PLiANTS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. 239 



Middle DiJfricf.— Kaighns Pt. (KB), Petty's Isl. (P), S^edeshoro, Rid- 

 dleton. 



UNIOLA L. 



Uniola laxa (L..)- Slender Spike Grass. 



PI. XIV.,. Fig. 6. 



Holcus laxus Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 1048. 1753 [Virginia and Canada]. 



Uniola gracilis Muhlenberg, Gram. 157. 1817.— Barton Fl. Phila. II. 220. 



1818.— Torrey Fl. N. Y. 19. 1819— Knieskern 39.— Willis 75. 

 Uniola laxa Britton 294. — Keller and Brown 50. 



Common throughout the Middle and Cape May districts and 

 on the Coastal strip, also at South Amboy to the northward. 

 Absent from the Pine Barrens. 



Fl. — Early August to early September. 



Middle District.— Keyport (NB), New Egypt, Westmont (S), Griffith's 

 Swamp, Medford (S), Washington Park (S), Lawnside (S), Lindenwold, 

 Mickleton (NB), Tomlin, Clementon (S), Swedesboro, Salem (S), Divid- 

 ing Creek. 



Coast Strip.— Long Branch, Pt. Pleasant (S), Bay Head (NY), Man- 

 ahawkin. Coxa's, Beesley's Pt. (S), Five-Mile Beach, Sea Isle Jnc. (S). 



Cape May. — Court House, Bennett (S). 



DISTICH LIS Rafinesque. 

 Distichlls spicata (L.). Marsh Spike Grass. 



PI. VIIL, Fig. 2. 



Vhiola spicata Linnseus, Sp. PI. 7i- 1753 [North America]. 

 Brizopyrum spicatum Knieskern 38. — ^Willis 74. 

 Distichlis spicata Britton 284. — Keller and Brown 50. 



Salt meadows along the coast ; common. 

 Pi. — iMid-August into September. 



Mwitime.—Sandy Hook (NB), Deal Beach, Pt. Pleasant, Waretown, 

 Barnegat City (L), Beach Haven Terrace (L), Barnegat City Jnc. (L), 

 Beach Haven (L), Cedar Bonnet (L), Atlantic City, Ocean City (S), Sea 

 Isle City, Wildwood, Piermont, Cape May (S), Dennisville (S). 



POA L. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Culms tufted. 



b. Low, not more than 2 dm. high. [P. annua] 



bb. Taller, 3-9 dm. high. 



*Low Spear Grass. Common in lawns and waste ground. 



