42 MEMOIRS OF THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN. 



One of the most valuable forage plants of the Great Plains, extend- 

 ing into the valleys and reaching an altitude of 2000 m. 



Montana: Melrose, S/ica>% jji ; Rydhcrg, 210-^ and 22go: Man- 

 hattan, Shear, ^og ; Rydbcrg, 21 yg; Judith River, 1896, Flodman, 

 100; Custer Co., 1892, Mrs. Light; Helena, 1892, Kelsey ; Great 

 Falls, 1890, R. S. Williams, 305; Madison Co., 1886, Tzvcedy, 

 looj; 1883, Scrihner, 377; Judith River, 1896, Rydhcrg, 342g; 

 Silver Bow Co., 3frs. B. S. Miles; Judith Gap, 1882, Caudy 

 L VI; Horned Creek, 1883, Scribncr, 377; Fish Creek, 1871, Hay- 

 den ; Billings, 1898, Williains ds Griffith. 



Schedonnardus paniculatus (Nutt.) Trelease : Branner & Coville, 

 Rep. Geol. Surv. Ark. 1888, part 4, 236 [111. Fl. i: 179]; 

 Lepturiis paniculat?is^Vi\X. Gen. i : 81 [Bot. Cal. 2: 322] ; Sche- 

 donnardus Texanus Steud. Syn. PI. Gram. 146 [Man. R. M. 

 416]. 

 In sandy soil, especially on river banks, in the prairie and plain 



regions, extending into the valleys and reaching an altitude of 



1600 m. 



Montana: Great Falls, 1890, R. S. Williams, 821 ; Teton River 



and Plains of Missouri, 1882, Scribner, 376; Bozeman, 1887, 



Tzveedy ; Miles City, 1881, Canby. 



Munroa squarrosa (Nutt.) Torr. Pac. R, R. Rep. 4: 158 [Man. 



R. M. 418; 111. Fl. i: 183] ; Crypsis squarrosa Nutt. Gen. i: 



49. 



In dry soil, especially where the ground has been disturbed, as 

 on railroad banks, " prairie-dog towns," etc., up to an altitude of 

 1500 m. 



Montana: Logan, 1895, Shear, 313; Rxdberg, 226^; Helena, 

 1891, Kelsey ; Hell-gate Canon, 1880, Watson: Indian Creek, 1883, 

 Scribner, J7g; Silver Bow Co., 1888, Tzceedy, 12S. 



Phragmites Phragmites (L.) Karst. Deutschl. Fl. 379 [111. Fl. i : 

 184] ; Arundo Phragmites L. Sp. PI. 81 ; Phragmites commu- 

 nis Trin. Fund. Agrost. 134 [Man. R. M. 418: Bot. Cal. 2: 

 300]. 



In water, ascending in the valleys to an altitude of 2000 m. 

 Montana: Logan, 1895, Shear, ^25; Great Fall, /^. W.Ander- 

 son; Silver Bow Co., Mrs. Jennie Moore; Missouri River, 1883^ 

 Scribner, J78 and j/p in part. 



