32 POALES 



11. Poa pratericola Rydb. & Nash. 



In dry prairies over most of the state. Belmont; Chadron; Crawford; 

 Culbertson; Hardy; Harvard; Lincoln; Minden; Thedford. 



12. Poa buckleyana Nash. 

 Belmont; Chadron; Crawford. 



7. Dactylis. 136. 

 1. Dactylis glomerata L. Orchard Grass. 



Sometimes escapes from cultivation. Lincoln; Minden; Valentine. 



8. Distichlis. 135. 



1. Distichlis spicata (L, Green. Alkali Grass. 



In alkaline and saline soil, common throughout the state. Callaway; 

 Curtis; Grand Island; Hardy; Kennedy; Lincoln; Minden; North 

 Platte; Sioux County; Whitman. 



9. Korycarpus. 13. 



1. Korycarpus diandrus (Michx. Kuntze. 



In deep woods in the southeastern part of the state. Weeping Water. 



10. Melica. 133. 



Culms over 8 dm. high sheaths glabrous. 1. M. nitens. 



Culms less than 8 dm. high sheaths scabrous. 2. M. porteri. 



1. Melica nitens Nutt. 

 Melica diffusa Purch. 



Weeping Water. 



2. Melica porteri Scribner. 



Nebraska according to Rydberg's Flora of Colorado. 



11. Catabrosa. 133. 



1. Catabrosa aquatica (L.) Beauv. 



In water or wet places mostly in the western part of the state. 



Cherry County; Dismal River; Long Pine; Sidney; Thedford. 



12. Koeleria. 132. 



1. Koeleria cristata (L.) Pers. 



Common in prairies all over the state. Belmont; Broken Bow; Hal- 

 sey; Hastings; Lincoln; Minden; Ponca; Saunders County; Sioux 

 County; Valentine. 



13. Eatonia. (Sphenopholis.) 132. 



Second empty scales much wider than the flowering scales, rounded 



or truncate at the apex. 



Intermediate nerves of the second empty scale prominent, leaves 



with prominent auricles. 1. E. rubusta. 



Intermediate nerves of the second empty scale faint, much less 



prominent than the lateral ones, auricles not prominent. 



2. E. obtusata. 



Second empty scale not much wider than the flowering scales, obtuse 



or acute. 3. E. pennsylvanica. 



1. Eatonia robusta (Vasey) Rydb. 



In the western part of the state. Mullen. 



