364 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
ORYZA L. Sp. Pl. 1:333. 1753. 
Oryza sativa L. Sp. P1.1:333. 1753. Rice. 
Cultivated in the States from western Tennessee and North Carolina to the Gulf. 
ALABAMA: Here and there voluntary in low fields, Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. forte in Aethiopia, colitur in Indiae paludosis.” 
Economic uses: Of great value as a grain crop. 
PHALARIS L. Sp. Pl. 1:55. 1753. 
About half a dozen species, Mediterranean Europe, Central Asia; North America, 1. 
Phalaris caroliniana Walt. Fl. Car. 74. 1788. SOUTHERN CANARY (GRASS. 
Phalaris intermedia Bosc; Poir. Encycl. Suppl. 1:300. 1810. 
P. americana Ell. Sk.1:101. 1817. : 
Chap. F1.569. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 2:512, Wats. Bot. Calif. 2: 264. 
Louisianian area. North Carolina to Florida; west to Texas and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie region to Coast plain. Low grassy places. Mobile 
County, West Fowl River. Perry County, Uniontown (Z. A. Smith), June. Not 
rare; annual. 
Type locality: ‘South Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Phalaris canariensis L. Sp. P].1:54. 1753. Canary Grass. 
Introduced. Rarely spontaneous about dwellings. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Europa australi, Canariis.” 
Economic uses: Valuable for its seeds. 
ANTHOXANTHUM L. Sp. Pl. 1:28. 1753. 
Three species, native of southern Europe. 
Anthoxanthum odoratum L. Sp. Pl. 1:28. 1753. Sweet VERNAL GRass. 
Ell. Sk.1:37. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 639. Chap. F1.569. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:503. Wats. Bot. Calif. 2: 266. 
EUROPE. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Extensively naturalized in eastern North 
America and along the Pacific coast. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Warrior table-land. Cullman County, 800 feet 
altitude. May to June; not frequent; perennial. 
Type locality: “Hab. in Europae pratis.” 
Economic uses: Valuable meadow grass. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
ARISTIDA L. Sp. Pl. 82. 1753. TRIPLE-AWNED GRaSs. 
About 100 species. Perennials of warmer regions, largely American. North 
America, 29 species. 
Aristida dichotoma Michx. F]. Bor. Am.1:41, 1803. POVERTY GRASS. 
Ell. Sk.1:141. Gray, Man. ed. 6,640. Chap. Fl. 555. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:513. Scribner, Grass. Tenn. 2 : 64, t. 19, f. 73. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. New England, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, 
south to Florida, west to Tennessee, Arkansas, and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley, Coosa hillsto Coast plain. Sandy and gravelly hills, 
dry sterile soil. Calhoun County, Anniston. Montgomery and Mobile counties. 
August to September; frequent. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Carolina superiore, juxta Lincoln, in glareosis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Aristida gracilis Ell. Sk.1:142. 1817. SLENDER ARISTIDA. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,640. Chap. F1.555. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:514. Scribner, 
Grass. Tenn. 2: 64, t. 19, f. 74. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Southern New England, New York, and Penn- 
sylvania, south to Florida, and west to Texas, Arkansas, and Missouri. 
ALABAMA: Over the State; in dry gravelly soil. July; common. 
Type locality: ‘In the vicinity of Charleston. Common.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
