aise SSORIEVER oF. face QK PMndex to the Names of North American 495 Pht ool | : | | ol: 890. G74L2u 1 a | Indianapolis, 1890 1890 BOT. , th earvicatt Ginvee AT THE LINDIANAPOLIS MEETING, 1890, By ES eon SCRIBNER, Wn. SAUNDERS. = ves ‘Commit TEE ON ROMENEEATRE OF Grasses. _ PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE SOCIETY. a rey ty ie nl ey hy ant INDEX TO GRASS NAMES. COMPILED BY F. LAMSON-SCRIBNER. African Cane.— Pennisetum spicatum. African Sugar Cane.—Sorghum_ sac- charatum. Agropyrum caninum, R. & S— Bearded Wheat-grass, Awned Wheat-grass, Fibrous-rooted Wheat-grass. Agropyrum divergens, Nees.— Wire Bunch-grass. Agropyrum glaucum, R. & S— Colorado Blue-stem, Blue-joint, Blue-stem, Blue-grass, Wheat- grass, Wild Quack-grass, Gumbo- grass. Agropyrum repens, Beauv.—Couch- grass, Witch-grass, Quitch-grass, Quick-gr ass, Quack-grass, Quake- grass, Wh eat- grass, Creeping Wheat- -QTass, Doe- -grass, Dutch- grass, Durfa- -grass, Durfee-grass, Devil’s-grass, Chandler’s grass, Scutch-grass, Twitch-grass, Fin’s erass. Agrostis alba, Linn.—Herd’s grass, Bent-grass, English Bent, White Bent, Bonnet-grass, White-top, Dew-grass, Fiorin, Marsh Bent- grass. Agrostis arachnoides, Ell.—Spider Bent-grass. Agrostis canina, Linn. — Brown Bent, Dog’s Bent, Mountain Red- top, Rhode Island Bent, Fine-top, Furze-top, Burden’s grass. Agrostis dispar, Michx.—Same as A. elata. Agrostis elata, Trin.—Southern Bent, Tall Thin-grass. Agrostis exarata, Trin.—Northern Red-top, Mountain Red-top. Agrostis perennans, Tuck.—Thin- erass. Agrostis scabra, Willd.— Rough Bent, Fly-away grass, Tickle- grass, Hair-grass, Fool-hay. Agrostis stolonifera, Linn.—Creep- ing Bent, Fiorin. Agrostis vulgaris, With.—Herd’s grass, Bent, Fine-top, Fine Bent, Rhode Island Bent, Furze-top, Tall Red-top, Burden’s grass, Red-top, Summer Borden’s grass. Aira precox, ( Avena preecox ), Linn.—Early Wild Oat-grass. Alabama Guinea-grass. — Sorghum HHalapense. Alkali-grass.— Distichlis maritima. Alopecurus agrestis, Linn.—Slen- der Fox-tail. Alopecurus aristulatus, Michx.— Wild Water-Fox-tail. Alopecurus geniculatus, Linn.— Water Fox-tail, Floating Fox-tail. Alopecurus occidentalis, Scribn.— Mountain Fox-tail, Mountain Timothy. Alopecurus pratensis, Linn.—Mea- dow Fox-tail. Alpine Meadow-grass.— Poa laxa. American Canary-grass.— Phalaris in- termedia. Ammophila arundinacea, Host.— Mat-grass, Common Sea-Reed, Beach-grass, Sand-Reed, Reed, Sea-sand Reed. Ammophila brevipilis, Beuth.— Purple Beat. Ammophila longifolia, Vasey. Sand-grass, Woolly Bent-grass. Andes, Grass-of-the-.— A rrhenatherum avenaceum. Andropogon argyreseus, Schult. — Silver Beard-grass. Andropogon furcatus, Michx.—The same as Andropogon provincialis, ‘Lam. Andropogon Hallii, Hack.—Turkey- foot, Sand-grass. Andropogon macrourus, Michx.— Brook-grass, Cluster-flowered Beard-grass. Andropogon nutans, Linn,—Indian grass, Reed-grass, Wiid Oat-grass, Bushy Blue-stem. Andropogon provincialis, Lam.— Big Blue-stem, Finger-spiked Beard-grass, Finger-spiked Wood-grass, Finger-spiked In- dian-grass, Blue-stem, Blue-joint, Blue Bent (in R. I.), Blue-grass, Turkey-foot. Dew-grass, 2 INDEX TO GRass NAMES. Andropogon scoparius, Michx.— Little Blue-stem, Indian-grass, | Purple Wood-grass, Wire-grass, | Brown-grass, White Bent, Broom | Sedge, Broom-grass. Andropogon Sorghum, Brot.—Sub- species sativus, Hack.—Includes the cultivated varieties of Sor- | ghum. Andropogon Sorghum, Brot., var. Halapensis, Hack.