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15. Asperella Humb. 



1. A. Hystrix (L.) Humb. (See Rhodora 14:187.1912. Hystrix patula of 

 manuals.) Bottle-brush Grass. 



Dry or damp rocky or gravelly woodlands, in rich, usually calcareous, soils ; fre- 

 quent. July. 



In nearly all the ravines of the basin ; Mud Creek, Freeville ; McLean Woods ; 

 Renwick slope ; Utt Point ; and elsewhere. 



N. B. and N. S. to Minn., southw. to Ga., 111., and Nebr. ; practically absent on 

 the Coastal Plain. 



16. Hordeum (Tourn.) L. 

 1. H. jubatum L. Squirrel-tail Grass. 



A weed in waste places, mostly in gravelly soils with lime or salt ; scarce. July. 



"Old R. R. track, 20 rods s. of Sage College 1879" (D. in C. U. Herb.) ; near 

 Agricultural College greenhouses; n. of Forest Home, near the Cornell poultry farm; 

 Freeville ; Ludlowville ; Union Springs. Doubtfully established. 



Atlantic coast from Lab. to N. J. ; also from Ont. to Alaska, southw. to Tex. and 

 Calif. Introduced sparingly elsewhere. 



Tribe 3. Aveneae 

 17. Sphenopholis Scribn. 



a. Flowering glumes scabrous all over ; empty glumes subequal, the second one 

 broadly obovate, obtuse; panicle looser than in no. 2. 1. S. nitida 



a. Flowering glumes not scabrous ; empty glumes unequal, the second one narrowly 

 obovate, subacute ; panicle dense, with more numerous spikelets. 2. S. pollens 



1. S. nitida (Spreng.) Scribn. (Eatonia Dudleyi of Cayuga Fl.) 



Dry or damp woodlands on steep slopes, in gravelly neutral or slightly acid soils 

 with humus ; frequent. June. 



South Hill, 1882 (F. C. Curtice, D.) ; Six Mile Creek; Cascadilla woods, 1876 

 (D.) ; Renwick slope; McKinneys ; Esty Glen; glen s. of Willets ; s. of Mecklen- 

 burg ; Big Gully. "Occurs in both dry and moist soil on most of our wooded ravine- 

 slopes ; occasionally in moist soil in more open places" (D.). 



Vt. to Mich., southw. to Ga. and Miss. ; occasional on the Coastal Plain. 



2. S. pallens (Spreng.) Scribn. (Eatonia pennsylvanica of Cayuga Fl.) 

 Marshes, shores, and wet cliffs, here apparently always in limy places ; frequent. 



June 20-July. 



Enfield Glen; Slaterville Swamp; Buttermilk Glen; Six Mile Creek; Fall Creek; 

 marsh near Indian Spring (abundant) ; Mud Creek, Freeville; shore of Mud Pond, 

 McLean Bogs ; Renwick slope ; Esty Glen ; Salmon Creek, on gravel bars ; Paine 

 Creek; moor of Junius marl ponds; Miller Bog, Spring Lake. 



Newf . to Wis. and B. C, southw. to Ga., Kans., Tex., and Wash. ; rare on the 

 Atlantic Coastal Plain. 



It has not been possible in this flora to separate var. major (Torr.) Scribn. from 

 the typical form. 



[S. pennsylvanica (L.) Hitchc. (See Rhodora 18:234. 1916. Trisctnm palustre 

 of Cayuga Fl.) 



"Ithaca," (Sartwell, D.). Dudley says: "The specimen is a genuine T. palustre, 

 but the species is not now known here." There may have been an interchange of 

 labels.! 



