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

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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.

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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.

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

In sina Nootha

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