LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 77 



Herb.: Taylor 658, Cobb river, Blue Earth Co.; 

 Bailey 32, Vermilion lake. 



KOELERIA Pers. Syn. I. 97 (1805). 

 Collinaria Ehkh. Beitr IV. 147 (1789). 

 Airochloa Link, Hort. Berol. I, 126 (1827). 

 liophochloa Reich. F1. Germ. Exc. 42 (1830). 

 iEgialitis Tkin. Fund. A^r. 127 (1820). 

 yEgialina Schultes, Syst. Mant. II, 13, 222 (1824). 

 Wilhelmsia C. Kocn, Linn. XXI, 400 (1847). 

 Benth. and Hook., Gen. PL III, 1183; Durand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 476: 

 Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflmiz. 2, II, 70 (Hackel). 



Living species: 15; Europe, temp. Asia. N. Africa — 1 

 of these, N. America, S. America and S. Africa. Principally 

 in Europe; Europe, 16 (Richter); Russia, 4; 1 Patagonia, 

 Sandwich Isls. ; N. America, 1. 



Koeleria cristata (Linn.) Pers. Syn. I, 97 (1805). 



Aira cristata Linn. Spec. 63 (1753). 



Festuca cristata Vill. Dauph. II, 93 (1787). 



Poa pyramidata Lam. 111. I, 183 (1791). 



P. cristata Willd. Spec. I, 402(1797). 



Melica gmelini Roth. Tent. Germ. II, 104 (1797). 



31. hirsKta Koel. Gram. 144(1802). 



Dactylis cristata M. B. Fl. T. 1, 67 (1809). 



Koeleria nitida Nutt. Gen. I, 74 (1818). 



Koeleria arenaria DUM. Agr. 115(1823). 



K. parviflora Bert. Schultes Mant. II, 344 (1824). 



Airochloa cristata Link, Hort. Berol. I, 435 (1827). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6ed. 659; Upham, Fl. Minn. 166; Wats., 

 Fl. Calif. II, 301 ; Coult., Fl. Colo. 418 ; Webb., Fl. Neb. 102; Vas., Agr. 

 Grasses U. S. 60; Engl., Hackel, Nat. Pflanz. II, 2, 70; Richt., PI. Eur. I, 

 74; Led., Fl. Ross. IV, 401; Nym.,Fl. Eur.; Hook., Fl. Gt. Brit. 488; Trautv., 

 Fl. Sib. 138; Wats., King Exp. 383; Cov., Fl. Ark, 236; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 

 288; Hart., Fl. Scand. I, 506. 



All Europe; middle Russia to Caucasus mts. and 

 Dahuria. 



North America: Penn. to 111., Neb., Kan., Ark. ;N. 

 W. to Dak.. Minn., Saskatchewan, Athabasca; W. to Vancouver, 

 Oregon and Calif. ; R. mt. region. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; abundant; dry hillsides, 

 railway embankments and roadsides or meadows. 



Herb.: Sheldon 756, Sleepy Eye; Taylor 656, Cobb 

 river, Blue Earth Co. ; Taylor 353, Janesville; Taylor 174, Janes- 

 ville ; Ballard 96, Shakopee ; Ballari 254, Jordan, Scott Co. ; 

 Ballard 184, Jordan, Scott Co.; MacM. and Sheld. 57, Brainerd; 

 Sandberg 568, Red Wing ; Herb. Sheld. 1758, Minneapolis ; 

 Sheldon 1382, Lake Benton. 



