84 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 



Serrafalcus PAUL AT. PI. Nov. 75 (1842). 



Libertia LEJEUNE, Nov. Act. Cur. XII, 755 ( ). 



Michelaria DUM. Agrostogr. Belg. 77 (1823). 



Triniusa STEUD. Syn. Glum. I, 328 (1855). 



Ceratochloa BEAUV. Agrostogr. 75 (1812). 



Benth. and Hook., Gen. PL III, 1200 ; Durand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 478; 

 Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 2, II, 75 (Hackel). 



Living species: 40; cosmoplitan; especially in N. tem- 

 perate regions; a few in tropical mts. and in the S. hemisphere. 

 Europe, 42 (Eichter); N. America, 12; Canada, 10; California, 6; 

 S. Sts., 4; Rocky mts., 3; E. Sts., 2; PL Wheel., 2; PL 

 King., 2. 



Bromus purgans LINN. Spec. 76 (1753). 



B. ciliatus var. purgans GRAY, Man. ed. I, 600 (1848). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 670: Britt., Fl. N. J. 297; Chap., 

 Fl. S. St. 566 ; Upham, Fl. Minn. 168 ; Led., Fl. Ross. IV. 361? Cov., Fl. 

 Ark. 238; Webb., Appx. Neb. 25. 



Kamtschatka and S. America? 



North America : N. Eng. , to Fla. ; W. to Minn. , Dak. 

 and Neb. 



Minn, valley : Throughout; abundant; river banks, 

 shores of lakes and woodlands. 



HERB.: Ballard, 214, Jordan, Scott Co.; Bollard 707, 

 Waconia; Sheldon 1594, Lake Benton; Sheldon 1307, Lake Ben- 

 ton; Sheldon 902, Sleepy Eye; Sheldon 558, Waseca; Sheldon 

 1193, New Ulm; Ballard 509, Prior's Lake, Scott Co. ; MacM. and 

 Sheld. 60, Brainerd; Sandberg 586, Red Wing; Oestlund 385, 

 Minneapolis. 



Bromus ciliatus LINN. Spec. 76 (1753). 



B. canadensis MICHX. Fl. N. Am. I, 65 (1803). 

 B. pubescens var. 1, TORR. Fl. U. S. I, 129 (1824). 

 B. purgans HOOK. Fl. Bor. Am. I, 252 (1833 , in part 

 B. inermis var. ciliata TRAUTV. Act. Hort. Petrop. V, I, 135 

 (1877). 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 670; Britt., Fl. N. J. 297; Webb., 

 Fl. Neb. 100; Upham, Fl. Minn. 168; Mac., Fl. Can. II, 237 ; Coult., Fl. 

 Colo. 425; Wats., Fl. Calif. II, 320; Vas., Ag. Grasses U. S. 74; Led.,Fl. 

 Boss. IV, 358 ; Wats., King Exp. 390 ; Roth , Wheel. Exp. 292 ; Cov., Fl. 

 Ark. 238; Rothr., Alask. 458. 



North America: N. S., N. Br., Q., Ont., Man., Brit. 

 Col., Vancouver to Kotzebue Sound, Alaska; S. to N. Eng., N. 

 J. and Va.; W. to Minn., Mo., Neb., Colo, and Calif. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; woods, banks of streams 

 and shores of lakes. 



HERB.: Ballard 717, Benton, Carver Co.; Taylor 1189, 

 Glenwood ; Ballard 846, Page Lake, Carver Co. ; Ballard 579, 



