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which else would ever remain devoid of vegetation. It is 

 esteemed as one of the most valuable of our grasses either in 

 the pasture or cured as hay. As there has been much written 

 about its merits they need here no further mention. 



Leptochloa mucronata, Kunth., annual, two to three feet high, 

 with broad, somewhat hairy leaves ; the small flowers are borne 

 in numerous slender spikes almost horizontally attached to the 

 main stem, forming an elongated raceme ; abundant in cultivated 

 grounds ; a soft, good grass. 



Eatonia ohtusata and mucronata. Vernal, perennial, slender 

 grasses, growing in small tufts in dry grounds, on roadsides, 

 borders of woods, etc. 



Arundinaria gigantea: Cane : The largest of our grasses, 

 reaching the dimensions of a small tree ; in some respects one of 

 the most important of our truly native grasses. It covers along 

 the low borders of our rivers large tracts, called cane-breaks, as 

 well as the rich forest swamps bordering upon them in the low 

 country, affording throughout all seasons of the year an 

 abundance of highly nutritious food. 



Arundinaria tecta: Smaller cane; reed; does not attain the 

 dimensions of the last; ripens its farinaceous, large, early drop- 

 ping seeds in February and March; after that, thriving new branches 

 covered with a very rich foliage of the richest verdure ; prefers 

 the better soils not subject to inundation, and forms the es- 

 teemed range of the so-called hammock lands ; fire destroys it 

 rapidly. 



Festuca unioloides: Drooping fescue. A slender, perennial, 

 growing in the more central districts, from where it was sent to 

 me for determination by parties who speak highly of it. 



Uniola latifolia: A fine perennial two to three feet, with 

 long, flat leaves, bearing the flat spikelets on slender drooping 

 stalks in a loose panicle ; is frequent towards the centre of the 

 State, growing in large tufts, and judging from its foliage a grass 

 of good quality. 



Bromus Schraderi: Only of late years found spreading in 

 different parts of the State ; annual ; makes its appearance in 

 February ; grows in tufts, its numerous leafy steins growing from 

 two to three feet high ; ripens the seed in May ; affords in the 

 earlier months of spring a much relished nutritious food, as well 

 as a good hay. 



Holcus lanatus: Velvet grass : This of late has attracted some 

 attention, fully merited, as it grows with great rapidity during the 

 early spring season, and is ready for mowing in the beginning of 



