230 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



Sphenopholis obtusata (Michx.). Blunt-scaled Eatonia. 



Aira obtusata Michaux, Fl. Bor. Am. I. 62. 1803 [Carolina and Florida]. 

 Batonia obtusata Britton 293. — Keller and Brown 50. 



Several stations in the northern counties and southward along 



the Coastal strip to Cape May. 



Pi. — Early June into July. 



Middle District. — Farmingdale. 



Coast Strip. — BeacTi Haven (L), Spray Beach (L), Stone Harbor, Cape 

 May (OHB). 



Sphenopholis obtusata pubescens Scrlbner and Merrill. 



Sphenopholis obtusata pubescens Scribner and Merrill, Circ. U. S. Dept. Agr.. 

 27, p. 6. 1900 [Stackville, Miss.]. 



Along the Coast strip apparently as frequent as the last. 

 Fl. — ^Early June into July. 



Coast Strip.— Bmi City (L), Spray Beach (L), Sherburn's (L). 



Sphenopholis nitida Spreng. Slender Eatonia. 



Aira nitida Sprengel, Fl. Hal. Mant. I. 32. 1807 [Pennsylvania]. 

 Batonia Dudleyi Britton 293. 

 Batonia nitida Keller and Brown 50. 



One record for Hunterdon County, locally in the Middle- 

 district. Sandy ground. 



H.-^Early May to mid-June. 

 Middle District.— M.ick\etor\, Swedesboro, Tomlin, Riddleton, Auburn. 



Sphenopholis pallens (Spreng.). Pale Eatonia. 



PI. XIV., Pig. s. 



Aira pallens Sprengel, Fl. Hal. Mant. I., p. 33. 1807 [Pennsylvania]. 

 Batonia Pennsylvanica Britton 293, 



Shady ground; common in the northern counties, ranging 

 southward in the Middle district. 

 Pi. — Late May to early July. 



Middle Duinc*.— Farmingdale, New Egypt, Delair, Camden (Bassett),. 

 Medford (S), Washington Park, Sewell (S), Mickleton (NY) Swedesboro,. 

 Millville (S), Buckshutem. 



Sphenopholis palustrls (Michx.). Marsh Eatonia. 



Avena palustris Michaux, Fl. Bor. Am. I. 72. 1803 [Georgia and Carolina] 



—Barton Fl. Phila. I. 69. 1818. 

 Trisetum pennsylvanicum Britton 290. — Keller and Brown 45. 



