32). 
Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn. Goosegrass (L), 
Wiregrass 
Infrequent, on unshaded waste ground. Java Farm. One station: 
rubbish pile at main buildings. Hectare 2580. Associate species: 
Datura stramonium, Amaranthus spinosus, Solanum nigrum. 
Ivy Neck. One station: near artificial pond at source of 
Cheston Creek drainage. Hectare 4722. Associate species: Datura 
stramonium, Polygonum persicaria, Abutilon theophrasti, Potentilla 
norvegica. Higman 499, 1001. 
Spartina 
1. Plants robust, usually more than 1 m. tail; keel of 
glumes and lemmas hispid-scabrous or ciliate; blades 
flat (involute after drying), more than 5 mm. wide; 
spikelets more than 1 cm. long. 
2, First glume nearly as long as the floret; second 
glume with an awn up to 7 mm. long. Expected 
(S. pectinata). 
2. First glume much shorter than the floret; second 
glume awnless, acute or mucronate. 
3. Margins of blades very harsh and scabrous; 
glumes strongly hispid-scabrous on the keel..... S. cynosuroides 
3. Margins of blades glabrous or minutely 
scabrous; glumes soft-hispidulous or 
ciliate on the keel... .cscccevcssccccvcecsocvess Of alternifolia 
1. Plants rather slender, usually less than 1 m. tall; 
keels of glumes scabrous; blades involute, less 
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Spartina cynosuroides GidcRoth: Salt Reedgrass 
Java Farm and Ivy Neck. Moderately abundant in salt marshes on 
Rhode River and lower estuaries, on seaward side. Associate species: 
Aster subulatus, Baccharis halimifolia, Scirpus robustus, Atriplex 
patula. Higman 59. 
S. alternifolia Loisel. Salt-water Cordgrass 
Java Farm and Ivy Neck. Moderately ahundant in salt marshes on 
Rhode River and lower estuaries, and in dry, halophytic areas such as 
Sand Point. Associate species: Baccharis halimifolia, Distichlis 
spicata, Cakile edentula. Higman 115, 285. 
