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The following is a list of the grasses that have been analyzed in 

 the Biological Laboratory during the last few years. These speci- 

 mens w r ere sent to the College by parties living in various portions 

 of the State, and give some idea concerning the large number of 

 species to be found growing wild throughout the country. 



A number of (bese grasses are not natives of this state but are nev- 

 ertheless naturalized and may be found growing in a wild condition. 



No. 



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 5 



6 

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 8 

 9 

 10 

 11 

 12 

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 16 

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Scientific Names. 



Common Names. 



Leeraia Virginiea, :Yiild. False Rice or white 



2 Leersia orvzoides, Sivartz. 



Zizania atjuatia. /.. 



miliacea, Michx. 



Hydrochloa Carolinensis 



Beauv. 

 Alopecurus geniculates. L 



pratensi*, L. 

 Fhli'iim pratense, L 

 Sporobolus Indicus. Brown 

 Juneeus, Kunth. 

 " asper. Kth. 

 11 vaginaeftora, Por. 

 Agrostis pcrennans. Puck. 

 " seabra, Willd 

 k ' vulgaris; var. alba 

 -■ araehnoides, Ell. 

 Cinna arundinacea, L. 

 Muhleubergia Mexicana 

 Triii. 

 " svlvatica, Willd 

 " diffusa, Schreb. 



" capillar is. KuiUh. 

 " trichopodes, Chap. 

 Brachyelytrum aris- 



tatum, Beauv. 

 Calamagrostis. Nuttallei, 



Beauv. 

 Stipa avenacea, L 

 Aristida gracilis, EU. 

 M lanata. Poir. 

 " purpurascens, Poir 



M purpurasce-is var 

 palustris, Chap. 



" virgata, Prin, 

 " spiciformis, Ell. 

 Spartina juneea. Willd. 

 M polystachya' Willd. 

 M stricta, var. glabra: 

 Gray 

 Gymnopogon raceraosus 



Beauv. 

 Chloris petraea, Thurb. 

 Cynodon dactylon, Pers- 

 Ctenium Americanum, 



SpreuQ. 

 Eleusine i^Egytiaca, Pers. 



" Indica, Gaert. 

 Leptochloa mucroaata, 



Kunth. 

 Triodia sesslerioides, 

 Beuth. 

 " ambigua, Beuth. 

 Tricuspid coruuta, Gray 



'• purpurea, Gray 



Dactylis glomerata, Linn. 

 Eatonia obtusata' Gray 



False Rice or Rice 



grass. 

 Indian Rice or Wild 



Rice. 

 Prolific or wild rice 

 Floating grass 



Floating foxtail 

 Meadow foxtail 

 Timothy 

 Wire grass 

 Smut grass 

 Hush grass 

 Hidden flower Villa 

 Thin grass 

 Rough l>ent grass 

 English bent grass 

 Spider bent grass 

 \\ ood reed grass 



N'imble will. Drop 



seed grass 

 Hair grass 

 Bunch hair grass 



Feather grass 

 Slender 3 awned grass 



Beard grass. 3 awned 

 grass 



Beard grass 



Rush salt grass 

 Salt Reed grass 

 Rough marsh grass 



Naked beard gTass 



Seaside finger grass 

 Bermuda grass 

 Toothache grass 



Egyptian grass 

 Crab grass-crowfoot 

 Pointed slender 



grass 

 Tall red top 



Horned sand grass 

 Sand grass 

 Orchard grass 



Time of 

 Blooming. 



August. 



May-June 



May 



June-July 



> 



\ ugust 



sept. 



Julv-Ang. 

 July 



July Aug. 



August 

 Aug-Sept, 



August. 



June 



July 

 Sept. 

 A ug-Sept. 



Aug, 



Aug-Sept. 



August 

 Aug-Sept. 

 July-Aug. 

 Aug-Sept. 



Sept-Oct 



May- Aug. 

 No seed 

 July-Aug. 



Aug-Sept. 



Aug 



July 



Aug-Sept. 



June 



April-May 



June 



Place of Growth 



Damp woods. 



Low . wet places. 



Low grounds. 



Wet places. 

 Banks of streams. 



Wet meadows. 

 Fields and pastures. 



Dry. sandy Mil. 



Moist, shady places _ 

 Sandy soil 

 Fields and pastures. 

 Dry soil on sea coast. 

 Wet places. 



Low places. 

 Rocky woods. 



Dry woods. 

 ■Sandy soil. 

 Pine woods-. 



Sandy woods. 



Dry woods— sparsely. 

 Sandy fields. 

 ■Sandy soil. 



Dry soil. 



Margins of pine 



barren ponds. 

 Dry soil. 

 Pine barrens. 

 Sandy, marshy places 

 Brackish marshes. 

 Salt marshes. 



Dry sandy soiL 



Damp soil along coast 

 In all soils. 

 Low pine barrens. 



Cultivated ground- 

 fields. 



Dry soil. 



ow pine barren. 

 Light soils, 

 Sandy soil on coast. 

 Fields and pastures. 

 Dry soils. 



