GRASSES. 879 
Boreal region to Carolinian area. New Brunswick, Ontario to Lake Superior and 
Hudson Bay; New England, Ohio Valley to Missouri; south along the mountains 
from New York to Georgia, northwestern Texas and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Damp shady woods. Dekalb County, Lookout 
Mountain, 1,800 feet. Madison County, Montesano, 1,500 feet. Winston County, 
banks of Sipsey fork, 1,500 feet. Not rare. 
Type locality: Pennsylvania? 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Batonia filiformis (Chap.) Vasey, Bot. Gaz.11:117. 1886. SLENDER EaTONIA. 
_Eatonia pennsylvanica var. filiformis Chap. F1.560. 1860. 
Aira mollis var. Ell, Sk. 1: 154. 1817. 
Scribner, Grass. Tenn. 2:99, ¢. 93, f. 132. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Tennessee, coast of South Carolina 
to Florida, west to Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Coast Pine belt, Mountain region. Dry sandy open pine woods. Lee 
County, Auburn (Baker §: Earle, 607). Mobile County, Springhill. Baldwin County. 
March to ea fi not infrequent. 
Type locality: ‘Dry pine barrens, Florida to South Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Eatonia nitida (Spreng.) Nash, Bull. Torr. Club, 22:511. 1895. 
SLENDER GLossy EATONIA. 
Aira nitida Spreng. Fl. Hal. Mant. 1:32. 1807. 
Eatonia dudleyt Vasey, Bot. Gaz.11:116. 1886. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,660. Britt. & Brown, Il. Fl.1:192. Chap. Fl. ea. 3, 614. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern New York, New J ersey, and south to 
Georgia and Mississippi. 
ALaBAMA: Mountain region to Upper division of Coast Pine belt. Dekalb County, 
near Mentone, 1,800 feet. Madison County, Montesano, 1,500 feet. Lee County, 
Auburn (Baker §: Earle, 621), Clarke County, Choctaw Corner. St. Clair County, 
near Ashville, Flowers in June; not rarein dry rocky woods and copses. 
Type locality: ‘‘E Pensylvania. Muehlenb.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
ERAGROSTIS Beauv. Agrost. 70. 1812. 
About 100 species in all warmer countries, principally in the tropical and sub- 
tropical zones. North America 17, chiefly southern. 
Eragrostis hypnoides (Lam.) B.S. P. Prel. Cat. N. ¥.69. 1888. 
CREEPING MBapow Grass. 
Poa hypnoides Lam. Tabl. Encycl.1:185. 1791. 
P. reptans Michx. Fl] Bor. Am. 1:69, ¢. 2/. 1803. 
Eragrostis reptans Nees in Mart. Fl. Bras. 2:514. 1829. 
Ell. Sk. 1:163. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 660. Chap. Fl. 563. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:543. Scribner, Grass. Tenn. 2:95, t. 31, f.1238. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 532. 
West INDIES, MEXICO, ARGENTINA, 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario and New England, west to Minnesota 
and Nebraska, south to Florida, west to Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, California, and 
Washington. 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie region. Coast plain, alluvial banks. Montgomery 
County. Mobile County, Choctaw Bluff, banks of Alabama River. August to Sep- 
tember; not frequent. Annual. ; 
Type locality: ‘‘Ex America merid. Comm. D. Richard.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Eragrostis eragrostis (L.) Karst. Deutsch. Fl. 389. 1880-1883. Low ERAGROSTIs. 
Poa eragrostis L. Sp. Pl. 1:68. 1753. 
Eragrostis minor Host, Fl. Aust. 135. 1827, 
EE, poaeoides Beauv. Agrost. 162. 1812. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,660. Wats. Bot. Calif. 2:315. - 
SOUTHERN EUROPE, WESTERN ASIA, AFRICA, WEST INDIES, BRAZIL. 
Alleghenian, Carolinian, and Louisianian areas. Naturalized. Ontario and New 
York, west to Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas, and south to Tennessee, Florida, 
and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Mobile, adventive in cultivated and waste places, about dwellings; 
ballast heaps. August to October; rare. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘ Hab. in Italia supra muros.” 
Herb. Geol, Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
