376 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie region. Open prairies, dry calcareous soil. Mont- 
gomery, Hale, and Dallas counties. Not infrequent. July to August. . ak 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in aridis regionis [linoensis ad Wabast et in rupibus prairie 
du rocher.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr, 
ELEUSINE Gaert. Fruct. et Sem. 1:7, ¢. 1. 1788. 
Six species, tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World. 
Bleusine indica (L.) Gaert. Fruct. et Sem.1:8. 1788. BARNYARD GRass. 
Cynosurus indicus L.Sp.Pl.1: 72. 1753. 
Ell. Sk.1:176. Gray, Man. ed.6, 656. Chap. Fl. 558. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 
2: 533. 
Scribner, Grass. Tenn. 2 : 90, t. 30, f. 120. 
WESTERN Asia, East INDIES, SOUTH AFRICA, ALL OVER TEMPERATE AMERICA 
AND SOUTH TO BRAZIL. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Naturalized in the States south of New Eng- 
land, northern Michigan, and Iowa. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Cultivated and waste places near dwellings. June 
to September. Common weed. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Indiis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Eleusine barcinonensis Costa, Ind. Sem. Hort. Barc. 1859. 
ALABAMA: Ballast weed; adventive from Spain. Mobile County, observed for the 
past eight years. July to September. Annual. 
Type locality: Spain ?. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
DACTYLOCTENIUM Willd. Enum. 1029. 1809. 
One species, a weed in the warmer parts of Asia, Africa, and Australia; West Indies 
to Argentina. 
Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd. Enum, 1029. 1809. EGYPTIAN Grass. 
Cynosurus aegyptius L. Sp. Pl.1:72. 1753. 
Chloris mucronata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am.1:59. 1803. 
Eleusine aegyptiaca Pers. Syn. 1:87. 1805. 
Ell. Sk. 1:176. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 656. Chap. F1. 558. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 
2: 534, 
Louisianian area. Naturalized North Carolina to Florida, west to Texas. 
ALaBaMA: Central Prairie region to Coast plain, cultivated ground, meadows. 
June to August; common. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Africa, Asia, America.” 
Economic uses: Of some value for hay. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
LEPTOCHLOA Beauv. Agrost. 71. 1812. 
Twelve species; warmer regions temperate North America, 1. 
Leptochloa n.ucronata (Michx.) Kunth, Gram. 1:91. 1829-1835. Fraruer Grass. 
Eleusine mucronata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:65. 1803. 
Ell. Sk. 1:175. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 657. Chap. Fl. 558. Coulter, Contr. Nat. 
Herb. 2:534. Scribner, Grass. Tenn. 2:91, t. 31, f. 121. 
Crina, East Inpies, West INDIES, MEXICO TO VENEZUELA. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Virginia to Florida, west to Texas; 
Arkansas, southern Missouri, southern Illinois, and Tennessee. 
ALABAMA: From the Coast plain to the Central Pine belt. Sandy fields. Most 
frequent near the coast. June to July, frequent. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in cultis Illinoensibus.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
DIPLACHNE Beauv. Agrost. 80, t. 16, f. 9. 1812. 
Fourteen species, warmer regions of both hemispheres. 
Diplachne fascicularis (Lam.) Beauv. Agrost. 160. 1812, 
; MANY-SPIKED DIPLACHNE, 
Festuca fascicularis Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1:189. 1791. 
