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GRAMINE^E. 



Latin Names. 



English Names. 



Geolog'l Station. Natural Habitat. 



Leptocliloa, Beauv. 









*L. fascicularis, Gray, . 



. 



. 



. Wet meadows. 



*L. attenuata, Nutt, 



. 



. 



. Nutt. Cat. 



Tricuspis, Beauv. 









T. seslerioides, Torr., 



. 



Sandy, 



. Prairies. 



*T. stricta, ? Nutt., 



. 



. 



" Nutt. Cat. 



DiarrJiena, Raf. 









D. Americana, Beauv. 



. . 



Limestone, 



. Rich banks of rivers. 



Koeleria, Pers. 









*K. cristata, Pers., . 



. 



Sandy, 



. Hills. 



Eatonia, Raf. 









*E. obtusata, Gray, 



. 



. 



. Dry soil. 



Melica, L., 



Melic grass. 







*M. mutica, Walt., 



. 



. 



. Nutt. Cat. 



Glyceria, R. Br., . 



Manna grass. 







*G. nervata, Trin., 



. 



. 



. Moist meadows. 



*G. fluitans, R. Br., 



. 



. 



. Shallow water. 



Poa, L., . 



Meadow grass. 







*P. pratensis, L., 1 . 



. 



. 



. Fields. Cultivated. 



P. annua, L., . 



Low spear grass. 



. 



. Waste grounds. 



*P. nemoralis, L., . 



. 





. Nutt. Cat. 



*P. interrupta, Nutt., 



. 



. 



. Bushy prairies. 



*P. capitata, Nutt., 2 



. 



Sandy, 



. Banks. 



Eragrostis, Beauv. 









E. reptans, Nees., . 



. 



Sand, 



u 



*E. poaeoides, Beauv., 









it 



*E. pilosa, Beauv., 



. 





u 



*E. tenuis, Gray, . 



. 





a 



*E. capillaris, Nees., 



. 





. Fields. 



*E. pectinacea, Gray, 



. 





a 



*E. conferta, Prin., 



. 





. Banks. 



Festuca, L., . 



Fescue grass 3 







*F. tenella, Willd., 



. 



Sandy, 



. Sterile places. 



*F. polystachya, Mich , 



. 



. 



. Nutt. Cat. 



*F. diandra, Nutt., 



. 



. 



it u 



*F. sciurea, Nutt., . 



. 



. 



a a 



F. elatior, L., 



. 



. 



. Cultivated fields. 



Bromus, L., . 



Brome grass. 







B. ciliatus, L., 



. 



Limestone 



. Banks of King's River. 



1 This is the common meadow grass generally cultivated. It grows -more or less luxuriantly, accord- 

 ing to the richness of the soil, and makes hetter hay when mixed with other grasses, especially the tall 

 Fescue. The Blue grass (Poa compressa) is also cultivated, and often mixed with the meadow grass. 

 The Blue grass is better adapted for dry sandy soil than the former, and by its creeping roots would be 

 valuable especially on the prairies of Arkansas. 



3 Nuttall says that this species is allied to Poa rejrtans, and thus would go with the next genus. Pro- 

 bably the former also. 



3 Two species of Fescues. Festuca elatior, the tall Fescue, and Festuca pratensis, Hard., the Meadow 

 Fescue, scarcely distinguishable in their form, are generally cultivated for hay. A rich, friable, wet soil 

 is the best for these species. ' 



