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CINNA, L. 



ARUNDiNACEA, L. Reed-Uke Cinna. 



Inundated shady banks of streams, lakes. Along the Mohawk and its head 

 streams. Outlets of lakes in the western parts of the State. 



Sometimes in swamps. Abundant in the marshes on the west side of On- 

 ondaga lake. August, September. 



var. PENDTJLA, Gray. Drooping-Jowered Cinna. 



Cold damp woods. Frequent in the high woodlands on the bills south of the 

 Mohawk valley, from Summit lake, Otsego county, to Hidden lake, south 

 Herkimer county. Oriskany swamp, formerly, Vasey. Trenton falls, Gray. 

 Alexandria bay, St. Lawrence county, G. W. Clintan. Rare. August. 



MUHLENBERGIA, Schreber. Dropseed- grass. Muhlenbergias. 



SOBOLIFERA, Gray. Shoot-hearing-rooted Muhlenhergia. 



Hilly woods. Penn-Ya.n, Yates county, Sartwell in herb. Ham. Coll. 



Scarce. August, September. 



GLOMERATA, Trinius. Clustered- spiked Muhlenhergia. 



Swamps. Abundant in all the upland marshes from Summit lake, Otsego 

 county, to Hidden lake, Litchfield, south Herkimer county. Bridgewater 

 region. Gray. Sandy plains, Oneida county, Knieskern. Frequent. August. 



MExrcANA, Trinius. Mexican Muhlenhergia. 



Low banks of streams, meadows, fields, hedges. Common. August. 



STLVATICA, Torrey (jr Gray. Woodland Muhlenhergia. 



Borders of woods, open swamps. Abundant. August. 



wiLLDENOvir, Trinius. Determined hy Willdenow'. 



Rocks and hillsides. Shady banks below the cliffs at Bignose point on the 

 Mohawk, Montgomery county. Along the stony sides of cliffs and brows of 

 precipices at Littlefalls, Herkimer county. Sheldrake point, Cayuga lake. 

 Gray. Yates county, Sartwell. Frequent. August. 



DIFFUSA, Schreber. Dropseed. Spreading Muhlenhergia. 



Dry woods and fields. Sandy plains between Albany and Schenectady. Open 

 rocky steeps at Spraker's, Montgomery county. Dry cliff's of Fish creek. 

 Yates county, Sartwell. Infrequent. August, September. 



BRACHYELYTRUM, Beauvois. 



ARISTATUM, Beauv. Awned Brachyelytrum. 



Kavine-sides, rocky woods and hills Frequent. June, July. 



CALAMAGROSTIS, Adanson. Blue-joint. 



CANADENSIS, Beauvois. Canadian Calamagrostis. 



Marshes. Abundant on the hills south of the Mohawk valley. The grass of 

 the beaver meadows of the north woods. Common. July, August. 



CONFINIS, Nuttall. Close-flowered Calamagrostis. 



Swamps. In abundance near Penn-Yan, Yates county, Sartwell. 



From the lowest sheaths of primary leaves of the usual width arise clusters 

 of remarkablylong filiform involute leaves, two feet in length, reaching nearly 

 to the panicle. Rare. July, August. 



ARENARIA, Roth. Sand-reed Calamagrostis. 



Barren beaches. Abundant on the shore of Lake Ontario, over the long bars 

 against Round pond, Long pond, Cranberry pond and Braddock's bay, Mon- 

 roe county; covering the ridges of clear sand, with Cyperus schweinitzii. 



Jjogal, July ■:, September 



