282 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW JERSEY. 
P. virgatum, L. 
In low grounds. Very common along the borders of salt and 
brackish marshes, and along the shores of the Delaware River ; 
apparently uncommon in the interior of the State. 
P. amarum, Ell., var. minor, Vasey & Scribn. 
On sandy sea-beaches; frequent. 
P. Crus-gauut, L. Barnyard Grass. 
In waste places; frequent. Naturalized from Europe. 
Var. hispidum (Muhl.), Torr. 
In salt or brackish marshes; common. 
SETARIA, Beauv. 
Bristly Fox-tail Grass. 
S. VERTICILLATA (L.), Beauv. 
Ocean and Monmouth: Cultivated fields, not common— 
Knieskern. Essex: In waste places, Newark—Leggett. Hud- 
son: Secaucus—Schuh ; Hoboken—Leggett. Bergen: Closter— 
Austin. Hunterdon: Rosemont, rare— Best. Gloucester : 
Near Mickleton, rare—B. Heritage. Adventive from Europe. 
8. euauca (L.), Beauy. 
Waste and cultivated grounds. Very common. Naturalized 
from Europe. 
8. viripis (L.), Beauv. 
In waste places; frequent. Naturalized from Europe. 
8. Irazica (L.), Kunth, Millet. Bengal Grass. 
Camden: In river dredgings, and near Cooper’s Creek— 
Parker. Burlington: Along Birmingham Creek below Pem- 
berton—Britton. Hunterdon: Frequent—Best. Frequently 
planted. Fugitive from Europe. 
CENCHRUS, L. 
Bur-grass. 
C. tribuloides, L. 
In sandy soil, especially on the sea-beaches and Yellow Drift, 
extending up the Delaware River to the Water Gap—Rusby ; 
and on the eastern side of the State to Ramseys, Bergen county 
—Stowell. 
