PLANTS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. 221 



Northern counties in shady moist ground, and reported from 

 Monmouth and Ocean counties by Knieskern. 

 Pine Barrens.— handisviUe (T), probably introduced. 



Muhlenbecgia tenuiflora (Willd.). Slender Muhlenbergia. 

 Agrostis tenuMora Willdenow, Sp. PI. I. 364. 1798 [North America]. 

 Muhlenbergia tenuiHora Knieskern 37.— Britton 287.— Keller and Brown— 41. 



Shady ground; frequent in the northern counties and rare in 

 the Middle district. Reported by Knieskern from Ocean and 

 Monmouth Counties. 



Pi. — Late July to mid-September. 

 Middle District. — Swedesboro. 



Muhlenbergia diffusa Willd. Nimble Will. 



Muhlenbergia diffusa Willdenow, Sp. PI. 1:320. 1797 [Pennsylvania].— 

 Knieskern 37. — Torrey, Fl. N. Y. 15. 1819.— Britton 287. 



Frequent in dry shady ground in the northern counties and 

 occasionally southward in the Middle district and Coastal Strip. 

 Pi. — ^Late August to late September. 



Middle District. — New Egypt, Birmingham, Swedesboro, Mickleton (H). 

 Coast S'in/'.— Forked River, Anglesea, Cape May (OHB). 



Muhlenbergia capillaris (Lam.) Long-awned Hair-Grass. 



Stipa capillaris Lamark, Tabl. Encycl. I. 158. 1791 [Carolina.]. 



Stipa sericea Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept, I. 73. 1814. 



Agrostis sericea Muhlenberg Cat. 10. 1813. — Muhlenberg Gram. 64. 1817. 



Willis 72. 

 Trichochloa capillaris Torrey, PI. U. S. I. 93. 1824. 

 Muhlenbergia capillaris Britton 287. 



Rare and local; occurs also in Hudson Co., at Snake Hill and 

 Little Snake Hill. 



PL — .Probably during September. 



Middle District. — iWpodbury. 



Pine Barrens. — Eighth St., Hammonton. 



BRACHYELYTRUM Beauvois. 

 Brachyelytrum erectum Schreb. Brachyelytrum. 



PI. X., Fig. s. 



Muhlenbergia erecta Schreber, Bescher. Gras. II. 139 pi. 50. 1810 [Mts. of 



Penna.].— Barton, Fl. Phila. I. 40. 1818. 

 Brachyelytrum aristatum Knieskern 37. — Willis 72. — Britton 287. 



