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BOTAITY. 
narrow; the broadest 2-3'' wide. Common in the mountains of Nevaik, at 
5-7,000 feet altitude, and probably extending from Washington Territory to 
New Mexico. (1,32G.) The more glabrate and rather more frequent form 
is distributed separately. (1,327.) 
Beomus ciliatus, L. From Florida to California and northward to the 
Arctic Ocean. East Humboldt Mountains ; 6,000 feet altitude. (1,328.) 
Phragmites communis, Trin. From Florida to Canada and westward 
to the Pacific. On the banks of fresh water streams and springs from the 
Truckee to the East Humboldt Mountains, Nevada; 4-G, 000 feet altitude. 
Sugar is said by Durand & Hilgard to be extracted from the stalks of this 
grass by the Indians, but the scanty juice is not at all saccharine. A sweet 
secretion, however, is sometimes formed upon it in considerable quantity by 
jiphidcs, as well as upon the leaves of cottonwood and other trees, and is col- 
lected by both the Utes and Mormons. (1,329.) 
Triticum repens, L. From the Northern States and the Upper Mis- 
souri to the Arctic Ocean and Behring Strait, and from the Indian Territory 
and Northern Texas to Colorado, Utah, and California. Frequent and some- 
times abundant in the valleys and mountains ; well known as Blue-joint," 
and valuable lor hay and grazing ; 5-9,000 feet altitude. Either awnless or 
nearly so. (1,330.) 
Triticum caninum, L. Leaves linear-lanceolate, flat ; spikelets much 
h)nger thantlie joints of the rachis; glumes acuminate or awned. From New 
England and the Northern Border States to the Saskatchewan ; Dakota ; 
(^)lorado; California. West Humboldt Mountains, Nevada. (1,331.) 
Triticum strigosum, Steud. Gram. 347. {Bro??ius, Bieb. T. (Bgilo- 
2?mdes, Turcz.) Rcscndding the last, but glaucous, the leaves narrow and 
revolute ; spike narrow-linear, with the spikelets shorter than the joints or 
but little exceeding them ; glumes obtuse or acutish or sometimes acumi- 
nate. — Colorado, (Go 7 Hall & Harbour; 625 Vasey ;) Washington Terri- 
tory, (Douglas.) Frequent in the East Humboldt Mountains, Nevada, at 
6,500-9,000 feet aUitude ; also near Black Rock at the south end of Salt 
Lake at 4,500 feet altitude, with the upper florets of the spikelets awnless ; 
July— Septend)er. (1,332.) 
HoRDEUM ,1 ur. ATT'M, L. On the sea-coast of the Northern States, 
and from the upper Great Lakes and the Saskatchewan to the Mackenzie 
River and Sitka, and south and ^\ est ward to Northern Texas, Arizona, Call- 
