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and Steele county, Oestlund, Simmons, Upham; determined by Scribner, Vasey and 

 Watson. South. 



E. capillaris, Nees. Eragrostis. 



Lapham Minneapolis, Kassube. Infrequent. South. 



E. pectinacea, Gray. Eragrostis. 



Lapham. Minneapolis, Simmons. South. 



E. pectiuacea. Gray, var. spectabilis, Gray. Eragrostis. 

 Minneapolis (river bluff near the University), Oestlund, Upham. South. 



FESTUCA, L. Fescue-Grass. 



F. teiiella, Willd. Slender Fescue-Grass. 



Through the south half of the state. Lapham. Minneapolis, Simmons, (abun- 

 dant on sandy land east of the University) Upham. 



F. ovina, L. Sheep's Fescue. 



Frequent throughout the state, excepting perhaps far southward. 



F. rubra, L. (F. ovina, L., var. rubra, Gray.) Red Fescue. 



Lake Superior, Dr. Bobbins, and northward, Gray's Manual; probably in northern 

 Minnesota. 



[F. duriuscuia, L. (F. ovina, L., var. duriuscula. Gray), should also be looked for 

 northward.] 



F. elatior, L. (Including F. pratensis, Hudson.) Taller or Meadoto Fescue. 

 Minneapolis, old state farm close southeast from University, Oestlund. Infre- 

 quent. 



F. uiitans, Willd. Nodding Fescue. 



Throughout the state, excepting perhaps far northward, but infrequent. Lake Win- 

 nibigoshish, Houghton; lake Minnetonka, Oestlund; Blue Earth county, Leiberg; 

 Emmet county, Iowa (rare), Cratty. 



BROMUS, L. Brome-Grass. 



B. secalinus, L. Cheat or Chess. 



Occasional in wheat-fields, mostly southeastward. A very unwelcome immigrant. 

 Plentifnl in Houston county, especially in fields of winter wheat, also frequent in mow- 

 ing land, J. S.Harris; frequent, but not so plentiful as to be troublesome, in Steele 

 county and at Minneapolis, Upham. 



B. racemosiis, L. Upright Chess. 

 Minneapolis, Kassube. Infrequent. 



B. Kalmii, Gray. Wild Chess, 



Common, or frequent, throughout the state, excepting perhaps northeastward. 



B. ciliatus, L. Wild Chess. 



Common, or frequent, throughout the state. 



B. ciliatus, L., var. pur8:au.s, Gray. Wild Chess. 

 Minneapolis, Upham. Probably common. 



PHRAGMITES,Trin. Reed. 



P. communis, Trin. Reed. 



Common, or frequent, in the edges of ponds and lakes, throughout the prairie portion 

 of the state ; also at Roseau lake and the lake of the Woods, Dawson. 



