640 REPORT OF STATE GEOLOGIST. 



BOUTELOUA Lag. 

 B. CURTIPENDULA (Michx.) ToiT. 



(B. racemosa Lag.) 



Very abundant on a hillside in Winona Park, Kosciusko County, 

 in a plat about one rod square, but seen nowhere else. The soil in 

 which it was growing was very dry and sandy. Reported also by 

 Mr. E. Bradner. 



Flowers in July and August. 



Kosciusko (Chipman); Steuben (Bradner). 



ELEUSINE Gaertn. 



E. Indica (L.) Gaertn. Crab grass. Yard-grass. Wire-grass. 



Common throughout the State in dooryards and waste places. 

 The species is of no special value and at times becomes annoying in 

 lawns. 



Flowers from June until September. 



Steuben (Bradner). 



DACTYLOCTENIUM Willd. 



D. Aegyptium (L.) Willd. Egyptian Grass. 



(Eleusine Aegyptia Pers. ) 

 Found in waste places and cultivated fields in the southern coun- 

 ties. It has become thoroughly naturalized and maintains itself 

 strongly. 



Flowers from July until October. 

 Gibson. 



PHKAGMITES Trin. 



P. Phragmites (L ) Karst. Reed. 



(P. communis Trin.) 



In swamps and low wet soils in various parts of the State. More 



abundant northward, where it is frequently found covering large 



areas about the low lying lands near the outlets of the small lakes. 



Flowers from August through October. 



Cass and Marshall (Hessler); Vigo (Blatchley); Steuben(Bradner). 



SIEGLINGIA Bernh. 



S. SE8LERIOIDES (Michx ) Scribn. Tall Red-top. 

 (Triodia cuprea Jacq.) 

 Found commonly throughout the State, in dry, sandy fields and 

 waste places. The purple, spreading panicle makes it a very showy 

 grass. If cut early, the species makes good hay, but the fully 

 matured stems are too hard to be relished by stock. 

 Flowers in August. 

 Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Vigo (Blatchley.) 



