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Hieroehloa borealis, Bmm. & Schultes. (Vanilla Grass.) 



Salisbury, By field (Mrs. Horner), Beverly, Salem near Pickman 

 farm, etc. Scarce. Most frequently found near the shore. 



Anthoxantlium odoratum, L. (Sweet Veknal-Gbass.) 

 Fields. Common. (Nat. from Eu.) 



Phalaris Canariensis, L. (Canary-Guass.) 



Streets and rubbish heaps near the larger towns. Frequent. (Adv. 



from Eu.) 

 Phalaris arundlnacea, L. 



Low ground. Frequent. 

 Var. picta. (Stripbd-Gkass ; Ribbon-Grass.) 



Common in old gardens. A large patch of this variety escaped 



from cultivation on the bed of the E. R. R., at Beverly, shows 



evei'y variation from the strongest marked striping to the typical 



green form. 



Paspalum setaceum, Michx. 

 Fields. Common. 



Cynosurus cristatus, Willd. 

 Among other species in a grass-plat, Salem. "The stems of this 

 grass are used for the manufacture of Leghorn hats." It has been 

 cultivated to some extent in the county (Flint's Grasses). (Adv. 

 from Eu.) 



Panicum Germanicum {Flint's Grasses.) (Hungarian Mil- 

 let.) 



Cultivated, and found uear fields, although not to be considered by 

 any means as established, Danvers (J. H. Sears). This seems to be 

 the Setaria Germanica, Seauv., of some writers, yet very much 

 larger than the ordinary form, and may be only a large variety of 

 Setaria Italica. (Int. from Eu.) 



Panicum millaceum, Willd. (Millet.) 

 First noticed by Mr. C. E. Faxon, in 1876, on the " dump " at So. 

 Boston; near West Beach, Beverly, 1879 (W. P. Conant). 



Panicum glabrum, Gaudin. 

 Streets and yards. Common. (Nat. from Eu.) 



Panicum sangulnale, L. (Common Crab Grass ; Fingbr-Grass.) 

 Similar places. Common. (Nat. from Eu.) 



Panicum agrostoides, Spreng. 

 Meadows, and the shores of rivers and ponds. Common. 



Panicum proliferum, Lam. 

 Near the B. R. B. & L. R. R. station, Lynn, and West Newbury (W. 

 P. Conant), are the only localities yet noticed for this species in 

 the county. In each case it appears as if introduced. 

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