No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 7I 



ERAGROSTIS Beauv. 

 Eragrostis hypnoides (Lam.) BSP. (like Hypnum, a kind of 

 creeping Moss). 

 Eragrostis reptans Nees. 



Sandy shores of rivers and sometimes ponds. Frequent 

 in the valleys of the Connecticut and Housatonic Rivers ; rare 

 elsewhere. Aug. — Sept. 



Eragrostis capillaris (L.) Nees (hair-like). 

 Hair Grass. 



Dry fields or thin woods in sandy ground. Occasional, 

 becoming frequent or locally common in some parts of south- 

 western and central Connecticut. Aug. — Sept. 



Eragrostis Frankii (Fisch., Mey. & Lall.) Steud. 



Rare or local. River shores and roadsides in sandy soil: 

 Lyme (Graves & Bissell), Middletown (A. W. Driggs), East 

 Windsor, Windsor and Hartford (Bissell), Oxford (Harger), 

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



Eragrostis pilosa (L.) Beauv. (hairy). 

 Eragrostis Purshii Schrad. 



Frequent. Dry soils, along roadsides and railways, on 

 river shores and in waste places. July — Sept. 



Eragrostis megastachya (Koeler) Link (large-spiked). 

 Eragrostis major Host. 

 Stink Grass. Snake Grass. 



Occasional or frequent. Waste places, roadsides, and as a 

 weed in cultivated ground. July — Sept. Naturalized from 

 Europe. 



The fresh plant emits a strong, unpleasant odor. 



Eragrostis minor Host (smaller). 



Rare. Waste ground: Bridgeport (Eames). Aug. Ad- 

 ventive from Europe. 



Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Steud. (comb-like). 

 Purple Eragrostis. 



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



A beautiful native grass, one of the " purple grasses " dis- 

 tinguished by Thoreau in his essay " Autumnal Tints." 



