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GRASSES OF IOWA. 



Fig. 147. Elcusinelndica—a, spike ; b, spikelet ; 

 c, flowering glume; d, seed. (Div. Agros. U. 8. 

 DepC Agrl. ) 



Fig. 148. Buchloe dactyloides—a,, pistillate 

 plant; a', pistillate spikelet ;b, staminate plant; 

 b' staminate spikelet ; c, spikelet. (Div. Agros. 

 U. 8. Dept. Agrl.) 



DISTRIBUTION'. 



Iowa. Keokuk (P. H. Rolfs) ; Ames (Pammel, Kaufman, Sir- 

 rine), Muscatine (Reppert), Hamburg, Keokuk (Hitchcock), Daven- 

 port (Pammel). 



North America. Massachusetts to New York (Parry), New- 

 Jersey (Highland Park, Halsted), Ohio (Worthington, Horr; Pains- 

 ville, Beardslee), Virginia (Morgantown, Millspaugh, 66o), District 

 of Columbia (Washington, Pammel), south to Florida (Duval County, 

 Curtiss, 3448) ; west to Texas, southern Iowa, Kansas, Missouri (St. 

 Loui-, Eggert; Cairo, McKinney; St. Louis and Jefferson Barracks 

 Pammel). Mexico (Guadalajara, Palmer, 242, 255; Rio Blanca 

 Palmer), and Central America. Cuba (Santa Clara Province, Combs, 

 260.) 



