380 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Eragrostis major (L.) Host, Gram. Austr. 4. 1809. Canpy GRass. 
Briza eragrostis L. Sp. P1.1:70. 1753. 
Eragrostis poaeoides megastachya Gray, Man. ed. 5,631. 1867. 
Ell, Sk.1:165 Gray, Man. ed. 6, 660. Chap. Fl. 563 Wats. Bot. Calif. 2:315, 
Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:543. Scribner, Grass. Tenn. J7, t. 31, f. 124, 
CENTRAL Europe, Asia, AFRICA. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario and New England, west to Illinois, 
Missouri, Minnesota, and Nebraska, from New York to Florida, and west to Texas, 
Arkansas, and California. 
ALABAMA: Tennessec Valley. Mountain region to Coast plain. In cultivated and 
waste ground about dwellings. Lauderdale, Cullman, Tuscaloosa, Hale, Choctaw, 
and Mobile counties. A frequent garden weed. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Europa australi.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Eragrostis bahiensis Schult. Mant. 2:318. 1824. 
Poa bahiensis Schrad.; Schult. Mant. 2:318. 1824. As synonym. 
Griseb. F]. Brit. W. Ind. 532. 
IN ALL TROPICAL COUNTRIES. 
Louisianian area. 
ALABAMA: Adventivefromthetropics. MobileCounty, on ballast, fairly established 
for the past six years near the shipping. Perennial? 
Type locality: ‘‘In Brasilia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Eragrostis purshii Schrad. Linnaea, 12: 454. 1838. SOUTHERN SPEAR GRass, 
Poa caroliniana Spreng. Mant. F1. Hal. 33. 1807. 
Eragrostis caroliniana Scribner, Mem. Torr. Club 5:49. 1894. 
Eragrostis pilosa Muhl. Gram. 141. 1817. Not Beauv. 
Gray, Man. ed.6, 661. Chap. F1.562. Scribner, Grass. Tenn. 2: 97, t. 82, f. 126. 
MEXICO. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario, New York, Pennsylvania, and New 
Jersey, south to Florida, Tennessee, and Louisiana, and west to Minnesota, Nebraska, 
Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Dry sandy open places. Cullman County, 800 feet. 
Morgan County, Decatur. ‘Tuscaloosa, Montgomery, and Mobile counties. Abun- 
dant, particularly in the sandy fields of the Lower Pine belt. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘America borealis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. ilerb. Mohr. 
Eragrostis pilosa (L.) Beauy. Agrost. 162. 1812. SLENDER Mrapow Grass. 
Poa pilosa L. Sp. Pl.1:68. 1753. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 660. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:543. Scribner, Grass. Tenn. 
2:96, t. 52, f. 127. 
Widely diffused in the temperate and tropical regions of the globe. 
Evurorn, Wrst INDIES, MEXICO TO ARGENTINA. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Naturalized New York and Pennsylvania, and 
west to Missouri, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Waste and cultivated places. Mobile County, August, 1891. Wash- 
ington County, Yellowpine. Not frequent. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Italia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Eragrostis nitida (Ell.) Chap. F1.564. 1860. GLossy ERAGROSTIS, 
Poa nitida Ell. Sk.1:162. 1817. 
Louisianian area. South Carolina, Florida, and Alabama. 
ALABAMA: Littoral belt. Lower Pine belt. Baldwin County, drifting sands, 
near the bay shore at Howards. July, rare. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘Grows in cultivated land. Common on Paris Island.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Eragrostis secundiflora Presl, Rel. Haenk. 1:276. 1830. PurrLe LOVE GRass. 
Poa interrupta Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 5: 146. 1835-1837. Not Lam. 
P. oxylepis Torr.in Marey, Exp]. Red Riv. 269, t. 19. 1854. 
Eragrostis oxylepis Torr. Pac. R. R. Rep. 4: 156. 1857. 
Vasey, Illust. Am. Grass. 1, pt. 2: ¢.48. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:542. Britt. 
& Brown, Il, F1.1:191. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 615, 
