168 EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT ON THE STATE CABINET. 



ORYZOPSIS, Michaux. Mountain Rice. 



MElanocarpa, Muhlenberg. Black-fruited Oryzopsis. 



Gulf- sides, rocky banks. In copses along the steep sidehills above Bignose 

 point vn the Mohawk, and among shaded talus of the cliffs themselves, 

 Montgomery county. Rocky woods at Littlefalls, Herkimer county. Around 

 Oneida lake, Gray. Ravine of Chittenango creek. Frequent. August. 



asperifolia, Michaux. Rou gh-leaved Oryzopsis. 



Shady sandy sidehills. Abundant. May. 



canadensis, Torrey. Canadian Oryzopsis. 



Sandy barrens. Pine plains of Rome, Knicskern. Near Oneida lake. New- 

 York, Gray Gram, fy Cyp. Yates county, Sartwell. Rare. May, June. 



ARISTIBIA, L. Poverty- grass. Three-awned- grass. 



dichotoma, Michaux. Base-branching Aristidia. 



Sandy plains, dry hillsides. Barren fields in Rotterdam, Schenectady county, 

 E.W.Paige. On the pine plains of Rome probably. Infrequent. July. 



SPARTINA, Schreber. Marsh Grass. 



cynosuroides, Willdenow. Cynosurus-like Spartina. 



Lake marshes. Watertown. Jefferson county, on the rocky banks of Black 



river; Oneida lake; Gray. Onondaga lake, all round. Cayuga marshes. Ca- 



nandaigua lake, Sartwell in herb. Hani. Coll. Scarce. August -October. 



stricta, Roth. Salt-marsh Grass. 



var. alterniflora, Gray. Alternate-flowering Spartina. 



Banks and marshes of Onondaga lake, chiefly along the west side. 



Rare. August, September. 



ELEUSINE, Gartner. Yard-grass. 



IN DIC A, Gaert. Indian Eleusine. 



Around dwellings. Waterloo, Seneca county. Sartwell. July -September. 



LEPTOCHLOA, Beauvois. 



fascicularis, Gray. Clustered-flowered Leptochloa. 



Abundant at Salina, and on the springy slopes southeastward along the banks 

 of Onondaga lake : short and spreading over wet shores, but erect and tall 

 in grassy marshes. Rare. August - October. 



DACTYLIS, L. Orchard Grass. 



GLOMERATA, L. Clustered-fruited Dactylis. 



Fields, in shade. Frequent. June. 



EATONIA, Rafinesque. 



obtusata, Gray. Obtuse- glumed Eatonia. 



Damp places in woods and fields, Oneida county, Knieskern. Western part of 

 the State, Gram, fy Cyp.: Seneca lake, Gray. Yates county, Sartwell i)i herb. 

 Ham. Cot I. 

 A small form is occasional in deep shady swamps. Scarce. June, July. 



Pennsylvania, Gray. Pennsy 'Iranian Eatonia. 



Moist banks. Borders of marshes on the shore of Lake Ontario. 



Occasionally. July - September. 



var. major, Torrey. Greater Pennsyhanian Eatonia. 



Wet woods and borders of swamps. FrequeDt. June, July. 



