GRASSES. 367 
BRACHYELYTRUM Beauv. Agrost. 39. 1812. 
One species, eastern North America. 
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreb.) Beauv. Agrost. 39. 1812. 
p AWNED BRACHYELYTRUM. 
Muhlenbergia erecta Schreb. Beschr. Graes. 2: 139, t. 50. 1772-79. 
Muhlenbergia aristata Pers. Syn.1:73. 1805. 
Brachyelytrum aristatum Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg. 2:413. 1817. 
Ell. Sk. 1:98. Gray, Man. ed.6, 644. Chap. F1. 553. 
Canadian zone to Louisianian area. Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, and 
New England, west to Minnesota, Nebraska, and Missouri, south to Tennessee, cen- 
tral Alabama, Mississippi, and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Warrior table-land. Lower hills. Rich rocky 
woodlands and copses. Bibb County, Pratt’s Ferry. Tuscaloosa County (Z. 4. 
Smith). Cullman County, 800 feet altitude. Not common. Perennial. 
Type locality: “Hab. in Pennsylvania.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
PHLEUM L. Sp. Pl.1:59. 1753. 
About 10 species, in temperate zones mostly. 
Phleum pratense L. Sp. Pl. 1:59. 1753. TIMOTHY. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 645. 
EUROPE. 
ALABAMA: Cultivated in the northern section of the State. Rarely spontaneous 
by eeeape, May and June. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘“‘Hab.in Europae versuris et pratis.” 
Economic uses: Important hay crop. 
Herb. Mohr. 
ALOPECURUS L. Sp. Pl. 60. 1753. MErapow FoxtalIL. 
Twenty species, temperate regions, Europe, Asia; few in North and South America. 
Alopecurus geniculatus I Sp. Pl.1:60. 1753. WaTER FOXTAIL. 
Alopecurus fuluus Smith, “ng. Bot. t. 1467. 1793. 
A, aristulatus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:43, 1803. 
A, geniculatus var. aristulatus Torr. Fl. N. & Mid. U.8.1:97. 1824. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,645. Wats. Bot. Calif. 2:263. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:526. 
Scribner, Grass. Tenn. 2:71, ¢. 2.3, f. 89. 
Canadian zone to Louisianian area, Widely distributed from Canada to British 
Columbia and California, and from New England west to Nebraska, and south to 
Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas. 
. ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to Central Prairie region. Low wet fields. Common. 
Lauderdale County, Florence. Perry County, Uniontown. Hale County, Gallion. 
Tuscaloosa County (£. A. Smith). April, May; frequent. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Europae uliginosis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
SPOROBOLUS BR. Br. Prodr. Fl. N. Holl. 1: 169. 1810. DRop-sEED GRass. 
(Vitra Beauv. Agrost. 16. 1812.) 
Eighty species, mostly in warmer and tropical America. North America, 31. 
Sporobolus indicus (L.) R. Br. Prodr. Fl. N. Holl. 1:170. 1810. 
InDIAN DRop-sEED Grass, SMUT GRASS. 
Agrostis indica L. Sp. Pl. 1:63. 1753. 
Ell. Sk. 1:138. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 646. Chap. Fl. 550. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:518. 
TROPICAL ZONE OF THE OLD aND NEW WORLDS. ? 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Extensively naturalized from southern Vir- 
ginia to Florida, west to Texas, Arkansas, and Tennessee. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Dry pastures, roadsides, waste places 
around dwellings, in light sandy loam. Common. Tuscaloosa, Montgomery, Pike, 
Monroe, Mobile, and Baldwin counties. July to September. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in India.” 
Economic uses: Valuable for pasture. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
