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METROPOLITAN PARK FLORA. 



csespitose ; hairy throughout ; panicle two or three inches long, 

 diffuse; spikelets three-fourths to nearly one line long, oblong- 

 elliptical, obtuse ; second and third glumes seven-nerved, pu- 

 bescent ; fourth glume smooth, obtuse ; common in this region. 

 M*, borders of Reservoirs and Doleful Pond; rocky woods, 

 meadows, etc. : — S*, Happy Valley; Bellevue Hill, etc. -. — 

 BB*, occurs. 

 P. nilidum, Lam. 



Open places. B, occasional : — M*, borders of Spot Pond, 

 Doleful Pond, N. Reservoir, etc. 

 P. dichotomum, L. 



Dry or wet soil, in sun or shade. B *, common : — it/*, bor- 

 der of Doleful Pond; hillside, N. of Cascade, etc.: — S m , 

 Milkweed Hill ; Happy Valley. 



P. barbulatum, Michx. P. dichotomum, Gray, Man. ed. 6, 

 633, in part. 



Open woods ; spikelets smooth ; nodes bearded with reflexed 

 hairs. B *, occurs. 



SETARIA, Beauv. Bristly Foxtail Grass. 

 S. glauca, Beauv. Foxtail Grass. 



Adv. from Eu. in fields and waste places. B * and M, 

 occurs. 

 S. vieidis, Beauv. Green Foxtail. 



Adv. from Eu. in fields and waste places. B*, occa- 

 sional : — M*, occurs. 



LEERSIA, Swartz. White Grass. 

 L. Virginica, Willd. White Grass. 



Wet shady places. B *, occasional : — ■ S and B B*, occurs. 

 L. oryzoides, Swartz. Rice Cut Grass. 



Wet places. B*, border of Hoosicwhisick Pond, etc. : — 

 B B*, occurs. 



MISCANTHUS, Anders. 



M. Sinensis, Anders. Eulalia Japonica, forma variegata, of 

 nurserymen. Zebra Grass. 



