217] FLORA OF BOULDER, COLORADO 69 



NEW BRUNSWICK to BRITISH COLUMBIA; GEORGIA to COLO- 

 RADO. 



64. MEUCA L. MELIC-GRASS. 



107. M. bella Piper [M. bulbosa Geyer], BULBOUS MELIC- 

 GRASS. 



North slopes of Flagstaff Hill along Boulder Canon, 

 6000-7000 ft. (Daniels, 144). Spikelets often monstrous. 



MONTANA to WASHINGTON; COLORADO and UTAH to 

 OREGON. 



65. DACTYLIS L. ORCHARD GRASS. 



108. D. glomerata L. COMMON ORCHARD GRASS. 

 Throughout the whole cultivated district and penetrating 



into shacly canons; 5100-9000 ft. (Daniels, 235). 

 EUROPE, thence to NORTH AMERICA. 



66. DISTICHLIS Raf. SALT-GRASS. 



109. D. stricta (Torr.) Rydb. [D. maritima stricta (Torr.) 

 Thurber]. MARSH SPIKE-GRASS. 



Alkali flats about Boulder lake, 5300 ft. (Daniels, 728). 

 SASKATCHEWAN to WASHINGTON; MISSOURI to TEXAS and 

 CALIFORNIA. 



67. POA L. MEADOW-GRASS. 

 no. P. annua L. Low SPEAR-GRASS. 



Roadsides and at the entrance to Gregory Canon, 5100- 

 6000 ft. (Daniels, 250). 



EUROPE and ASIA, thence to NORTH AMERICA. 



in. P. pratensis L. KENTUCKY BLUE-GRASS. 



Meadows throughout, 5100-11500 ft. (Daniels, 558). Prob- 

 ably naturalized in the irrigated district. 



EUROPE: ASIA: NORTH AMERICA, but only the boreal and 

 alpine forms native. 



112. P. trivialis L. ROUGH MEADOW-GRASS. 



About ponds and ditches, 5400-5500 ft. (Daniels, 245). 

 Not in Rydberg's Flora. 



EUROPE, thence naturalized in many places in the UNITED 

 STATES. 



