178 PLANTS FROM PEITAIHO 



Identified by Prof. A. S. Hitchcock of the United 

 States Department of Agriculture. 



Eriochloa villosa (Thunb). Kunth. Moist places. — 



Fruit, large, light-colored. 

 Isachne australis R. Br. — Shady, moist places. — 



(Syntherisma) Digitaria Henryi, Rendle. — Roadsides. 



— ' ' Finger grass. 

 Panicum contractum, Nees. — Sides of ponds. — Slender. 

 Echinochloa Crus-Galli, L. Seauv. — Damp places. — 



' ' Barnyard grass. 

 Chaetochloa italica, (L.) Scribn. — Millet. 

 Chaetochloa viridis, Beau v. — Broken ground. — "Green 



Foxtail grass. " 

 Pennisetum compressum, R. Br. — Near pond. — Com- 

 pressed at base. Awns stiff. 

 Arundinella anomala, Steud. — A very common grass on 



hillsides. 

 Imperata cylindrica, (L.) Beauv. — Heads white-woolly 



in May. 

 Miscanthus sacchariflorus, (Maxim.) Hack. — Damp 



places. Tall with long terminal racemes. 

 Spodiopogon sibiricus. Trin. — Greek Chapel. — Tall. 



Leaves with white midrib. 

 Osterdamia japonica, (Steud.) — Hitchc. — Open ground. 



4 in., with spikelets in a close, purple, head. 

 Arthraxon Langsdorfli. (Trin.), Hochst. — Weedy 



Ditches. — Leaves very short and wide, fruiting in 



September. 

 Manisuris compressa. (St.) Kuntze. — Damp localities. 



Spikelets in excavations of the cyllindrical axis. 

 Andropogon brevifolius, Sw. — Stream margins. — Basal 



leaves obtuse at tip. 

 Capillipedium parviflorm, R. Br. — Stapf — Ravine at 



Lotus Hills. 

 Themeda triandra, Forsk. — Hillsides. — Turning red in 



fall. Spikelets compressed. 

 Hierochloe glabra, Trin. — Margin of saline ponds. — 



" Holy grass. " 

 Calamagrostis epigejos, Roth. — Sand flats. — Very com- 

 mon.— " Small Reed." 

 Capriola dactylon, (L.) Ktze-Bermuds or "Scotch 



Grass." 

 Chloris virgata, Sw. — Spike digitate. Common on 



Peking walls and roofs. 

 Tripogon chinensis. Hack.— Rock ledges, Shih T'ou 

 Shan. Dense clumps. 



