238 NATIVE FOKAGE PLANTS 



LEERSIA VIRGINICA, Willd---( White Grots.) 



Panicle simple ; the spikelets closely appressed on the slender 

 branches, around which they are partly curved; palets greenish white. 

 Wet woods, common. July, September. 



LEERSIA LENTICULARIS, Michx— Fly-cateh-gras?. 



Spikelets broadly oval, imbricately covering each other, 2f -3 lines 

 long. Smoothish, panicle simple ; palets very flat, strongly bristly eil- 

 iate, (said to close and catch flies). Wet places with the above, fre- 

 quent. 



Those three species, although they are of no value, are 

 described here for their being frequently met with as pecu- 

 liar grasses and easily recognizable. 



Descriptions of other native forage plants contributed by 

 Dr. Gattinger, will be found in the chapter on Leguminous 

 plants. 



