366 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
STIPA L.Sp. Pl.1:78. 1753. 
About 100 species native of temperate and warmer regions, particularly on ele- 
vated table-lands. North America, 23 species. 
Stipa avenacea L. Sp. Pl.1:78. 1753. Brack Oar Grass. 
Stipa barbata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:53. 1803. : 
Ell. Sk.1:139. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 641. Chap. Fl, 554. Vasey, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
3:54. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:516. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern New York, Delaware, and Peunsyl- 
vania to Florida, west to Texas, Arkansas, and southern Missouri. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Drysandy hills. Montgomery County. Bibb County, 
Ashland. Tuscaloosa County (H. dA. Smith). Perry County, Uniontown, dry 
prairies. Mobile County, sandy pine ridges. April and May; frequent, 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Stipa setigera Pres], Rel. Haenk.1: 226. 1828. 
Stipa neesiana Trin. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. 5:27. 1842. 
ALABAMA: Adventive from Argentina on ballast. Mobile County. June, July, 
1886 and 1893. 
Type locality not given. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
MUHLENBERGIA Schreb. Gen. 44. 1789. DRop-sEED. 
About 60 species, mostly South American; Mexico and North America, 37, mostly of 
the Western plains. 
Muhlenbergia trichopodes (EIl.) Chap. F1. 553. 1860. ELLIOTT’s Harr GRASs. 
Agrostis trichopodes Ell. 8k. 1:135, 1817. 
Muhlenbergia capillaris var. trichopodes Vasey, Contr. Nat. Herb. 3: 66. 1892. 
Ell. Sk.1l.c. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:522. 
MEXICO. 
Louisianian area. South Carolina and Florida to Texas. 
ALaBAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Dry woodlands. Hale County, 
Gallion. Mobile County. Washington and Clarke counties. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Chatham County, Georgia, by Dr. Baldwin. Near Charleston.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Muhlenbergia diffusa Schreb. Beschr. Graes. 2: 143, t. 61. 1772-1779. NimBir WILL, 
Dilepyrum minutiflorum Mickx. FI. Bor. Am. 1:40. 1803. 
EIL Sk.1:98. Gray, Man. ed. 6,644. Chap. F1.553. Vasey, Contr. Nat. Herb. 3: 68. 
Scribner, Grass. Tenn. 2:67, t. 20, f. 80. 
SouTH Brazi.. 
Alleghenian to Carolinian area. Ontarioand New England; west to Minnesota 
a Nebraska, south to eastern Texas; and from New York along the mountains to 
eorgia. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Lower hills. Open woods, pastures, Madison 
County, Huntsville. Tuscaloosa County. Franklin County, Russellville. June to 
September. Frequent. Perennial. 
Type locality not ascertained. Michaux’s locality: ‘‘ Hab. in apricis, pratensibus 
regionum Kentucky et Ilinoensium.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Muhlenbergia tenuiflora (Willd.) B.S. P. Prel. Cat. Fl. N. Y.67. 1888. 
SLENDER-FLOWERED Harr GRASS. 
Agrostis tenuiflora Willd. Sp. Pl. 1: 364. 1798. 
Muhlenbergia willdenovii Trin. Unifl. 188. 1824. 
El. Sk.1:134. Gray, Man. ed.6, 643. Scribner, Grass. Tenn. 2:68, ¢. 41, f. 84. 
Alleghenian to Carolinian area. Ontario and New England to Minnesota, sonth 
to northern Texas, and from New York along the mountains to Tennessee and South 
Carolina. z 
ALABAMA: Collected by S. B. Buckley; locality not stated. Rare. Perennial, 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in America boreali.” 
