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F. oviNA L. Sheep's Fescue. — In lawns or along roadsides; 

 occasional. Adams (Knowlton and Bean); Lenox; Stockbridge. 



F. rubra L. — Roadsides in moist or dry, sterile soU; frequent, 

 especially on the plateau. 



var. SUBVILLOSA Mert & Koch. — Roadside, Stockbridge; covering 

 a whole field, as if sown, West Stockbridge; locally common in 

 Sheffield. 



GINANNIA. 



{Holcus Man. ed. 7; Nothoholcus 111. FI. ed. 2.) 



G. LANATA (L.) Hubbard. Velvet Geass. — {Holcus lanatus 

 Man. ed. 7; vid. Rhodora, 18: 234, 1916.) 



Grass land; occasional. First noted in 1911, becoming more fre- 

 quent. Summit of Greylock; Stockbridge; Sandisfield; Sheffield. 



GLYCERIA. Manna Grass. 

 {Panicdaria lU. Fl. ed. 2.) 



G. acutifiora Torr. — Common in swale, Stockbridge; muddy 

 border of pond. Great Barrington. 



G. borealis (Nash) Batchelder. — Borders of swamps and muddy 

 ponds; common. 



G. canadensis (Michx.) Trin. Rattlesnake Gbass. — Wet spots 

 in meadows, swales and roadside ditches; common. 



G. Fernaldii (Hitchc.) St. John. — (Glyceria pallida, var. Fernaldii 

 Man. ed. 7; md. Rhodora, 19 : 76, 1917. G. pallida 111. Fl. ed. 2 in part.) 



River swales and muddy borders of streams; occasional. Savoy; 

 Washington; New Lenox. 



G. grandis Wats. Reed Meadow Geass. — Borders of streams, 

 wet spots in meadows, roadside ditches; frequent. 



G. laxa Scribn. — Shaded swamps and wet woods; occasional on 

 the plateau. 



G. melicaria (Michx.) Hubbard. — {Glyceria Torreyana Man. ed. 

 7; vid. Rhodora, 14: 186, 1912. Panicularia Torreyana 111. Fl. ed. 



2.) 



Wet places in woods and shaded swamps; frequent. 



G. nervata (Willd.) Trin. Fowl Meadow Geass. — Wet mead- 

 ows, wet places in woods, borders of streams, roadside ditches; com- 

 mon. 



