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Bouteloua oligostachya (NUTT.) TORR. ; A. Gray, Man. Ed. 

 2, 553. 1856. Mesquite-grass, Grama-grass. 



Dry soil throughout ; common west. 



Herb. : Collections not so numerous as those of Bouteloua 

 hirsuta Lag. 



Atheropogon curtipendulus (MICHX.) FOURN. Mex. PI. En. 



Gram. 138. Racemed grama-grass. 

 Bouteloua curtipendula (MiCHX.) TORR. Emory's Rep. 



153. 1848. 

 Bouteloua racemosa LAG. Var. Cienc. y Litter. 2 : Part 



4, 141. 1805. 



Common in dry soil throughout. 

 Herb. : Numerous collections. 



Beckmannia erucaeformis (L.) HOST, Gram. Austr. 3: 5: 



1805. Beckmannia. 

 Common throughout the prairie region. 

 Herb. : Numerous collections from western Minnesota. 



Bulbilis dactyloides (NUTT.) RAF. ; Kuntze, Rev, Gen. PI. 



763. 1891. Buffalo grass. 

 Buchloe dactyloides ENGELM. Trans. St. Louis Acad. I : 



432. 1859. 



Rare on dry prairies southwest. 

 Herb. : Leiberg 94, Pipestone quarry. 



Phragmites phragmites (L.) KARST. Deutsch. Fl. 379. 1880- 



1883. Corn grass, Reed. 



Phragmites communis TRIN. Fund. Agrost. 134. 1820. 

 Common in wet soil throughout. 



Herb. : MacMillan and Skinner 394, Crookston ; MacMil- 

 lan and Sheldon 3, Brainerd ; Sandberg, Hennepin county; 

 Taylor 222, Janesville, 1019, Glenwood ; Wheeler 1142, Lu- 

 verne. 



Eragrostis capillaris (L.) NEES, Agrost. Bras. 505. 1829. 



Capillary eragrostis. 



Reported from Minnesota by Upham but probably does not 

 occur in our range. 



Eragrostis frankii STEUD. Syn. PI. Gram. 273. 1855. 



Frank's eragrostis. 



Reported from Minnesota. There are no specimens in the 

 University herbarium to verify the report. 



