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88. A. fatna L. WILD OAT. 



Common along streets and waste places in the city of 

 Boulder, 5300-5700 ft. (Daniels, 387). 

 EUROPE: ASIA, thence to NORTH AMERICA. 



89. A. sativa L. COMMON OAT. 



Adventitious along railroads, 5300-5400 ft. (Daniels, 479). 

 OLD WORLD, thence universal in cultivation. 



53. MERATHREPTA Raf. WILD OAT-GRASS. 



90. M. Californica (Bolander) Piper [Danthonia Calfornica 

 Bolander]. CALIFORNIA WILD OAT-GRASS. 



Arapahoe Pass, 12000 ft. (Rydberg). 



MONTANA to BRITISH COLUMBIA; COLORADO to CALIFORNIA. 



91. M. intermedia (Vasey) Piper [Danthonia intermedia 

 Vasey]. INTERMEDIATE WILD OAT-GRASS. 



Aspen bogs at Glacier Lake and Eldora, 8600-11500 ft. 

 (Daniels, 621). 

 ALBERTA to BRITISH COLUMBIA; COLORADO to CALIFORNIA. 



92. M. spicata (L) Raf. [Danthonia spicata (L) Beauv.]. 

 COMMON WILD OAT-GRASS. 



Common on dry slopes in the foothills, 6000-8000 ft. (Dan- 

 iels, 370). Also mesas at foot of the Flat-irons. 



NEWFOUNDLAND to BRITISH COLUMBIA; NORTH CAROLINA 

 to LOUISIANA and CALIFORNIA. 



54. SPARTINA Schreb. CORD-GRASS. 



93. S. cynosuroides (L.) Willd. TALL MARSH GRASS. FRESH- 

 WATER CORD-GRASS. 



Swales and bogs in the plains, infrequent, 51005500 ft. 

 (Daniels, 522). 



NOVA SCOTIA to MACKENZIE; NEW JERSEY to TEXAS and 

 COLORADO. 



55. SCHEDONNARDUS Steud. CRAB-GRASS. 



94. S. paniculatus (Nutt.) Trelease [S. Texanus Steud.]. 

 WILD CRAB-GRASS. 



Frequent on the plains and mesas, 5100-6000 ft. (Daniels, 



175). 



