50 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT, HIST. SURVEY. [BuU. 



Dighana sanguinalis (L.) Scop, (blood-red). 

 Panicum sanguinale L. 

 Syntherisma sanguinalis Dulac. 

 Syntherisma Hmhriata Nash. 

 Crab Grass. Large Crab Grass. Finger Grass. Crowfoot 



Grass. 



Common. Waste places and cultivated ground. July — 

 Oct. Naturalized from Europe. 



A troublesome weed in gardens and lawns. It makes good 

 hay if properly dried, and in the South is often harvested. In 

 Bohemia the seeds are used by man as a food. 



LEPTOLOMA Chase. 



Leptoloma cognatum (Schultes) Chase (related). 

 Panicum autumnale Bosc. 

 Fall Witch Grass. 



Rare. New Haven, in dry ground and in gravelly soil 

 (R. W. Woodward). July. 



PASPALUM L. 



Paspalum setaceum Michx. (bristle-like). 



Fields and pastures, mostly in dry ground. Rare in the 

 northern part of the state, becoming occasional near the coast. 

 A form with glabrous spikelets sometimes occurs. Aug. — 

 Sept. 



Paspalum Muhlenbergii Nash. 



Frequent or common. Dry open ground. Aug. — Sept. 

 Paspalum psammophilum Nash (sand-loving). 

 Paspalum prostratum Nash, not Scribn. & Merr. 



Rare. Dry sandy or gravelly soil: Sprague (Graves), 

 Franklin (R. W. Woodward), Old Saybrook (Bissell & 

 Graves ) . Aug. — Sept. 



Paspalum plenipilum Nash (having many hairs). 



Rare. Orange, in meadows (R. W. Woodward). Sept. 



Paspalum circulare Nash (round). 



Rare. Groton, moist grassland (Bissell & Graves), Frank- 

 lin (R. W. Woodward). Sept. 



