PLANTS OF ONEIDA COUNTY AND VICINITY. 165 



physema, Dewey. Inflated-fruited Carex. 



Swamps. Utica, Rome. Knieskern. New-London and Bridgewater, Gray. 

 Penn-Yan, Yates county, Sartwell. Infrequent. June. 



oligospermia, Michaux. Fevj-seeded Carex. 



Cold marshes. Oneida lake, Knieskern. Bogs in the sphagnum swales six 

 miles west of Rome. South-Trenton, in abundance. Common in the beaver 

 meadows, swamps, and pond-borders of north Herkimer and Hamilton 

 counties. Rare. June - August. 



GRAMINEiE. Grasses. 



LEERSIA, Solander. Ctct-grass. White Grass. 



oryzoides, Swartz. Rice-like Leersia. 



Water-sides, low sandy shores. Common. August, September. • 



virginica, Willdenow. Virginian Leersia. 



Marshes, moist woods. Infrequent. August. 



ZIZANIA, Gronovius. Indian Rice. 



aquatica, L. Water Zizania. 



River and lake marshes. Lowlands of the Mohawk. Borders of Oneida lake, 

 Knieskern. Abundant round Onondaga lake. Oswego river, Eaton bot. Com- 

 mon in all the bays, inlets, marshes on the shore of Lake Ontario, from 

 several miles northeast of Oswego, through Sodus bay and the mouth of 

 Genesee river, to Braddock's bay, Monroe county. 



Frequent. August, September. 



ALOPECUKUS, L. Foxtail Grass. 



GENICULJLTUS, L. Floating, Jointed Alopecurus. 



Wet meadows. Between Albany and Kenwood, G. H. Peck. Oriskany creek, 

 in pools above the factories Pleasant-valley, Vasey. Penn-Yan, Yates coun- 

 ty, Sartwell. Rare. July. a 



aristulatus, Michaux. Short-bearded Alopecurus. 



Flats of streams. Littlefalls, below the town. Borders of Canaderaga lake 

 outlet, Otsego county. Along Wood creek near Fort Bull, Rome, Knieskern. 

 Common in the valley of the Unadilla, Gray ; western part of the State, 

 Gram, fy Cyp. Shore of Lake Ontario on Sodus point, Wayne county. Penn- 

 Yan, Yates county, Sartwell. Infrequent. June. 



PHLEUM, L. Timothy. Herd's- grass. 



PRJTENSE, L. Meadow Phleum. 



Waysides, borders of fields, grass lands. Common. June. 



VILFA, Adanson. Rush Grass. 



VAGIN^flora, Torrey. Sheath- flowering Vilfa. 



Barren banks. Watertown, Jefferson county , Gray in Mare plants of Northern 

 N.York. Abundant along the sandy shore of Sodus bay, inside the point, 

 Wayne county. Penn-Y r an, l r ates county, Sartwell. Rare. September. 



SPOROBOLUS, R. Brown. Drop-seed Grass. 



heterolepis, Gray. Unequal- glumed Sporobolus. 



Dry soil of cliffs. 



Foliis setaceis ; panicula pyramidata, sparsiflora ; gluma inferiore subuli- 

 formi, superiore ovata, cuspidata, subduplo breviori ; valvulis periantho 

 subaequalibus, muticis, gluma extima paulo minori. 



Root perennial. Culm l - z feet in height, smooth. Leaves convolute- 



