Brues—The Grasses of Milwaukee County. 
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Common in sandy and waste places. We have collected it at West 
County Line, New Coeln, Mitchell’s Woods, McKinley Park and Bay 
View during the latter part of July and August. 
Setaria verticillata (L.) Beauv. Sp. PI. Ed. 2. 82 (1762). B. & B'„ 
Ill. FI. p. 126 (Ixophorus) ; Beal, 2, p. 151 ( Chamaeraphis ); Bull. 
Agrost., 21, p. 16 (Chaetochioa) ; Bull Agrost., 17, fig. 403; B. & B. Man., 
p. 89 (Chaetochioa) ; Gray, 7th, p. 118. 
Much less common than the preceding. It was collected near the 
rolling mills in Bay View and at the foot of the lake bluffs in McKin¬ 
ley Park. 
Setaria viridis (L) Beauv. Sp. Pi. Ed. 2, 83 (1762). B. & B. Ill. FL 
p. 126 (Ixophorus) ; Beal, 2, p. 157 (Chamaeraphis ; Bull. Agrost. 21, 
p. 19 (Chaetochioa) ; Bull. Agrost, 7, fig. 65; B. & B. Man., p. ,90 
(Chaetochioa) ; Gray, 7th, p. 118. 
Exceedingly common and widely distributed, although rare in the 
northern part of the county. 
Setaria italica (L.) Beauv. var. germanica (Mill.) Richter. Mill. 
Gard. Diet. Ed. 8, p. 1. (1768.) Bull. Agrost 21, p. 21; Bull. Agrost 7, 
fig. 68; Gray, 7th, p. 119. 
This species was found in McKinley Park where it had evidently 
escaped from cultivation. 
Cenchrus L. 
Cenchrus carolinianus L. Sp. PI. 1050. (1753). B. & B. Ill. Fl. 
p. 127 (trihuloides) ; Beal, 2, p. 161 (trihuloides) ; Bull. Agrost, 7, fig. 69 
(trihuloides) ; B. & B. Man., p. 90 (trihuloides) ; Gray 7th, p. 119. 
Occurs quite commonly in sandy localities in Bay View and also 
along the lake beach of Jones Island, but apparantly never extends intc 
the northern part of the county. 
Zizania (Gronov.) L. 
Zizania palustris L. Mant, 2, 295. (1771.) B. & B. Ill. Fl. p. 128 
(aquatica pars); Beal, 2, p. 173 (aqiiitica pars); Bull. Agrost, 17, p. 
113 (aquatica pars); Gray, 7th, p. 120; Hitchcock, Cont. U. S'. Nat. 
Herb, 12, p. 124. 
There are specimens in the herbarium of the Milwaukee Public Mu¬ 
seum bearing the label “AAzania aquatica, Milwaukee and Clinton 
Roads,” and it has been recorded as common in the Menomonee valley 
by Russel (’07) but is apparently becoming extinct in the county al¬ 
though very abundant along the inland lakes. 
Leersia Sw. 
1. Spikelets 2*4-3 mm. long, panicle simple, its branches usually rigid. 
. L. virginica. 
Spikelets 4-5 mm. long, panicle diffusely branched, its branches 
usually lax... L. oryzoides. 
Leersia oryzoides (L.) Sw. Sp. PI. 55. (1753). B. & B. Ill. Fl. p. 
129 (Homalocenchrus) ; Beal, 2, p. 178 (Homalocenchrus) ; Bull. Agrost, 
7, fig. 76 (Homalocenchrus) ; B. & B. Man., p. 91 (Homalocenchrus) ; 
Gray, 7th, p. 120. 
Occurs along the Milwaukee river in the extreme northern part of 
the county. 
Leersia virginica Willd. Sp. PI. 1, 325. (1797.) B. & B. Ill. Fl. 
p. 129 (Homalocenchrus) ; Beal, 2, p. 178 (Homalocenchrus) ; Bull. 
Agrost, 7, fig. 77 (Homalocenchrus) ; B. & B. Man., p. 91 (Homalocen¬ 
chrus); Gray, 7th, p. 120. 
This species occurs in Mitchell’s Woods, New Coeln, western part of. 
Wauwatosa. 
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