Oed. 87. GRAMINEA 



By George Thurber. 



1. LEERSIA, Soland. 



1. Leersia oryzoides, Swartz. 



Hab. On the Sacramento, and in other parts of California. 



2. PHALARIS, Linn. 

 1. Phalaris intermedia, Bosc. 



Phalaris intermedia, Bosc. in Poir. Encycl. 1, p. 300. 



P. microstachya, DC. Cat. p. 131 ; Trin. Icon. t. 77. 



P. Americana, Ell. Sk. Bot. S. Car. & Geo. 1, p. 101. 



P. angusta, Nees in Mart. Flor. Bras. 2, p. 391 ; Trin. Icon. t. 78. 



P. trivialis, Trin. Phalarid. p. 10. 



P. occidentalis, Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. New Ser. p. 144. 



P. California, Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey, p. 161. 



Hab. San Francisco and northward. — This widely disseminated 

 species — of which the synonymy might be still further extended — 

 is quite abundant upon the Pacific coast, and varies, according to 

 situation, from 6 inches in height to 5 and even 8 feet. It is the 

 " Californian Timothy " of the farmers of the coast. 



2. Phalaris arundinacea, Linn. 

 Hab. On the Sacramento, California, Spokane, and northward. 



