66 Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. 
Phalaris L. 
.1. Panicle very dense, spike-like; glumes wing-keeled.. .P. canariensis. 
Panicle branched; glumes not winged on the back.. ..P. arundinacea. 
Phalaris canariensis L. Sp. PI. 54. (1753.) B. & B. Ill. FI. p. 
131; Beal, 2, p. 182; B. & B. Man. p. 92; Gray, 7th, p. 121. 
Bay View, near the rolling mills. 
Phalaris arundinacea L. Sp. PL 55. (1753.) B. & B. Ill. FI. p. 130; 
Beal, 2, p. 183; Bull. Agrost. 17, fig. 411; B. & B. Man., p. 92; Gray, 
7th, p. 121. 
Found on Howell’s Road one and one-half miles north of New Coeln 
according to a specimen in the Milwaukee Public Museum. We have 
not seen it in the county although the variety picta is often seen in 
gardens. 
Hierochloe. (Gmel.) R. B. 
Hierochloe odorata (L.) Scribn. Sp. PI. 1048. (1753.) B. & B. 
Ill. FI. p. 132 (Savastana); Beal, 2, 186 (Savastana); Bull. Agrost. fig. 
83 (Savastana); Gray, 7th, p. 122. 
Occurs in the early spring in swampy places in Mitchell’s woods and 
Wauwatosa. 
Milium (Tourn.) L. 
Milium effusum L. Sp. PI. 61. (1753.) B. & B. Ill. FI. p. 141; 
Beal, 2, p. 234; Bull. Agrost, 20 fig. 42; B. & B. Man., p. 98; Gray, 7th, 
p. 122. 
Mitchell’s woods, growing in damp, shady places. 
Oryzopsis Michx. 
Oryzopsis asperifolia Michx. FI. Bor. Am. 1, 51. (1803.) B. & B. 
Ill. FI. p. 140; Beal, 2, p. 225; Bull. Agrost, 7, fig. 93; Gray, 7th, p. 123. 
“East of New Coeln,” represented in the herbarium of the Milwau¬ 
kee Public Museum. 
Stipa L. 
Stipa spartea Trin. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. 6, 1:82. (1831.) B. & 
B. Ill. FI. p. 139; Beal, 2, p. 215; Bull. Agrost. 7, fig. 89; Bull. Agrost. 
20, p. 62; Gray, 7th, p. 124. 
“Bay View?” There is a specimen in the herbarium of the Public 
Museum in Milwaukee bearing this label. 
Muhlenbergia Schreb. 
Muiilenbergia sylvatica Torr. Flor. U. S. 1, 87. (1824.) Agrostis 
diffusa Muhl. Gram. 64. (1817.) B. & B. Ill. FI. p. 143; Beal, 2, p. 
248; Bull. Agrost. 20, fig. 43; B. & B. Man., p. 100; Gray, 7th, p. 127. 
Found growing along the shore of the Milwaukee River near the Ce¬ 
ment mills and on the Menomonee River in Wauwatosa. 
Brachyelytrum Beauv. 
Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreb.) Beauv. Agrost. 39. (1812.) 
Muhlen'bergia erecta Schreb. Beschr. Gras. 2, 139. (1772-9.) B. & 
B. III. FI. p. 146; Beal, 2, p. 269; Bull. Agrost. 20, p. 66; Bull. Agrost. 
7, fig. 112; Gray, 7th, p. 128. 
Represented in the Milwaukee Public Museum by a specimen from 
“City limits, between Howell’s and Chicago Road.” 
