GRASSES. 383 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Pennsylvania, southern Illinois, and 
Missouri, south to Florida, west to Texas and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie belt to Tennessee Valley. Rich wooded banks, shaded 
borders of streams. Morgan County. Blount County, banks of Mulberry River. 
Lee County, Auburn. Tuscaloosa County (E. 4. Smith). Tallapoosa and Montgomery 
counties. Dallas County. Wilcox County, Allenton. June, July; frequent. 
Type locality: ‘“Hab. in occidentalibus montium Alleghanis.” 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Uniola laxa (L.) B.S. P. Prel. Cat. N.Y. 69. 1888. SLENDER SPIKE-GRASS. 
Holous laxus L. Sp. Pl. 2: 1048. 1753. 
Uniola gracilis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am.1:71. 1803. 
Ell. Sk. 1:168, Gray, Man. ed. 6,663. Chap. F1.566. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:545. Scribner, Grass. Teun. 2: 101, t. 35, f. 138. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern New York, Pennsylvania, and New 
Jersey, south and west to Florida, Texas, Arkansas, and Tennessee. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to the Coast plain. Sandy shaded swamps; common 
all over the Central and Coast Pine belts. July to September. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Virginia, Canada.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Uniola longifolia Scribner, Bull. Torr. Club, 21:229. 1894. 
LONG-LEAF SPIKE-GRASS. 
Chap. FI. ed. 3, 617. 
Louisianian area. Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region and Coast plain. Low shady places. Lee County, 
Auburn (Baker § Earle, 653). Mobile County (7. H. Kearney), July, 1895. Not 
rare. 
Type locality: “Little Stone Mountain, Dekalb County, Georgia, July (John K. 
Small),” and other localities in Florida, Mississippi, and Tennessee. 
Herb Geo]. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Uniola nitida Baldwin; Ell. Sk.1:167. 1817. SMOoTH SPIKE-GRASS. 
Louisianian area, South Carolina to Florida and Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region and Coast plain. Sandy wet borders of brooks. 
Mobile County, West Fowl River; Bayou Sara, shaded swampy banks of creek. 
Not frequent. 
Type locality: ‘‘Grows at Crooked River bridge, Camden County, Ga. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr, 
DISTICHLIS Raf. Journ. Phys. 89:104. 1819. 
Two or 3 species, perennials, North America. Saline swamps of the seacoast and 
alkaline plains in tle interior. 
Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene, Bull. Calif. Acad. 2:415. 1887. 
. MarsH SPIKE Grass. 
Uniola spicata L. Sp. Pl. 1:71. 1753, 
Distichlis maritima Raf. Journ. Phys. 89:104. 1819. 
Brizopyrum spicatum Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beech. 403. 1840. 
EH. Sk. 1:166. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 663. Chap. Fl. 562. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:546. Wats. Bot. Calif. 2: 306. 
AUSTRALIA. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Coast of New York to Florida, west to Texas. 
On the Pacific slope, Vancouver Island to California. 
ALABAMA: Littoral belt. Salt marshes of the seashore; abundant. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Americae borealis maritimis.” 
Herb. Geol, Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
BRIZA L. Sp. PlL1:70. 1753. 
Twelve species, of temperate regions of Europe and Asia. 
Briza media L. Sp. Pl.1:70. 1753. QUAKING GRass. 
Introduced and escaped from cultivation in the Atlantic States from Ontario 
southward. 
ALABAMA: In several localities in northern=and southern parts. Cullman and 
Mobile counties. Annual. eat ecrt ; 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Europae pratis siccioribus.” 
Herb. Geol, Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
