86 METASPERMAE OP THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 



Agropyrum violaceum (HORN.) LANGE, ex. Richt. PL Eur. 

 I, 123 (1890). 



Triticum violaceum HORN. Fl.' Dan. 2044 (1827?). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 672; Mac., Fl. Can. II, 243 ; Coult., 

 Fl. Colo., 426; Wats., Fl. Calif. II, 324; Upham, Fl. Minn. 169: Richt., PL 

 Eur. I, 123. 



N. Scandinavia. 



North America; Q., Man., Assiniboia to Rockies, N. 

 W. T. and Grinnell Land 81 44' N. lat.; Greenland; S. to N. 

 Eng. and mts. of N. Y. ; W. to Lake Superior region, Minn, and 

 Dak. 



Minn, valley : Throughout; forest openings and rail- 

 way embankments; infrequent. 



HERB.: Sheldon 979, Sleepy Eye; MacM. and Sheld. 2, 

 Brainerd; Bailey 494 Agate Bay. 



Agropyrum glaucum (DESP.) R. and S. var. occidentale 

 VAS. and SCRIB. 



A. repens AUCT. in part. 

 Iriticum repens var. glaucum VAS. Cat. (1885). 



Wats! and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 671; Britt., Fl. N. J. 298; Webb.. 

 Fl. Neb. 100; Coult., Fl. Colo. 425; Wats., FL Calif. II, 323; Vas., Ag. 

 Grasses U. S. 75; Mac., FL Can. II, 242; Upham, Fl. Minn. 169; Engl. 

 Hackel, Nat. Pflanz. II, 2, 79; Richt., PL Eur. I, 123 (spec.); Hook., FL 

 Gt. Brit. 504 (spec.); Led., Fl. Boss. IV, 340 (spec.); Trautv., FL Sib. 133 

 (spec.). 



Species in Europe and Asia. 



North America: N. S., Q., Ont. to Man., Brit. Col. 

 and Arctic sea?; S. to N. J. and Va. ; W. to CaL, Oregon and 

 Utah. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; fields and sterile places. 



HERB.: Bollard 316, Belle Plaine; Sheldon 1377, Lake 

 Benton; Sheldon 463, Madison Lake, Blue Earth Co.; MacM. 

 and Sheld. 17, Brainerd; Bailey 511, Agate Bay; Sandberg 587 } 

 Red Wing; 588, Red Wing. 



HOEDE1TM LINN. Gen. 45 (1737). 



Critho E. MEY. Ind. Hort. Regiom. (1848). 

 Zeocriton BEAUV. Agrostogr. 114 (1812). 

 Critesion RAF. Journ. Phys. LXXXIX, 103 (1819). 

 Crithopsis JAUB. et SPACH, 111. Or. IV, 30 (1355). 

 Cuviera KOEL. Gram. Gall, et Germ. 328 (1802). 

 Benth. and Hook., Gen. PI III, 1206; Durand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 480; 

 Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 2, II, 86 (Hackel). 



Living species: 16; temperate Asia, Europe, N. Africa, 

 N. and S. America. Europe, 10; N. America, 5; Canada 3; 

 California, 3; E. Sts., 2; Rocky mts., 2; S. Sts., 1; PL King, 3; 

 PL Wheel., 2. 



