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Tribe h. Chlorideas. Crowfoot-grass tribe. Inflorescence on split spikes, 

 in which the apex of the culm is longitudinally sectioned or segmented 

 in preiestivation, sometimes a section occurs at a short distance down 

 from the summit of the culm ; spikelets one- to several-flowered, in 

 two rows on one side of each of several umbellately terminal, or oc- 

 casionally axillary one-sided spikes or racemes; flowering glumes 

 keeled, entire, toothed, or with one or three short straight arms. 

 352 Cynodon dactylon Pens. ( Cabriola Kuntze. ) Dog-tooth grass ; 

 Bermuda-grass. Planted successfully for a lawn in spots too hot for blue- 

 grass to thrive. 



353. Spartina cynosuroides Richard ( 1781 ) . "Slough-grass"; Fresh- 

 water Cord-grass. Sloughs and water holes, general ; common. Aug. 

 (ASU) 



3')4. Spartina polystachya Pursh (1881). Saltmarsh Cord-grass. Wet 

 saline lands, C. K. ; frequent. Aug. (S) 



^55. Spartina juncea Psh. (1781). Rush-leaf Cord-grass. Saline 

 meadows, central Kansas, frequent. Aug. (AS) 



356. Spartina gracilis Trin. Inland Cord-grass. Saline meadows, 

 S W. K. ; occasional. Aug. (AS) 



357. Chloris verticillata Nutt. Prairie Windmill-grass. Low damp ta 

 dry saline prairies, middle and southwestern Kansas; common. May. 

 (ASU) 



358. Chloris elegans H. B. K. White Windmill-grass. To be looked 

 for in dry alkaline prairie soils, extreme S. W. K. June. (A) 



359. Gymnopogon ambiguus B. S. P. (Britton, Sterns and Poggenburg). 

 (G. racemosa Beauv.) Naked-beard-grass. Dry sandy soil, Chautauqua 

 county; not common. August. (ASU) 



360. Schedonnardus paniculatus Trelease. (Lepturus Nutt.) Tumble- 

 grass. Common in dry fields anywhere. Aug. (ASU) Heaps up high 

 against hedges, fences, and other obstructions in the fall. 



361. Bouteloua hirsuta Lagasca. Hairy Mesquit; Black Grama. Dry 

 sandy loam, occasional in E. K. ; frequent in west. July. (ASU) 



362. Bouteloua gracillis Lag. (B. oligostachya Torr.) Blue Grama; 

 Dainty Mesquit. Dry prairies of S. W. K., in sheltered situations. July. 

 (ASU) Similar to B. curtipendula, but smaller, finer, and more delicate. 



363. Bouteloua curtipendula Torr. {B. racemosa Lag.) Side-oats 

 Grama; Tall Mesquit. Damp grounds, general; frequent or common. 

 July. (ASU) 



3:4. Beckmannia erucaeformis Host. Slough-grass. Cheyenne and 

 Sherman counties; frequent. July. (ASU) 



365. Eleusine indica Gaertner. Large Crab-grass; Crowfoot-grass. 

 Fields and cities, E. K. ; becoming very common; likely to become a pest. 

 June. Introduced. 



366. Leptochloa mucronata Kth. Northern Slender-grass. Dry or moist 

 soil, N. E. and C. K. ; not common. July. (ASU) 



367. Leptochloa filiformis (Lam.) Beauv. Sharp-scaled Slender-grass. 

 Fields and sandy river bottoms, E. K. ; rare. 



368 Buchloe dactyloides Eng. Buffalo-grass. Dry prairies, W. K. ; 

 once common and universal; now entirely wanting in the eastern part of 

 the state, and rapidly disappearing everywhere by being crowded out by 



