238 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



Common tffi-oughout the Middle and coast districts, and occa- 

 sional in the northern counties and Pine Barrens. In part, at 

 least, introduced. I 



Fl. — iLate June to late Septem'ber. 



Middle District— Ntvr Egypt, Delaire (S), Kaighns Pt., MuUica Hill 

 (NB), Swedesboro. 



Pine Barrens. — Lakehurst. 



Coast Strip.— Pt. Pleasant, Surf City (L), Barnegat City (L), Beach. 

 Haven (L), Wildwood (KB), Dias Creek (S). 



Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.). Purple Eragrostis. 



PL IX., Fig. 5. 



Poa pectinacea Michaux, Fl. Bor. Am. I. 69. 1803 [Illinois]. — Pursh. Fl. 



Am. Sept. I. 81. 1814. 

 Erargostis pectinacea Britton 294. 



Dry ground throughout the State, except the Pine Barrens, 

 where it occurs only along railroads. This is one of those 

 grasses that seems to thrive in cultivated ground and tends, to 

 become a weed. 



Fl. — -Late July to mid-Septemiber. .. 



Middle District.— l>!ew Egypt, Birmingham, Kaighns Pt., Albion, Mickle- 

 ton, Swedesboro, Dividing Creek. 

 ■ Pine Barrens. — Bamber,, Landisville. 



Coast Strip. — Seaside Park, Manahawkin, Atlantic City (S), Ocean City 

 (S), Sea Isle City (S), Cape May (OHB). 



Eragrostis pectinacea spectabiiis Gray. Coast Eragrostis. 



Eragrostis spectabiiis Gray Man. Ed. I. 598. 1848 [Mass. to Penna. near 

 the coast]. 



Along the sand dunes of the coast, frequent. 

 Fl. — Early August to late September. 



Maritime.— Waretown, Surf City (L), N. Beach Haven (L), Sher- 

 burn's (L), Atlantic City (S), Ocean City (S), Sea Isle City (S). 



Eragrostis hypnoides (Lam.). Creeping Eragrostis. 



Poa hypnoides Lamarck, Tabl. Encycl. I. 185. 1791 [South America].— 



Eragrostis hypnoides Britton 293.— Keller and Brown 49. 



Found only along the shores of the Delaware or its vicinity 

 from Warren to Salem Counties; local. 

 Fl. — Late July into October. 



