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ing to the middle of the second floret, smoothish ; the lower glume 

 broader than in E. Penn. and nearty as long as the first floret ; 

 flowering glumes linear-oblong, obtuse or abruptly acute, the sec- 

 ond one hispidulate ; palet scarious, bifid at the apex." 



"Easily distinguished from E. Pe7insylvanica by the slender culms 

 and panicle, the very short cauline, leaves, the longer and wider 

 lower glume, the more obtuse upper one, and the shorter, obtuser 

 flowering glumes. Grows in dry open woods.'' 1 



"Michigan, New York, Long Island, Penn., D. C. Va. and N. 

 Carolina." 



The above species was collected in Cascadilla Woods in 1876 and 

 referred to E. Pennsylvanica. Again collected there in June, 1881, 

 its peculiarities were first observed seriously. In 1882 Mr. Curtice 

 obtained it from South Hill, and it occurs in both dry and moist 

 soil on most of our wooded ravine-slopes ; occasionally in moist 

 soil in more open places. Beside the range given above by Dr. 

 Vasey, the writer has specimens from near Pittsburg, Pa., and it is 

 probably in all the larger herbaria under other names. 



On consulting Dr. Torrey's Herb, at Columbia Coll. in 1883, in 

 order to determine the position of this form, it was found, — together 

 with genuine E. Pennsylvanica, referred to the latter species ; and 

 it is now evident that Torrey's description of E. Pennsylvanica in 

 the Flora of N. Y., II, p. 469, was almost wholly founded on this, 

 and not on the true form. 



1225. E. Pennsylvanica, Gray. (H. and C.) 

 Marshes, shores and wet cliffs ; frequent. June 20-July. 



445. Eragrostis, Beauv. 



1226. E. reptans, Nees. 



Wet sandy shores ; not common. July-Sept. 

 Eddy Pond, Six Mile Cr. Fall Cr. Cayuga Lake near Ludlow- 

 ville and elsewhere. " Cayuga L-, Gray," (Sartwell, H. and C.) 



1227. E. major, Host. (E. poceoides, var. megastachya, Man., p. 631.) 



(H. and C.) 

 Roadsides ; occasional. Aug. -Sept. 



Near Armory. Streets of Ithaca. Near the Nook. Near Coy 

 Glen. 



1228. E. capillaris, Linn. (C.) 

 Dry banks ; infrequent. Aug. -Sept. 



Near Fall Cr. Mills. North of the Nook. Mouth of Salmon 

 Creek ravine. Utts Point. A very small reduced form was found 

 in the dry soil of the Circus Common. 



446. Dactyws, Linn. 



1229. D. GLOMERATA, L. (H. and C.) 

 Fields and borders of woods ; common. June. 



Specimens with proliferous flowering glumes found on Buffalo St. , 

 Ithaca, Oct., 1884. 



Cynosurus CRISTAXUS, L., was collected on Cascadilla lawn, 1878- 

 1885. 



