriskany, Knieskern. Penn-Yan, Yates county, 

 Sartwell. Rare. July, August. 



var. MEGASTACHYA, Gray. Large-spiked Eragrostis. 



Sandy fields, banks. Ithaca, Tompkins county, Gray. Western part of the 

 State, Gram. Sf Cyp. Scarce. August, September. 



CAPiLLARis, Nees. Capillary -panicled Eragrostis. 



Hillsides, dry banks. Western part of the State, Gray Gram. 4* Cyp. Sterile 

 fields along Clyde river, Wayne county. Blufi" point. Crooked lake, Sartwell. 



Frequent. August. 



FESTUCA, L. Fescue-grass. 



TENELLA, WHldenow. Slender Festuca. 



Barron soils. Penn-Yan, Yates county, Sartwell. Monroe county, C. M. 

 Booth. Uncommon. July. 



OVINA, Gray. Sheep Festuca. 



var. JDURIUSCULA, Gray. Hard Festuca. 



Dry banks. Dexter, Jefferson county, Vasey. Sandy fields near Irondequoit 

 bay, C. M. Booth. Rare. June, July. 



ELATIOR, L. Tall Festuca. 



Borders of fields, low river-banks. Common. June, July. 



NUTANS, Willdenow. Nodding Festuca. 



Borders of woods. Abundant at Littlefalls, in shady rocky hillsides. Utica, 

 Gray Gram. &f Cyp. On the hills s«kith of the Mohawk valley. Frequent. 



A depauperate form, bearing a slender instead of a branching panicle, 

 occurs in cold cedar swamps. July. 



BROMUS, L. 



SECALINUS, L. Rye Bromus. 



Cultivated grounds, borders of fields. Common. July. 



RACEMOSUS, L. Raceme-panicled Bromus. 



Roadsides, between New-Hartford and Paris hill. Uncommon. July. 



KALMii, Gray. Kalm's Bromus. 



. Banks of the Mohawk and Fish creek, Knieskern. Utica, Gray. Along the 

 Black river at Dexter, Jefferson county, Vasey. Shores of the lake, Seneca 

 county. Gray. Infrequent. June, July. 



CILIATUS, L. F ringed-flowered Bromus. 



Stream-sides, rocky banks. Ravine of Ilion creek. Trenton falls. Sometimes 

 in shady swamps. Frequent. July, August. 



STERILIS, L. Barren Bromus. 



Penn-Yan, Yates (jqunty, Sartwell in herb. Ham. Coll. Rare. July. 



