PUANTS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. 237 



DIPLACHNE Beauvois. 



Diplachne fascicularis (Lam.). Salt Meadow Diplachne. 



Poa fasiculata Torrey, Fl. U. S. I. 107 [N. Y. City] 1824. 



Septochloa fascicularis Willis 73. 



Diplachne fascicularis Britton 292.— Kellar and Brown 48. 



Edges of the salt mieado-ws along the coast. Not abundant. 

 Fl. — Mid-August to mid-October. 



Maritime.— Bamega.t City (L), Beach Haven Terrace (L), Atlantic City 

 (P), Sea Isle City, Wildwood, Cape May. 



ERAGROSTIS Beauvois. 



Key to the Species^ 



a. Culms creeping. £. hypnoides, p. 238 



Off. Culms not creeping. 



b. Much branched and decumbent at base, spikelets dull purplish or 

 lead colored. 

 c. Spikelets 2-5 flowered, not over 3 mm. long. B. capillaris, p. 237 

 cc. Spikelets 5 to many flowered, 3-15 mm. long. 



d. Spikelets 1.5 mm. wide. B. pilosa, p. 237 



dd. Spikelets 2 mm. [B. major]* 



bb. Simple and erect, rigid spikelets, bright redish purple. 



c. Sheaths sparingly pilose. B. pectinacea, p. 238 



cc. Sheaths glabrous. B. p. spectabilis, p. 238 



Eragrostis capillaris (L.). Hair-like Eragrostis. 



Poa capillaris Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 68. 1753 [Virginia and Canada]. 



Poa hirsuta Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. I. 80. 1814. 



Bragrostis capillaris Knieskern 38. — Britton 294. — Keller and Brown 49. 



Dry ground, local ; known f romi four localities in the northern 



counties and three in the Middle district. 



PI. — Mid- August to early OctO'ber. 



Middle District. — Camden, Birmingham, Swedesboro. 



Eragrostis pilosa (L.). Tufted Eragrostis. 



PI. XIII., Fig. 2. 



Poa pilosa Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 68. 1753 [Italy]. 



Poa tenella Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. I. 80. 1814. 



Bragrostis pilosa Knieskern, 38. — Britton 293. — Keller and Brown, 49. 



Bragrostis Purshii Britton 294.— Keller and Brown 49. 



* Strong-scented Eragrostis, a weed in waste ground. 



