MEMOIRS OF THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN. 43: 



Eragrostis major Host, Gram. Austr. 4: 14 [111. Fl. i : 189] ; Ei-a- 



grostis poacoidcs \2iX. niegastackya Gi'^y, Man. Ed. 5» ^S^ [Man. 



R. M. 419; Bot. Cal. 2: 315]. 



Resembling somewhat J^. Purshii hwi spikelets larger, over 2 mm. 

 wide. An ill-scented species naturalized from Europe, but rather 

 rare in Montana. 



.Montana: Great Falls, 1891, 7?. S. Williams, 84^; Prickly 

 Pear Canon, 1883, Scribiicr, jS^; Yellowstone near Huntley, 1882^ 

 Can by. 



* Melica subulata (Griseb.) Scribn. Proc. Phila. Acad. 1885: 47; 



Broiiius subiilatus Griseb. Fl. Ross. 4: 358; Melica aciiuiinata 



Bolander, Proc. Calif. Acad. 4: 104 [Bot. Cal. 2: 305]. 



It is distinguished from the other two species by its acute spikelets. 

 In canons at an altitude of 2000-2500 m. 



Montana: Mystic Lake, 1895, S/icar,4gi; I^ydbcf-g; 2246 and 

 22 jo; below Baldy, Bridger Mountains, i-i-j^ ,* Neihart, 1888, R. 

 S. Williams, jSj ; Spanish Basin, 1896, Flodinan, in. 



Melica spectabilis Scribn. Proc. Phila. Acad. 1885: 45 [Man. R. 



M. 420] . 



On rich hillsides and in meadows at an attitude of 1500-2500 m. 



Montana : Mystic Lake, 1895, Shear, 4^6; Rydberg, 2248 ; Yogo 

 Baldy, Little Belt Mts., 1896, Flodman, 112; Spanish Basin, 114; 

 Bridger Mts., July 28, ji6- Spanish V>2i'&\VL, Rydberg, 3018, JojS 

 and 30j2; Bozeman, 3010; Bridger Ishs., 3212 : Elk Mountains, 

 3283; Yogo Baldy, j^/p; Crow Creek Mts., iSSt,^ Scj-ibner, 383 ; 

 Bridger Mts., June 14-18, 1897, Rydberg d- Bessey, 360^ and 

 3610. 



Yellowstone Park: 1884, Tzvecdy, 268; Soda Butte, 1885, 

 601: East De Lacy's Creek, Aug. 10, 1897, Rydberg & Bessey, 

 361 1. 



Melica bulbosa Geyer ; Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. 8: 19 [Man. R. M. 



420]. 



On rich hillsides at an altitude of 1800-2500 m. 



Montana: Baldy, Bridger Mountains, 1895, Shear, 470; Lima, 

 337; Belt Canon, 1888, R. S. Williams, 817; Hell Roaring Creek, 

 1886, Tzceedy, 1023; Belt Mountains, 1883, Scribner, 386. 



Yellowstone Park: 1873, C. C. Parry, 2g3. 



Idaho : Mt. Chauvet, July 29, 1897, Rydberg & Bessey , 3612. 



