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er tables, were side by side, in this instance extending in a strip 

 110 feet long by 10 feet wide. Near the area covered by these 

 qnadrats, but not included in them, were patches of SoIirJago 

 )nist;oi(n'e>isis ( r I and T^o^w litiinilis [e); c and e. as above de- 

 fined, indicating their respective numbers per quadrat. 



TABLE I. ORIGINAL BDNCH-GRASS PRAIRIE. 



■ In this instance it will be seen that Erac/rosfis trichodes was 

 the most prominent bunch-grass. That is not always so, but its 

 place is frequently taken by other species. For example, near 

 this survey was another tract of undisturbed bunch-grass com- 

 posed of Carer (/ran'dd and the undetermined Panicum, with an 

 abundance index of c and //, respectively, per quadrat. 



* See p. 1.^9, 



