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this species this year. Our analysis of this grass shows a 

 nutritive ratio of only 1:8.13. Fayette: near Xuttallburg 

 (Nnttall). 



AVENA Linn. 

 A. FATUA Linn. 



Established at ^lorgantown, ^lonongalia County (Shel- 

 don, 4309). 



DANTHONIA, DC. 



D. SPiCATA (L.) Beauv. Wild Oat-gjass. 



Dry soil. Monongalia : near Beechwoods and Little Falls, 

 Randolph : on a dry boulder, summit of Point Mountain, 

 alt. 3,750 feet. Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). 



D. coMPRESSA, Austin. 



Dry banks. Tucker : near the Falls of Blackwater. Fay- 

 ette : near Nuttallburg (Nnttall). Randolph: near Pickens 

 (H. H. Smith, 135s). 



SPARTINA, Schreb. 



S. CYNOSUROIDES (L.) Willd. Fresh-water Cord-grass. 



Ohio: on Bogg's Island (Mcrt:; & Guttenberg). Bar- 

 bour: near Tygart Junction (Greenman, 43). Fayette: 

 near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). 



ELEUSINE Gsertn. 



E. Indica (L.), Gsertn. Dog's Tail or Wire Grass. 



Yards and streets. Kanawha : near Cannellton. ^'lon- 

 ongalia : near Morgantown. Mason : near Point Pleasant. 

 Berkeley : near Martinsburg. Fayette : near Xuttallburg 

 (Nuttall) . 



DACTYLOCTENIUM \\411d. 



D. Aegyptium (L.) Willd. Crab-grass. Yard-grass. 

 Yards and lawns. Monongalia ; on the campus. 



TRICUSPIS Beauv. 



T. SESLERioiDES (Michx.) Torrey. Tall Red Top. Triodia 

 ciifirca J. F. Jacq. 



Dry or sandy fields. ]Monongalia near Little Falls. W'ood : 

 near Selden. Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nnttall). 



PHRAGMITES Trin. 



P. Phragmites (L.) Karst. 



In wet places. Kanawha: near Charleston (Holtoii). 



