No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 69 



Spartina patens (Ait.) Muhl., var. caespitosa (A. A. Eaton) 

 Hitchc. (growing in tufts). 

 Rare. Salt marshes: Groton (Graves). July — Aug. 



CYNODON Richard. Bermuda or Scutch Grass. 



Cynodon Dactylon (L.) Pers. (finger). 

 Capriola Dactylon Kuntze. 

 Bermuda or Scutch Grass. 



Rare. Waste ground: New Haven (O. Harger). July — 

 Aug. Fugitive from Europe where it is native, or from the 

 South where it has been introduced and is often cultivated 

 as a pasture grass. 



BOUTELOUA Lag. Mesquite Grass. 



Bouteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torr. (short-hanging). 

 Bouteloua racemosa Lag. 

 Atheropogon curtipendxilus Fourn. 

 Mesquite Grass. 



Rare. Dry, open sandy soil: Oxford (H. C. Beardslee, 

 Harger), Salisbury (Mrs. C. S. Phelps). Aug. — Sept. 



ELEUSINE Gaertn. Goose Grass. Yard Grass. 



Eleusine indica Gaertn. 



Crab, Yard, or Wire Grass. 



Occasional to common, chiefly near dwellings and in waste 

 places of towns and cities, but sometimes in country districts, 

 especially those in the valley of the Connecticut River. Aug, 

 — Sept. Naturalized from India. 



LEPTOCHLOA Beauv. 



Leptochloa fascicularis (Lam.) Gray (clustered). 

 Diplachne fascicularis Beauv. 



Rare. Borders of salt or brackish marshes : Stonington 

 (Graves), Groton (Bissell & Graves), New Haven (W. A. 

 Setchell, Harger), Stratford (Fames & Harger). Aug. — 

 Sept. 



