216 PROCEEDINGS BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 
var. stricta Scribn. — Swale, Williamstown, (Churchill); swamps, 
Sheffield (]^ean and Fernald). 
G. pallida (Torr.) Trin. — Shallow water, New Marlboro; Sheffield 
(Chiirchill). 
G. septentrionalis Hitchc. — Shallow water in bog hole, New 
Marlboro. 
HIEROCHLOE. Holy Grass. 
{Savastana 111. Fl. ed. 2.) 
H. odorata (L.) Wahlenb., var. fragrans (Willd.) Richter. Va- 
nilla Grass; Seneca Grass. — (H. odorata Man. ed. 7; vid. Rho- 
dora, 19: 152, 1917.) 
Wet hillsides and borders of swamps; frequent on the plateau, 
occasional in the valley (Sheffield). 
HORDEUM. Barley. 
H. jubatum L. Squirrel-tail Grass. — Waste places; occa- 
sional. Not noted before 1919. Lanesboro, along trolley track; 
Hinsdale (Churchill); barnyard, Stockbridge; clearing, Great 
Barrington; New Marlboro. 
H. vulgare L. Common Barley. — Along railroad tracks; occa- 
sional. Williamstown; Washington; Pittsfield. 
LEERSIA. Cut-grass. 
(Homalocenchrus 111. Fl. ed. 2). 
L. oryzoides (L.) Sw. Rice Cut-grass. — Borders of swamps, 
low ground, ditches; common. 
L. virginica Willd. White Grass. — Rich woods; occasional in 
the valley. Stockbridge; Great Barrington; Sheffield. Valley of 
the Deerfield River, Florida. 
LOLIUM, Darnel. 
L. multiflorum Lam. — Field, Stockbridge. 
L. PERENNE L. Common Darnel. — Roadsides and sterile fields; 
occasional. Williamstown; Stockbridge. 
MELICA. Melic Grass. 
M. Striata (Michx.) Hitchc. — {Avena Torreyi 111. Fl. ed. 2.) 
Wooded ledges and swamps; frequent in the valley. 
