368 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Sporobolus tenacissimus (L.) Beauv. Agrost. 126. 1812. 
Agrostis tenacissima L. f. Suppl. 197. 
Vilfa tenacissima H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. 1:138. 1815. 
West Inpizs; MEx1co To BraZiL. 
ALABAMA: Adventive on ballast. Mobile. First observed, September, 1891, since 
then to the present time. Perennial. 
Sporobolus junceus (Michx.) Kunth, Rev. Gram. 1:68. 1835. 
PURPLE DROP-SEED GRASS, 
Agrostis juncea Michx. I'l. Bor. Am. 1:52. 1803. 
Ell. Sk.1:1387. Gray, Man. ed. 6,646. Chap. F1. 550. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2: 520. 
Alleghenian, Carolinian, and Louisianian areas. “Reported from southern Minne- 
sota, Dakota, Wisconsin, southern Virginia to Florida, and west to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Coosa hills, Central Pine belt to Lower Pineregion. Dry rocky hills; 
most abundant in sandy dry pine barrens. Calhoun County, Anniston, 700 feet, 
Tuscaloosa County. Clarke Connty, Choctaw Corner. Monroe County, Claiborne. 
Mobile and Baldwin counties. September to October; common. Perennial. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in sabulosis aridis Carolinae.” 
Sporobolus asper (Michx.) Kunth, Enum. 1: 210. 1833. RovuGeu Rusu-erass. 
Agrostis aspera Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:52. 1803. 
Vilfa drummondii Trin. Unifl. 1824. 
Sporobolus asper var. drummondii Vasey, Contr. Nat. Herb. 3:60. 1892. 
Ell. Sk. 1:138. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 645. Chap. Fl. 550, Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 
2:519. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. New England, Minnesota, Nebraska, southern 
Missouri, south to Florida and the Gulf region; Texas and Arkansas, 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Coosa hills to tho Lower Pine region. Dry rocky 
hills and pine barrens. Calhoun County, Anniston, 700 feet. Mobile and Baldwin 
counties. Frequent on the sandy pine ridges. September and October. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in collibus rupibusque regionis I]linoensis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Sporobolus longifolius (Torr.) Wood, Classbook, 775. 1861. 
: LONG-LEAVED RUSH-GRASS, 
Agrostis longifolia Torrey, F1.N. & Mid. U.S. 90. 1824. 
¢ A, involuta Muhl. Gram. 72. 1817. Not Poir. 1810. 
Sporobolus asper Vasey, Contr. U.S. Nat. Herb. 3:59. 1892. Not Kunth, 1833. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. New England to Illinois and Kansas, south from 
Long Island to Mississippi, and west to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Dry pine barrens. Mobiie County, Springhill. 
October; not frequent. Perennial. 
Type locality of A. involuta Muhl.: “Hab. ad Susquehannam, floret Oct. Penns. N. 
Ebor.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Sporobolus vaginaeflorus Torr.; Wood, Classhook, 775. 1861, 
SHEATHED RusH-GRASS. 
Vilfa vaginaeflora Torr.; Gray, Gram. & Cyp. Exsic. 1: no.3. 1834. 
Sporobolus minor Vasey in Gray, Man. ed. 6, 646. 1890. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,646. Chap. Fl. 551. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 2:519. Scribner, 
Grass. Tenn. 2:72, t. 23, f. 92. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario and New England to Minnesota and 
Nebraska, and from New York south to Florida and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Coosa hills. Lower Pine region. Calhoun County, Anniston, 700 feet. 
pee County, Springhill, sandy pine ridges. September to October; infrequent. 
noual. 
Type locality: ‘Dry gravelly fields U. 8. more common West and South.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Sporobolus neglectus Nash, Bull. Torr. Club 22: 464. 1895. SMALL RUSH-GRASS. 
Sporobolus vaginaeflorus Vasey in Gray, Man. ed. 6,645. 1890. Not Wood. 
Gray, Man.1l.e. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 598. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern New England to Kentucky, Tennes- 
see, Kansas, and south to Mississippi. 
ALaBaMA: Lower Pine region. Barren pine ridges. Mobile County. October; 
infrequent. Annual. 
