G4 CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 



Brizopyrum, Link. (Spike-Grass.) 



B. spieatum, Hook. Salt meadows, common, 0. and M. Also Cape 

 May. (Caiiby.) 



Poa, L. (Meadow-Grass — Spear-Grass.) 



P. annua, L. Door-yards. Introduced, common. 



P. compressa, L. Dry fields, not very common. 



P. serotina, Ehrhart. Damp meadows along brooks, common. 



P. pratensis, L. Cultivated for hay and pasture, common. 



P. trivialis, L. Damp meadows, M. 



P. alsodes, Gray. (P. nemoralis, Torr.) Borders of woods, not com- 

 mon. 



Eragrostis, Beauv. (Eragrostis.) 



E. poaeoides, Beauv. 



Var. megastachya, Gray. Waste places, gardens, rare. 

 E. pilosa, Beauv. Barren, sandy fields, not rare. 

 E. Frankii, Meyer. W. (Porter.) 

 E. Purskii, Schrader. W. (Porter.) 



E. capillaris, Nees. Dry, sandy fields, not common. W. (Porter.) 



Festuca, L. (Fescue-Grass.) 



F. Myurus, L. Atsion. (Canby.) 



F. tenella, Willd. Dry, sandy soil, not very rare. 



F. ovina, Gray. ( Var. duriuscula, Gray.) Near the coast, not rare. 



F. elatior, L. Damp meadows, not rare. 



F. nutans, Willd. Meadows, not common. 



Bromus, L. (Brome-Grass.) 



B. secalinus, L. (Chess.) Too common in wheat-fields. There is a 

 popular idea, still prevailing, that wheat will change into chess, but there 

 is nothing in observation or experiment to justify such a belief. 



B. Kalonii, Gray. Shady woods and river banks, not rare. 



B. racemosus, L. Grain-fields, W. (Knighton) 



Uniola, L. (Spike-Grass.) 



U. gracilis, Michx. Borders of woods and thickets, common, 0. 

 (Knieskern.) South Jersey. (Canby.) 



Phragmites, Trin. (Heed.) 



P. communis, Trin. Good-Luck meadows, O., rare. 



Lolium, L. (Darnel.) 



Ij. perenne, I* Meadows, not common. 



