C8 Bulletin V. 2. 



Spear-grass. — Poa annua ^ Poa pratcnsis. 



Spear-grass, Branching. — Eragrostis tenuis. 



Spear-grass, Creeping. — Poa coinprcssa. 



Spear-grass, Low. — Poa annua. 



Spear-grass, Meadow. — Glyccria ncrvata. 



Spear-grass, Southern. — Poa Jiexuosa, Eragrostis Purshii. 



Spear-grass, White. — Glyccria aqnatica. 



Spear-grass, Wood. — Poa alsodes. 



Spider Bent-grass. — Agrostis arachnoides. 



Spike- grass, — Generic name for species of Uniola, etc. 



Spike-grass, Shining. — Uniola nitida. 



Spike-grass, Slender. — Uniola gracilis. 



Spiked Wild Oat-grass. — Danthonia spicata. 



Sporobolus asper, Kunth. — Prairie-grass. 



Two or three forms of this native perennial grass are found 

 within the State. It has very long and very slender leaves, and 

 the flowers are usually concealed within the leaf-sheaths. It 

 grows in dry and sterile soil, but apparently is of no agricul- 

 tural value. 



Sporobolus Indicus, R. Br. — Carpet-grass, Smut-grass, Drop-seed- 

 grass. 

 An introduced grass which has become pretty widely distrib- 

 uted over the State, growing in scattered tufts or patches about 

 dwellings or in old door-yards. Its stems, which grow one to 

 three feet high, are tough and wiry. Its flowers are crowded 

 in a long and slender panicle which, as the season advances, 

 often becomes overgrown by a fungus, and appears as if attacked 

 by smut. Of no agricultural value whatever. 



Sporobolus vaginseflorus, Vasey. — Southern Poverty-grass, Prairie- 

 grass. 

 A common native annual, growing in dry sterile soil. Of no 

 value. 

 Spring-grass, Sweet-scented. — Anthoxanthum odoratujn. 

 Sprouting Crab-grass. — Pafiicum proliferum. 

 Squirrel-tail-grass. — Hordeum praiense. 

 Stewart's Canary-grass. — Phalaris intermedia. 

 Stink-grass. — Eragrostis mitior and major. 

 Stipa avenacea, Linn. — Black Oat-grass, Feather-grass. 



A slender grass growing in open woods along dry ridges, etc. 

 It has a graceful open panicle and long-bearded (awned) flowers. 

 Of no value in agriculture. 



