Box 16, Folder 2: Grasses and Plants of Illinois 1856

Nardus stricta Linn (- Goats & horses eat it-cows & sheep are not fond of it. Being stiff, hard, & short it eludes the stroke of the scythe. &c.

Panicum-Seeds of most species good for birds, &c

Panicum Germaniceum-annual-3 varieties-yellow, white & purple grain. formerly cultivated for bread. S. Europe. P. Italicum-larger & leaves broader than preceding

Poa. aquatica-Affords rich pasturage in summer & winter fodder.

Poa annua-Continually throws out new shoots & produces new flowers & seeds in so much that if the ground be moist, a single plant will grow in this manner throughout the year, so that we generally find on the same plant young shoots & ripe seeds. It imitates therefore the tropical plants in this, & is perhaps the only vegetable we have that does. Millers Dictionary vol. 3. Common to every quarter of the globe. Best way to destroy it in walks &c is by pouring boiling water upon it.- Tender, grateful to collect &c-Never acquires great height Like other species it becomes viviparous in alpine situations.

Books Used

Muhl Gram. Descriptio Uberior Graminum et Plantarum Calamariarum America Septentrionalis, Indigenarum et. circurum. Auctore D. Henrico Muhlenberg. Philadelphia 1817-8 vo. pp. 295.

Torr NY Fl. A Flora of the State of New York comprising full descriptions of all the indigenous and naturalized plants hitherto discovered in the state; with remarks on their economical and medicinal properties. By John Torrey. Albany 1843 2 vols 4 to pp. 484 & 572.

Mich. Fl. Flora Boreali-Americana-etc Andreas Michaux. Paris 1803 2 vols pp 330 & 341.

Ph. Fl.-Flora America Septentrionalis &c-By Fredrick Purrsh. 2 vol. 8 vols 8 vo. pp 751 London 1816.

Torr. Fl. A flora of N. & M. sections of the U.S. By John Torrey-N.Y. 1824 8 vo. p. 519

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[Melica glabra, Michaux]

[M. racemosa Muhl. Gram p88]

Muhl. Cat. Fr. Am Phil Soc. vol 3 p 160 1793-Catalogue of Plants Lancaster Pa

James-Same work New Series vol 2p 174.-Catalogue of plants Longs Exp to Rocky Mountains. Nutt-same work vol 5 n. sev. (1837) Nutt. Flora of ArkansasSee all subsequent volumes except 7-. 113

[Arkansas Nutt Ph Fr. 5 p 148]

Lap. Wis Ag Fr.-Transactions of the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society vol. 3. 1854 8 vol pp 488

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[List of Plants and References/Authorities].

Reliquiae Haenkeanae X Kunth, Gram 1. p 133 Presol p 298-Digitaria Link fimbriata, =Paspalum distans Nees.

Bromus depamperatus Presl. in Rel. Haenk 1p 263-1830

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