MANUAL OF THE GRASSES OF THE UNITED STATES 



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T} r pe species, Muhlenbergia schreberi. Named for G. H. E. Muhlenberg. 

 Many of the western species are important range grasses and often 



Figure IZl.—Lagurus ovatus. Plant, X H; spikelet and floret, X 5. (Heller 5340, Calif.) 



form a considerable proportion of the grass flora of the arid and 

 semiarid regions. The most important of these are M. montana on 



