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The recorded stations for this species are at Bennett Wells (No. 203), Furnace 

 Creek {No. 578), Eagle Borax Works, and Saratoga Springs, in Death Valley ; in Rest- 

 ing Springs Valley ; at Winters's ranch, in Pahrump Valley ; at Ash Meadows ; in the 

 upper part of Vegas Wash ; at Corn Creek, Vegas Valley; near the mouth of Willow 

 Creek Canon, Pananiint Mountains ; between Lone Pine and Olaucha; and at several 

 points in the Tulare Plains. The grass is abundant at some of these points, as at 

 Bennett Wells, and together with salt grass makes fairly good grazing. It is con- 

 fined in its range principally to altitudes below 1,000 meters. 



Sporobolus asperifolius (Nees & Meyen) in Trin. Agrost. i. 73 (1840), under 

 Vitfa; Thurb. Bot. Cal. ii. 269 (1880). Type localities, "Chile; Eio Mayno; Co- 

 piapo." 



At Furnace Creek Ranch (No. 246) and at Ash Meadows (No. 347), in moist soil. 



Sporobolus depauperatus (Hook.) Fl. Bor. Amer. ii. 257 (1840), under Yilfa— 

 Torr. MS. ; Scribner, Bull. Torr. Club, ix. 103 (1882). Type locality, " N. W. America. 

 Barren sandy parts of the Columbia, from Menzies' island upwards." 



In Furuace Creek Canon (No. 228); in the Resting Springs Mountains (No. 343); 

 at Mountain Springs, Charleston Mountains (No. 375); and in Whitney Meadows 

 (No. 1681). No. 1681 belongs to the form that has been called variety nodosux. 



Polypogon monspelienais (L.) Sp. PL i. 01 (1753), under Alopecurus; Desf. Fl. 

 Atl. i. 67 (1798). Type locality, " Monspelii." 



This grass is very frequent about springs of fresh water throughout the desert, 

 and was occasionally seen in similar situations in the intramontane region. Speci- 

 mens were collected at Furnace Creek Ranch (No. 241), in Surprise (No. 706) and 

 Cottonwood (No. 971) canons, Panamiut Mountains, and near Swansea (No. 876). 



Agrostia tenuis Vasey, Bull. Torr. Club, x. 21 (L883). Type locality, " San Ber- 

 nardino Mts., California." 

 Whitney Meadows (No. 1679). 



Agroatis verticillata Villars, PI. Dauph ii. 74 (1787). 



In Furnace Creek Canon, Funeral Mountains (No. 579), and about the mouth of 

 Hall Canon, near Hot Springs, Pananiint Valley. The plant grows only in moist 

 soil, little or not at all alkaline. 



Deschampsia caespitosa (L.) Sp. PI. i. 04 (1753), under Aira; Beauv. Agrost. 91 # 



(1812). Type locality European. 

 Whitney Meadows (No. 1677). 



Deschampsia calycina Presl, Rel. Haenk. i. 254 (1830). Type locality, "in 

 montanis Peruvian." 



Willow Creek Canon, Pananiint Mountains (No. 824). 



Trisetum barbatum Steud. Syn. PI. Glum, i. 229(1855). Type locality, "Chili." 

 Collected in Johnson Canon, Panamiut Mountains (Nos. 506, 522), and in the val- 

 ley of the Virgin River, Nevada (Nos. 1907, 1923). 



Trisetum spicatum (L.) Sp. PI. i. 64 (1753), under Aira; Richter, PL Eur. i. 59 

 (1890). Type locality European. 



Near Mineral King (No. 1495), in Whitney Meadows (No. 1678), and above timber- 

 line near Mount Whitney (No. 2063). This is the Tr'wetum subspicatum of most 

 authors. 



Spartina gracilis Trin. Agrost. i. 88 (1840). Type locality, "Amer. bor." 

 At Ash Meadows (No. 364) and at Haway Meadows (No. 1002). 



Chloris elegans H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. i. 165 (1815). Type locality, "inter 

 Mexico et Queretaro." 



