88 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY 



Polyantherix hystrix NEES, Mart. Bras. (1829). 

 Elymus sitanion R. and S. Mant. II, 426 (1824). 

 E. hystrix. per legem not Linn. 



Wats and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 673; Upham,Fl. Minn. 170; Wats., 

 Tl. Calif. II, 327; Coult., Fl. Colo. 427; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 293, 377: Wats., 

 King Exp. 391; Webb., Appx. Neb. 24. 



North America: Oregon to San Diego, Calif.; E. to 

 Minn., Neb., Ark., Arizona, Tex. and N. Mex. 



Minn, valley: Reported from S. central district and 

 westward; infrequent; river banks and wooded hills. 



Elymus striatus WILLD. Spec. I (1797). 

 E. villosus MUHL. Willd. Enum. 131 (1809). 

 E. striatus \ar. villosus GBA.Y, Man. ed. V, 639 (1868). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 673; Britt., Fl. N. J, 299; Mac., 

 Fl. Can. II, 247; Upham, Fl. Minn. 170; Webb., Fl. Neb. 99; Chap., Fl. S. 

 St. 567; Cov., Fl. Ark. 238. 



North America: Ont. to N. Y., N. J. and N. Car.; W. 

 to Minn., Neb. and Ark. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; infrequent; roadsides and 

 banks. 



HERB.: Sheldon 842, Sleepy Eye; Herb. Sheld. 1647, 

 Hennepin Co. 



Elymus canadensis LINN. Spec. 83 (1753). 



E. philadelphicus LINN. Amoen. Acad. IV, 266 (1759). 

 E. glaucifolius WILLD. Enum. I, 131 (1809). 

 E. canadensis var. glaucifolius TORR. Fl. Am. I, 137 (1824). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 673; Britt., Fl. N. J. 298; Mac., 

 Fl. Can. II, 245; Coult., Fl. Colo. 427; Webb., Fl. Neb. 99; Vas., Ag. 

 Grasses U. S. 77; Upham, Fl. Minn. 169; Wats.. Fl. Calif. II, 327; Chap., 

 Suppl. S. St. 664; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 293; Cov., Fl. Ark. 238. 



North America: N. S., Q., Ont, Man., Assiniboia to 

 Rocky mts., Brit. Col. and Oregon; S. to N. Eng., N. J. and 

 mts. of Ga. ; W. to Minn., Neb., Colo., Tex. and N. Mex. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; abundant; roadsides and 

 banks. 



HERB. : Sheldon 1120, Springfield; Sheldon 976%, Sleepy 

 Eye; Taylor 762, Glenwood; Bollard 389, Jordan, Scott Co.; 

 Bollard 578, Crystal lake, Scott Co.; Bollard 765, Waconia 

 [(var. glaucifolius (Willd.)]; Sandberg 591, Red Wing; Oestlund 

 338, 339, Minneapolis. 



Elymus virginicus LINN. Spec. 83 (1753). 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 673; Mac., Fl. Can. II, 247; Webb., 

 Fl. Neb. 99; Chap., Fl. S. St. 567; Upham, Fl. Minn. 169; Britt., Fl. N. J. 

 298; Vas., Ag. Grasses U. S. 77; Cov., Fl. Ark. 238. 



North America: N. S., N. Br., Q., Ont., L. Superior 

 region to Man. ; S. to N. Eng. , N. J. and Fla. ; W. to Minn. , 

 Neb., Kan., Mo. and Ark. 



