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Benth. and Hook., Gen. PI. Ill, 1168; Durand, Ind. Gen. Plwn. 473; 

 Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 2, II, 59 (Hack el). 



Living species: 30; plateaus of S. W. United States; 

 a few generally distributed in Nortflb. America and in S. Amer- 

 ica. Rocky mts., 5; California, 3-4; Canada, 3; E. Sts., 3; S. 

 Sts., 2; PI. Wheel., 8; Tex., Mex. and Arizona, 23. 



Bouteloua curtipendula (Micnx.) GRAY, Man. ed, v. 621 



(1868). 



Chloris curtipendula MICHX. Fl. N. Am. I, 159 (1803). 

 Atlieropogon apludioides MUHL. Willd. Spec. IV, 927 (1805). 

 Bouteloua racemosa LAG. Varied, de Cienc. (1805). 

 Cynosurus secundus PURSH, Fl. Am. 728 (1814). 

 Eutriana curtipendula TRIN. Diss. I, 243 (1828). 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 656; Britt., Fl. N. J. 292 ; Webb., 

 Fl. Neb. 103; Mac., FJ. Can. II, 216; Coult., Fl. Colo. 417; Upham, Fl. Minn 

 164; Vas., Ag. Grasses U. S. 57; Engl., Hackel, Nat. Pflanz. 2, II, 59; Roth., 

 Wheel. Exp. 286; Cov., Fl. Ark. 236. 

 Peru. 



North America: Ont. to Man.; S. to Mex. and C. 

 Amer. ; W. to Colo, and Arizona; E. to Minn , Neb., Ark., 111., 

 Wise., N. Y. and N. J. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; especially prairie districts; 

 dry prairies and ridges. 



HERB. : Sheldon 823, Cottonwood valley, near Sleepy 

 Eye ; Sheldon 1129, Springfield ; Sheldon 1376, Lake Benton ; 

 Sheldon 1173, New Ulm ; Taylor 735, Glenwood ; Sheldon 957, 

 Redwood Falls; MacM. and Sheld. 12, Brainerd; Foote 6, Worth - 

 ington ; Oestlund 328, Minneapolis ; Oestlund 329, Minneapolis; 

 Sandberg 567, Goodhue Co. ; Herb. Sheld. 1707, Minneapolis. 



Bwteloua hirsuta LAG. Var. Cienc. y. Litt. (1805). 

 Chondrosium hirtum H B K. N. Gen. et. Spec. (1815) 

 Atlieropogon papillosus E^GELM. Am. Jour. Ssi. XLVI (1843). 

 Chondrosium foenum TORR. Marcy Rep. 157 (1848). 

 Bouteloua foena TORR . 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 656; Upham, Fl. Minn. 164; Webb., 

 Fl. Neb. 103; Mac., Fl. Can. II, 215; Coult., Fl. Colo. 416; Roth., Wheel. 

 Exp. 32, 288. 



North America: Alberta to Colo, and Mex.; E. to 

 Tex., Neb., Ill, and Minn. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; dry or sandy fields and 

 ridges. 



HERB. : Sheldon 1167, New Ulm ; Sheldon 1444, Pipe- 

 stone ; Taylor 736, Glenwood ; Sheldon 1341, Lake Benton ; 

 Sheldon 1380, Norwegian creek, Lincoln Co.; Sheldon 1654, 

 Minneapolis; MacM. and Sheld. 21, Brainerd; Ballard 24a, 



