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with low, spreading stems and a rather dense habit of growth. 

 It is particularly valuable as a pasture grass. 



Agrostis vulgaris, ?F/M.— Herd's-grass, Bent, Fine-top, Fine Bent, 

 Rhode Island Bent, Furze-top, Tall Red-top, Burden's- 

 grass. Red-top, Summer Dew-grass, Borden's grass. 



This is not recognized as being botanically distinct from 

 Agrostis alba, already noted. 



Alabama Guinea-grass. — Sorghum Halapense. 

 Alopecurus aristulatus, Michx.—^Wd. Water Fox-tail. 



A grass of low habit, occasionally found along the borders of 



ponds and ditches, blooming in May. It has a head something 



i* like Timothy, only very much smaller. We are 



not aware that it forms any considerable element 



in our native forage. 



Alopecurus pratensis, Lin7i. — Meadow Fox- tail, Eng- 

 lish Fox-tail. 



A valuable grass for moist meadows and pastures, 

 particularly on account of its earliness,often bloom- 

 ing in April. It has been introduced here from 

 Europe along with other cultivated grasses, and is 

 deserving of more attention than it appears to have 

 received. 



American Canary-grass. — Phalaris intermedia. 



Andes, Grass-of-the. — Arrhenaiheru?n avenaceum. 



Andropogon argyraeus, Schult. — Silver Beard-grass. 

 A native species, found occasionally along the 

 borders of woods, less common in open fields. It 

 grows to the height of two or three feet, and is 

 noticeable for its silvery-white "heads," which 

 appear in September. 



Andropogon furcatUS, Michx, — The same as Andropo- 

 gon provincialis. 



Andropogon macrourus, Michx. — Brook-grass, Clus- 

 ter-flowered Beard-grass. 

 This is rather a stout-growing species, similar in 

 habit to broom sedge, but more robust, and although 

 pretty generally distributed over the State, it is far 

 less common than that grass. It blooms from Sep- 

 tember to October. 



Meadow Fox 

 taiL —Alope 

 czirus praten 



Fig. 4. 

 Wood -grass. 

 Andropogonnu- 

 tans. 



Andropogon nutans, Zi^in. — Indian-grass, Reed-grass, 

 Wild Oat-grass, Bushy Blue-stem, Wood-grass. 

 This is a stout, perennial grass, four to six feet 

 high, growing in dry soil, along borders of fields, 



