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ClNNA L. 
Cinna aeundinacea L. Sp. PL 5. (1753.) B. & B. Ill. FI. p. 158; 
Beal, 2, p. 318; Bull. Agrost. 7, fig. 134; Bull. Agrost. 20, fig. 57; B. & 
B. Man. p. 108; Gray, 7th, p. 136. 
Mitchell’s woods and Wauwatosa, growing in wet, rather open woods. 
Sphenopholis Scribn. 
1. Panicle narrow, densely flowered; second glume as broad as long. 
. obtusata. 
Panicle lax, more or less spreading, at least in flower...._... .2. 
2. Glumes subequal; second broadly obovate, obtuse; florets obtuse, the 
second scabrous. s. nitida. 
Glumes unequal; first shorter than the narrowly obovate second 
one; florets mostly acute, glabrous. S. paliens. 
Sphenopholis obtusata (Michx.) Scribn. FI. Bor. Am. 1, p. 62. 
(1803.) B. & B. Ill. FI. p. 192 (Eatonia); Beal, 2 p. 492 (Eatonia); 
Bull. Agrost. 7, fig. 252 (Eatonia); B. & B. Man. p. 132 (Eatonia); Gray, 
7th, p. 138. 
Occurs in Wauwatosa. 
Sphenopholis nitida' (Spreng.) Scribn. FL Hal. Mant. 1, p. 22. 
(1807.) B. & b. Ill. FI. p. 193 (Eatonia); Beal, 2, p. 492 (Eatonia 
dudleyi) ; Bull. Agrost. 7, fig. 253 (Eatonia); B. & B. Man. p. 132 
(Eatonia); Gray, 7th, p. 138. 
Whitefish Bay. 
Sphenopholis pallens (Spreng.) Scribn. B. & B. Ill. FI. p. 193 
(Eatonia pennsylvanica); Beal, 2, p. 493 (Eatonia pennsylvanica); 
Bull. Agrost. 7, fig. 251 (Eatonia pennsylvanica); B. & B. Man. p. 132 
(Eatonia pennsylvanica); Gray, 7th, p. 138. 
Common in shady places in Mitchell’s woods, along the banks of the 
Milwaukee River and at Wauwatosa. 
Deschampsia Beauv. 
Deschampsia caepitosa (L.) Beauv.. Sp. PL 64. (1753.) B. & B. Ill. 
Fl. p. 169; Beal, 2, p. 368; B. & B. Man. p. 116; Gray, 7th, p. 140. 
Milwaukee River, near the Cement Mills and below the Humboldt 
Street bridge. 
Avena (Tourn.) L. 
1. Lemma with a long bent and twisted awn. A. fatua. 
Lemma awnless or with a straight awn.A. sativa. 
Avena fatua L. Sp. PL 80. (1753.) B. & B. Ill. Fl. p. 173; Beal, 2, p. 
384; Bull. Agrost. 17, fig. 499; Hack, trans. pp. 121-122; B. & B. Man. 
p. 118; Gray, 7th, p. 141. 
Found west of Bay View, but is apparently rare in our region. 
Avena sativa L. Sp. Pl. 79. (1753.) Beal, 2, p. 385; Hack, trans., 
p. 121; Gray, 7th, p. 141. 
Common everywhere along country roads and city streets. 
Arrhenatherum Beauv. 
Arrhenatherum elatius (L.) Beauv. Sp. Pl. 79. (1753.) B. & B. 
Ill. Fl. p. 173; Beal, 2, p. 387; Bull. Agrost. 7, fig. 167; B. & B. Man. 
p. 118; Gray, 7th, p. 141. 
Hawley Road in the Menomonee Valley in Wauwatosa and in the 
city near McKinley Park. 
