GRAMINE^E. 43 



Common along the La Plata ; very luxuriant in wet mead- 

 ows near Hamor's Lake, n. 982 ; a peculiar dwarf from 

 (n. 983) near Little Kate Mine, 11,500 feet. 



TRISETUM SUBSPICATUM, Beauv. 1. c. 88. Abundant in the 

 canon of the upper La Plata, and on hills about Hamor's 

 Lake up to 12,000 feet, nn. 955, 957. The variety MOLLE, 

 much dwarfed, only 5-7 inches high at 12,000 feet and 

 upwards, n. 956. 



AVENA STRIATA, Michx. Fl. i. 72. Little Kate Mine, at 

 10,000-11,000 feet; not common, n. 976. 



DANTHONIA PARRYI, Scribn. Abundant in the pine 

 belt along Chicken Creek, 8,500-8,900 feet, but not seen 

 elsewhere, n. 349. 



BOUTELOUA OLIGOSTACHYA, Torr. in Gray Man., 2 ed., 

 553. Occasional near Durango, and on the plains west 

 of Mancos, n. 971. 



BOUTELOUA CURTIPENDULA, Torr., Emory's Rep. 153. Dry 

 gravelly soil along the La Plata and Las Animas Rivers, 

 n. 970. 



BECKMANNIA ERUCLEFORMIS, Host. Gram. Austr. iii. 5. 

 Rather common in wet places at Durango and Trimble 

 Springs, n. 959. 



KCELERIA CRISTATA, Pers. Syn. i. 97. One of the com- 

 monest grasses up to about 9,000 feet; rare above that; 

 extremely variable as to length of leaf, nn. 99, 114, 324. 



MELICA PARVIFLORA, Scribn. Mem. Torr. Club, v. 50. On 

 shaded rocks, in the canon of the La Plata, at 9,500 feet, 

 rare, n. 969. 



DACTYLIS GLOMERATA, Linn. Sp. 71. Along roadsides 

 here and there; barely naturalized, n. 960. 



