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Herb.: Rosendahl 534, Spring Grove; Ballard 325, Belle 

 Plain; Taylor 658, Blue Earth county; Bailey, 32, Vermilion 

 Lake. 



Koeleria cristata (L.) PERS. Syn. i: 97. 1805. Koeleria. 

 One of the most common grasses, in dry soil throughout. 

 Herb. : Numerous collections. 



Melica diffusa PURSH, Fl. Am. Sept. 77. 1814. Tall melic 



grass. 



Rare southeast. Not previously reported from Minnesota. 

 Herb. : Rosendahl, Spring Grove. 



Melica mutica WALT. Fl. Car. 78. 1788. Narrow melic 



grass. 



Rare southeast. Collected by L. H. Pammel in Houston 

 county in 1898. This is the only collection known from this 

 state. 

 Korycarpus diandrus (Micnx.) KUNTZE, Rev. Gen. PI. 772. 



1891. American korycarpus. 



Diarrhena americana BEAUV. Agrost. 142. 1812. 

 Reported from Sherburne county but probably does not ex- 

 tend so far north as Minnesota. 



Distichlis spicata (L.) GREENE, Bull. Cal. Acad. 2: 415. 

 1887. Marsh spike-grass. 



A collection by Professor MacMillan from Renville county 

 is reported in the Minnesota Botanical Studies, 1 : 68, 1894. 

 There is no specimen from this collection in the University her- 

 barium. 

 Dactylis glomerata L. Sp. PI. 71. 1753. Orchard grass. 



Escaped from cultivation throughout. 



Herb.: Skinner, Heron lake; Wheeler 1253, St. Anthony 

 Park; Aiton, Hennepin county; C. A. Sylvester, Madelia. 

 Poa annua L. Sp. PI. 68. 1753. Annual meadow-grass. 



Waste places probably throughout. 



Herb. : Kassube 191, Minneapolis. 



Poa nemoralis L. Sp. PI. 69. 1753. Wood meadow-grass. 

 Poa ccesia strictior A. GRAY, Man. Ed. 5, 629. 1867. 



Throughout. Often confused with Poa flava L. by col- 

 lectors. 



Herb.: Sandberg, Red Wing; Sheldon 2501, Mille Lacs 

 Indian Reservation, 



