48 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 



So. Sts., 20; Canada, 3-4; E. Sts., 10; Rocky Mts., 5; PL 

 Wheel., 6. 



Andropogon nutans LINN. Spec. 1045 (1753). 

 A. avenaceus MICHX. Fl. N. Am. I, 58 (1803). 

 Sorghum nutans GRAY. Man. ed. I, 617 (1848). 

 Chrysopogon nutans B. and H. Gen. PL III, 1135 (1883). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 638; Mac., Fl. Can. II, 185; Webb., 

 Fi. Neb. 105; Coult., Fl. Colo. 406; Chap., FL So. St. 583; Vas., Ag. Grasses 

 U. S. 36; Upham, Fl. Minn. 173; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 296; Cov., Fl. Ark. 

 234; Vas.. Mon. 9. 



North America: Ont. to Man.; S. to N. Y., N. J. and 

 Fla.; W. to Minn., Neb., Kan., Mo., Ark. and S. Colo. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; principally prairie dis- 

 trict; dry and high places. 



HERB. : Sheldon 1595, Lake Ben ton; Taylor 1064, Alex- 

 andria; Sheldon, 1289, Lake Ben ton; Sheldon 1652, Minneapolis; 

 MacM. and Sheld. 17, Brainerd; Sandberg 606, Red Wing; Foote 

 12, Worthington. 



Andropogon provincialis LAM. Enc. Meth. I, 376 (1783). 

 A. villosus var. B. LAM. Fl. Fr. Ill, 634 (1778). 

 A. gerardi VITM. Summ. PL VI, 16 (1792). 

 A. furcatus MUHL. Willd. Spec. IV, 919 (1805;. 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 637; Mac., FL Can. II, 184; Britt., 

 FL N. J. 284; Webb., FL Neb. 105; Coult., FL Colo. 405; Upham, Fl. Minn. 

 173; Chap., FL So. St. 581; Vas., Ag. Grasses U. S. 35; Richt., PL Eur. I, 

 23; Cov., FL Ark. 234; Vas., Mon. 12. 

 Southern France. 



North America: Ont.; L. of Woods, Man.; S. to N. J. 

 and Fla.; W. to Minn., Dak., Neb., Colo., Ark. and Tex. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; especially in prairie dis- 

 trict; dry and high places. 



HERB.: Taylor 1028, Glen wood; Sheldon 1172, New 

 Ulm; Tay lor 1071, Alexandria; Sheldon 1130, Springfield; Shel- 

 don 1338, Lake Benton; Sandberg 603, Goodhue Co.; Sandberg 

 604, Red Wing; Fooie 10, Worthington; Oestlund 349, Minne- 

 apolis; 350, Minneapolis. 



Andropogon scoparius MICHX. FL N. Am. I, 57 (1803). 

 A. dissitijtorus MICHX. FL N. Am. I, 57 (1803). 

 A. purjiurascens WILLD. Spec. IV, 913 (1805). 

 Pallinia scoparia SPKENG. Syst. II, 832 (1825). 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 637; Britt., FL N. J. 284; Mac., 

 Fl. Can. II, 185; Webb., FL Neb. 105; Upham, Fl.'Minn. 173; Coult., FL 

 Colo. 405; Chap., Fl. So. St. 581; Vas., Ag. Grasses U. S. 35; Both., Wheel. 

 Exp. 296; Cov., Fl. Ark. 234; Vas., Mon. 10. 



Nortfi America: N. Br., Q., Ont. to Man. and Sas- 



