i26 THE CAYUGA FLORA. 



The Pinnacles above White Church valley. Cayuga L. on cliffs 

 north of Kings Ferry ; on Utts Point ; north of Aurora. 



1217. D. csespitosa, Beauv. [Aira ccsspitosa, L-) 

 Near limestone or marl ; rare. July 1-20. 



Marl Creek meadows and half mile west. Farley's and Utts 

 Points, Cayuga P. 

 Hoi«cus ivANATUS, L., grew for several years on the south part of 

 the Campus. (" Gorham," Sariwell, H. and C.) 

 439. T Risirrr.M, Torr. 



1218. T. palustre, L. "Ithaca," (Sartwcll, Herb. Ham. Coll.) The 



specimen is a genuine T. palustre, but the species is not now known 



here. 



440. Avena, Linn. 



1219. A. striata, Michx. (C. by Dr. Wright.) 

 Ravines and swamps, where it is not uncommon. May 20- 



June 20. 

 A. sativa, L. Common Oat. Often seen on Cayuga It. shore. 

 441. Danthonia, DC. 



1220. D. compressa, C. F. Austin. 



Open woods or shores ; not uncommon. July. 

 Dart Woods. Turkey Hill. Near Dauby. Shore of Dryden L. 

 vShore of Locke Pond. Distinguished by its usually long, flat leaves 

 sometimes overtopping the culm, and by the awned lateral lobes of 

 the flowering glume. 

 1 221. D. spicata, Beauv. (H. and C.) 



Dry banks and hills ; common. June. 

 Eleusine Indica, Gaertu., was found, 1874, on Aurora St., Ithaca ; 

 not permanent. " Waterloo, N. Y." (Sart?aell, Fame's Cat., p. 168.) 



442. Dipi,achne ( Beauv. 



1222. D. fascicularis, Benth. (Lcptochloa fascicularis, Gra>--) 

 Brackish or saline soil ; rare. Aug. -Sept. 



" Cayuga Marshes," {Dr. C. H. Peck.) Montezuma, near the salt 

 well, also in pasture, near Salt Cr. 



443. Phragmites, Trin. 



1223. P. communis, Trin. REED. (H. and C.) 

 The larger marshes ; Oct. Sparingly on Summit Marsh ; but 



abundant throughout the Canoga, Cayuga and Montezuma Marshes. 

 The handsome plumes of fruit become conspicuous about the mid- 

 dle of Oct. 



444. EaTONia, Raf. 



[E. obtusata, Gray ; " Seneca Lake, Gray" — see Paine's Cat. p. 168 ; 

 and " Yates Co.," Sartwell Herd.] 



1224. E. Dudleyi, Vasey, nov. sp. 



" Culms 2 to i)/z ft. high, very slender ; cauline leaves only 1 to 2 

 inches long, abrubtly acute, spreading : the radical ones 3 to 6 inches 

 long ; panicle slender, nearly linear, 3 to 6 inches long, the branches 

 in twos or threes below, and mostly appressed ; the upper empty 

 glume obovate, obtuse, broadly scarious on the margins, and reach- 



