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INDEX TO GRASS NAMES. 



COMPILED BY F. LAMSON-SCRIBNER. 



African Cane. — Pennisetum spicatum. 



African Sugar Cane. — Sorghum sac- 

 charatum. 



Agropyrum caninum, R. & S. — 

 Bearded Wheat-grass, Awned 

 "Wheat -grass, Fibrous-rooted 

 Wheat-grass. 



Agropyrum divergens, Nees. — 

 Wire Bunch-grass. 



Agropyrum glaucum, R. & S. — 

 Colorado Blue-stem, Blue-joint, 

 Blue-stem, Blue-grass, Wheat- 

 grass, Wild Quack-grass, Gumbo- 

 grass. 



Agropyrum repens,Beauv. — Couch- 

 grass, Witch-grass, Quitch-grass, 

 Quick -grass, Quack-grass, Quake- 

 grass, Wheat-grass, Creeping 

 Wheat-grass, Dog-grass, Dutch- 

 grass, Durfa-grass, Durfee-grass, 

 Devil's-grass, Chandler's grass, 

 Scutch-grass, Twitch-grass, Fin's 

 grass. 



Agrostis alba, Linn. — Herd's grass, 

 Bent-grass, English Bent, White 

 Bent, Bonnet-grass, White-top, 

 Dew-grass, Fiorin, Marsh Bent- 

 grass. 



Agrostis arachnoides, Ell. — Spider 

 Bent-grass. 



Agrostis canina, Linn. — Brown 

 Bent, Dog's Bent, Mountain Red- 

 top, Rhode Island Bent, Fine-top, 

 Furze-top, Burden's grass. 



Agrostis dispar, Michx. — Same as 

 A. elata. 



Agrostis elata, T r i n . — Southern 

 Bent, Tall Thin-grass. 



Agrostis exarata, Trin. — Northern 

 Red-top, Mountain Red-top. 



Agrostis perennans, Tuck. — Thin- 

 grass. 



Agrostis scabra, Willd. — Rough 

 Bent, Fly-away grass, Tickle- 

 grass, Hair-grass, Fool-hay. 



Agrostis stolonifera, Linn. — Creep- 

 ing Bent, Fiorin. 



Agrostis vulgaris, With. — Herd's 

 grass, Bent, Fine-top, Fine Bent, 

 Rhode Island Bent, Furze-top, 

 Tall Red-top, Burden's grass, 



Red-top, S u m m e r Dew-grass, 

 Borden's grass. 



Aira preecox, ( Avena prsecox ), 

 Linn. — Early Wild Oat-grass. 



Alabama Guinea-grass. — Sorghum 

 Halapense. 



Alkali-grass. — Distichlis maritima. 



Alopecurus agrestis, Linn. — Slen- 

 der Fox- tail. 



Alopecurus aristulatus, Michx. — 

 Wild Water-Fox-tail. 



Alopecurus geniculatus, Linn. — 

 Water Fox-tail,Floating Fox-tai 1 . 



Alopecurus occidentalis, Scribn. — 

 Mountain Fox-tail, Mountain 

 Timothy. 



Alopecurus pratensis, Linn. — Mea- 

 dow Fox-tail. 



Alpine Meadow-grass. — Poa laxa. 



American Canary-grass. — -Phalaris in- 

 termedia. 



Ammophila arundinacea, Host. — 

 Mat-grass, Common Sea-Reed, 

 Beach-grass, Sand-Reed, Reed, 

 Sea-sand Reed. 



Ammophila brevipilis, Beuth. — 

 Purple Bent. 



Ammophila longifolia, Vasey. — 

 Sand-grass, Woolly Bent-grass. 



Andes, Grass-of-the-. — A rrhenatherum 

 avenaeeum. 



Andropogon argyreeus, Schult. — 

 Silver Beard-grass. 



Andropogon furcatus, Michx. — The 

 same as Andropogon provincialis, 

 Lam. 



Andropogon Hallii, Hack. — Turkey- 

 foot, Sand-grass. 



Andropogon macrourus, Michx. — 

 Brook- grass, Cluster-flowered 

 Beard-grass. 



Andropogon nutans, Linn, — Indian 

 grass, Reed-grass,AVild Oat-grass, 

 Bushy Blue-stem. 



Andropogon provincialis, Lam. — 

 Big Blue-stem, Finger-spiked 

 Beard-grass, Finger - spiked 

 Wood-grass, Finger-spiked In- 

 dian-grass, Blue-stem, Blue-joint, 

 Blue Bent (in R. I.), Blue-grass, 

 Turkey-foot. 