—Johnson grass, Cuba-grass, St. Mary’s grass, False Guinea-grass, Mean’s grass, Guinea-grass (see Panicum jumentorum), Egyptian Millet, Egyptian-grass, Green Valley- grass, Alabama Guinea-grass, Australian Millet, Morocco Mil- let, Evergreen Millet, Arabian Millet, Syrian-grass. (Sorghum Halapense). Andropogon Sorghum, Brot., var. vulgaris, Hack.—Name now adopted for Sorghum vulgare, (which see). Andropogon Virginicus, Linn.— Broom Sedge, Broom-grass, Vir- ginia Beard-grass, Sedge-grass. Annual Meadow-grass.—Poa annua. Anthoxanthum odoratum, Linn.— Sweet Vernal-grass, Sweet-scent- ed Vernal-grass, Sweet-scented Spring-grass, Sweet-scented grass, Vernal grass. Arabian Millet, or Arabian Evergreen Millet.—Sorghum Halapense. Aristida Californica, Thurb.—Hare’s grass, “ Zacate de liebre.” Aristida dichotoma, Michx.—Poy- erty grass. Aristida lanata, Poir.— Woolly Pov- erty-grass, Woolly Triple-awn, Poverty-grass. Aristida oligantha, Michx.—Prairie Triple-awn. Aristida purpurascens, Poir.— Beard-grass. Aristida purpurea, Nutt.—Purple Beard-grass, Western Beard- grass, Beard-grass, Mesquit (or Mezquit) grass. Aristida stricta, Michx.—Downy Triple-awn, Wire-grass, Aristida tuberculosa, Nutt.—Long- awned Poyerty-grass. Aristida virgata, Michx.—Beard- grass. Aristida, sp. indt.—White grama (Odessa, Texas). Arrhenatherum avenaceum, Beauy. Tall Oat-grass, False Oat-grass, Tall Meadow Oat-grass, Ever- ereen-grass, Oat-grass, Grass-of- the-Andes, French Rye-grass. Arrow-grass.—Stipa Spartea. Arundinaria gigantea, Chapm.— Cane, Large Cane (A. macrosper- ma, Michx.). Arundinaria macrosperma, Mx.— © Same as A. gigantea, Chapm. Arundinaria tecta, Muhl.—Small Cane, Reed. Asprella Hystrix, Willd.—bBottle Brush, Hedge-hog grass. Austin-grass.— Panicum Texanum. Austrahan Millet.—Sorghum Hala- pense. Australian Oats.— Bromus unioloides. Australian Prairie-grass.-— Bromus uni- oloides. Awned Wheat-grass.—Agropyrum ca- minum. Avena fatua, Linn.—Sand Oats, Wild Oats. Avena flavescens, Linn.—Yellow Oat-grass. Avena preecox.—Same as Aira pre- COX. Avena pratensis, Linn.—Meadow Oat-erass. Avenastriata, Michx—Purple Wild Oat-grass. Avena pubescens, Linn.—Downy Oat-grass. Barley-grass.— Hordeum pusillum. Barley-grass, Wild.—Hordeum pra- tense. Barn-grass.— Panicum Crus-galli. Barn-yard grass.— Panicum Crus-galli. Beach-grass.— Ammophila arundina- cea, Uniola paniculata. Beads Corn.—Coix Lachryma. Bear-grass.—Stipa setigera. Beard-grass.— Polypogon Monspelien- sis, Aristida purpurea, A. purpur- ascens, A. virgata; also applied to species of Andropogon. Beard-grass, Cluster-flowered.— An- dropogon macrourus. Beard-grass, Creeping.— Oplismenus setarius. Beard-grass, Finger-spiked.—Andro- pogon provincialis. Beard-grass, Naked.—Generic name for species of Gymnopogon. Beard-grass, Short-leaved.—Gymno- pogon brevifolius. Beard-grass, Silver.—Andropogon ar- Gy LUs. Beard-grass, Virginia. — Andropogon Virginicus. Beard-grass, Western.— Aristida pur- purea. INDEX TO Grass NAMES. 3 Beard-grass, Woolly.—Erianthus sac- charoides. Bearded Darnel.—Loliwm temulentum. Bearded Wheat-grass. — Agropyrum caninum. Beckmannia eruceeformis, Host.— Slough-grass (Montana), Wild Timothy (in Nevada). Bengal-grass.—Setaria Italica. Bent-grass, or simply Bent.—Generic name for species of Agrostis; ap- plied oftentimes to A. alba and A, vulgaris. Bent, Blue.—Andropogon provincialis. Bent, Brown.—Agrostis canina. Bent, Creeping.— Agrostis stolonifera. Bent, Dog’s.— Agrostis canina, Bent, English.—Agrostis alba. Bent, Fine.— Agrostis vulgaris. Bent, Marsh.—