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PHRAGMITES. Reed. 
P. communis Trin. R,eed. — (P. Phragmites III. Fl. ed. 2.) 
Border of boggy pond, Stockbridge; boggy meadow, Sheffield. 
The Stockbridge station was noted by Dewey in 1829. 
POA. Meadow Grass. 
P. alsodes Gray. — Moist woods, and borders of brooks; common. 
P. ANNUA L. Low Spear Grass. — Cultivated and waste ground; 
common. Altitiide 2000 feet, Savoy. 
P. compressa L. Wire Grass. — Sterile soil, in fields and rocky 
woods, boggy meadows; common. 
P. debilis Torr. — Dry wooded slopes; occasional. Egremont; 
Richmond; swamp, Sheffield (Churchill). 
P. nemoralis L. — Low ground and rocky woods; occasional. 
Williamstown (Churchill); West Stockbridge; Stockbridge. 
P. PRATENsis L. Spear Grass; Kentucky Blue Grass. — Fields, 
hillsides, open places in woods; common. 
P. saltuensis Fernald & Wiegand. — (P. debilis Man. ed. 7 and 111. 
Fl. ed. 2 in part; rid. Rhodora, 20: 122, 1918.) 
Woods; frequent on the upland. 
P. saUue7isis is very similar in aspect to P. debilis but the latter 
species has usually shorter, obtuse and much firmer chartaceous lem- 
mas; broader glume, with mostly scabrous keels; longer cauline ligules 
(usually 2 to 2.5 mm. long) ; and smaller anthers (0.6 to 0.8 mm. long). 
P. palustris L, Fowl Meadow Grass. — (P. triflora Man. ed. 7 
and 111. Fl. ed. 2; xid. Rhodora, 18: 235, 1916.) 
Wet meadows; common. A narrow form occurs in woods and on 
hillsides. 
P. trivialis L. Rough-stalked Meadow Grass. — Low ground, 
chiefly along brooks and borders of swamps; common in the \alley. 
Not noted on the plateau. 
SECALE. Rye. 
S. CEREALE L. Rye. — Occasionally self-sown on roadsides. 
SETARIA. HiiisTi.v Fo.vtail Ghass. 
{Chactochloa 111. V\. ed. 2). 
S. lutescens (Weigel) Hubbard. Foxtail; Pigeon Grass. — 
(tS'. (jlauea Man. ed. 7.) 
Cultivated ground; conuuon. 
