26 MEMOIRS OF THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN. 



* Muhlenbergia racemosa (Michx.) B.S.P. Prel. Cat. X. Y. 67 [111. 



Fl. i: 143]; Agrosfis racoiwsa Alichx. Fl. Bor. Am. i: 53; 



Miihlcnbei'gia glomcrata Trin. Unifl. 191. 



This somewhat resembles the next in general habit, but lacks the awn 

 and the hairs at the base of the floret. Along railroads and in waste 

 places to an altitude of 1500 m. It has the appearance of an intro- 

 duced plant. 



Montana: Gallatin, along the railroad, 1895, S/icar, j2j : Ryd- 

 herg, 22S6: Missouri River and Smith River, 1883, Scribncr, j^j ; 

 Belt River, 1887, R. S. JV/V/mms, jSj. 



Muhlenbergia comata (Thurb.) Benth. ; Vasey, Cat. Grasses of 

 U. S. 39 [111. Fl. i: 144: Man. R. M. 409]: Vaseya comata 

 Thurber, Proc. Phila. Acad. 1863: 79 [Bot. Cal. 2: 278]. 

 In meadows, on river banks, etc., to an altitude of 2000 m. 

 Montana: Great Falls, 1891,/?. S. Williains, S26 : Yogo, 1896, 



Rydberg, 34.1 1 . 



Yellowstone Park: Upper Madison Canon, Aug. 3, 1897, 



Rydberg & Bessey, SSSS- 



Idaho : Henry's Lake, Juh' 31, 1897, Rydbo-g d- Bcsscv, Jjj6. 



Phleum alpinum L. Sp. PI. 59 [Man. R. M. 410: 111. Fl. i : 148; 



Bot. Cal. 2: 263]. 



Common in alpine meadows and along brooks, at an altitude of 

 2000-3000 m. 



Montana: Lima, Aug. 6, 1895, S/icar, 555; Rydberg, 2jii; 

 Mystic Lake, July 25, Shear, 4^4; Rydberg, 224^; Spanish Basin, 

 July II, 1896, Rlodinau, 61 and 62; July 17, 6j: Bridger Moun- 

 tains, July 28, 66 ; Spanish Basin, July i, 1897, Rydberg tt- Bcssey, 

 Jjj^j West Gallatin, 1883, Scribner, 346 ; Trout Creek, 1891, R. 

 S. Williains, 610; Spanish Basin, 1896, Rydberg, 3042; Bridger 

 Mts.,j_^/7,- Litde Belt Mts., jj^7; Belt Mts., y^^-^, Seribner, 346. 



Idaho: Henr3''s Lake, July 31, Rydberg & Bessey, 333-/. 



Yellowstone Park : East De Lacy's Creek, Aug. 10, Rydberg 

 (£: Bessey, 333p: 1885, Tzcredy, 64^. 



Phleum pratense L. Sp. PI. 59 [Man. R. M. 410; 111. Fl. i : 147 ; 



Bot. Cal. 2 : 262]. 



Extensively cultivated in Montana, and perfectly naturalized in 

 wet meadows and along streams, up to an altitude of 2000 m. 



Montana: Deer Lodge, July 9, 1895, Rydberg, 2132: Manhat- 



