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F. oviNA L. Sheep's Fescue. — In lawns or along roadsides; 
occasional. Adams (Knowlton and Bean); Lenox; Stockbridge. 
F. rubra L. — Roadsides in moist or dry, gterile soil; frequent, 
especially on the plateau. 
var. SUBVILLOSA Mert & Koch. — Roadside, Stockbridge; covering 
a whole field, as if sown, West Stockbridge; locally common in 
Sheffield. 
GINANNIA. 
(Holcus Man. ed. 7; Nothoholcus 111. Fl. ed. 2.) 
G. LANATA (L.) Hubbard. Velvet Grass. — ( Holcus lanatus 
Man. ed. 7; vid. Rhodora, 18: 234, 1916.) 
Grass land; occasional. First noted in 1911, becoming more fre- 
quent. Summit of Greylock; Stockbridge; Sandisfield; Sheffield. 
GLYCERIA. Manna Grass. 
{Panicukiria 111. Fl. ed. 2.) 
G. acutiflora Torr. — Common in swale, Stockbridge; muddy 
border of pond, Great Barrington. 
G. borealis (Nash) Batchelder.-^ Borders of swamps and muddy 
ponds; common. 
G. canadensis (Michx.) Trin. Rattlesnake Grass. — Wet spots 
in meadows, swales and roadside ditches; common. 
G. Fernaldii (Hitchc.) St. John. — {Ghjccria pallida, var. Fenialdii 
Man. ed. 7; vid. Rhodora, 19 : 76, 1917. G. yallida 111. Fl. ed. 2 in part.) 
River swales and muddy borders of streams; occasional. Savoy; 
Washington; New Lenox. 
G. grandis Wats. Reed Meadow Grass. — Borders of streams, 
wet spots in meadows, roadside ditches; frequent. 
G. laxa Scribn. — Shaded swamps and wet woods; occasional on 
the plateau. 
G. melicaria (Michx.) llul)l)ur(l. — {Ghjceria Torrcijami Man. ed. 
7; vid. Rhodora, 14: 186, 1912. Panicularia Torrcyana 111. I'l. ed. 
2.) 
Wet places in woods and shadeil swamps; frequent. 
G. nervata (Willd.) Trin. Fowl Meadow Grass. — Wrt mead- 
ows, wet places in woods, borders of streams, roadside ditclu's; eoiii- 
mon. 
