40 Tennessee Flora. 



A. ramosissima Engelm. Sandy soil, Humboldt, W. Tenn. 

 July-September. 



A. purpurascens Poir. Paradise Ridge, Robertson County. 

 July. 



A. oligantha Michx. Dry, gravelly soils. O. S. 



STIPA L. 



Stipa avenacea L. Black oat grass. Charleston, Bradley 

 County; summit of Lookout Mountain. May, June. 



MUHLENBERGIA Schr. 



Miihlenbergia sobolifera (Miihl.) Trin. Rocky woodlands. 

 O. S. August, September. 



M. Mexicana (L.) Trin. Thickets along water courses. 

 O. S. August/September. 



M. sylvatica Torr. Damp woodlands. O. S. September, 

 October. 



M. tenuiflora (Willd.) M. Willdenovii Trin. Woodlands 

 of Middle Tennessee to the summits of the Smoky Mountains. 

 July-September. 



M. diffusa Schreb. Nimble Will, Dropseed grass. Pas-" 

 tures and grass plots; very common, and not liked by cattle. 

 September, October. 



M. capillaris (Lam.) Trin. A very graceful grass, with 

 light purple panicle. In a cedar glade at Lavergne. July, 

 August. 



BRACHYELYTRUM Beauv. 



Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreb.) Beauv. B. aristatum R. 

 & S. Dry woodlands. O. S. July-September. 



PHLEUM L. 



Phleum pratense L. Timothy. Gives the best hay crop in 

 the State. July, July. 



ALOPECURUS L. 



Alopecurus pratehsis L. Meadow foxtail. In meadows; 

 introduced with other grass seeds. Scarce. June, July. 



A. geniculatus L. Wet places. May-July. 



A. geniculatus aristulatus Torr. In similar localities. 

 Charlotte Pike, near West Nashville (" New Town "). June. 



SPOROBOLUS R. Br. 



Sporobolus asper (Michx.) Kunth. Cedar glades at La- 

 vergne ; Knoxville.' Scribn. October. 



