Brues—The Grasses of Milwaukee County. 
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Danthonia DC. 
Danthonia spicata (L.) Beauv. Sp. PI. 80. (1753.) B. & B. Ill. 
FI. <p. 174; Beal, 2, p. 391; Bull. Agrost. 7, fig. 168; B. & B. Man., p. 
119; Gray, 7th, p. 142. 
Whitefish bay; locally common in open, dry places. 
Trisetum Pers. 
Trisetum melicoides (Michx.) Vasey. var. majus (Gray) Hitch. Ann. 
Bot. Soc. Canada, 1, p. 57. (1861.) B. & B. Ill. FI. p. 210 ( Graphe - 
phorum) ; Beal, 2, p. 562 (Graphephorum) ; B. & B. Man., p. 142 
(Graphephorum) ; Gray, 7th, p. 139. 
Whitefish Bay. 
Spartina Schreb. 
Spartina michauxiana Hitch. Cont. U. S : . Nat. Herb. 12, p. 153. 
(1908.) B. & B. Ill. FI. p. 175 (cynosuroides) ; Beal, 2, p. 397 (cyno- 
suroides) ; Bull. Agrost. 9, p. 6 (cynosuroides) Bull. Agrost. 7, fig. 173 
(cynosuroides) ; B. & B. Man., 120 (cynosuroides) ; Gray, 7th, p. 142. 
Along the Milwaukee River to the northward from the Humboldt 
Street bridge and also in Bay View. 
Phragmites Trin. 
Phragmites communis Trin. Fund. Agrost. 134. .(1820.) B. & B. 
Ill. FI. p. 184 (P . Phragmites); Beal, 2, p. 460 (P . Phragmites); Bull. 
Agrost. 7, fig. 229; B. & B. Man., p. 126 (P. Phragmites); Gray, 7th, p. 
148. 
Jones Island, growing in swampy places near slips tributary to the 
lake. 
Eragrostis Beauv. 
1. Culms creeping; plants polygamous..... E. hypnoides. 
Culms erect; ascendant or decumbent; flowers perfect.2. 
2. Spikelets 2-5 flowered, 2-3 mm. long. E. capillaris. 
Spikelets 5-many flowered, 5 mm. or more long.3. 
3. Spikelets not over 1.5 mm. wide. E. Purshij. 
Spikelets 2-3 mm. wide.4. 
4. Lemmas densely imbricated; rhachilla joints and base of lemma 
hidden. 7 . E. megastachya. 
Lemmas rather loosely imbricated; rhachilla joints or base of lemma 
visible..... E. minor. 
Eragrostis hypnoides (Lam.) BSP. Tabl. Encycl. 1, p. 185. (1791.) 
B. & B. Ill. FI. p. 192; Beal, 2, p. 477; Bull. Agrost. 7, fig. 245; Gray, 
7th, p. 150. 
“Near Forest Home.” Represented in the Milwaukee Public Museum. 
Eragrostis capillaris (L.) Nees. Sp. PI. 68. (1753.) B. & B. Ill. 
FI. p. 188; Beal, 2, p. 481; Bull. Agrost. 17, fig. 514; Gray. 7th, p. 150. 
Represented by specimens in the Milwaukee Public Museum from 
New Coeln. 
Eragrostis pilosa (L.) Beauv. var. Purshii Schrad. Linnsea 12, p. 
451. (1838.) B. & B. Ill. Fl. p. 189; Beal, 2, p. 487; Bull. Agrost. 17, 
fig. 241; B. & B. Man., p. 130; Gray, 7th, p. 150. 
West of the Rolling Mills in Bay View. 
Eragrostis megastachya (Koeler) Link. B. & B. Ill. Fl. p. 189 
(major); Beal, 2, p. 486 (major); Bull. Agrost. 17, fig. 511 (major); 
Gray, 7th, p. 150. 
