CHLOUIDE.E. 



439 



plant. 1 )r. Engelinaun was the first to discover tlie true nature of 

 the phint. 



One species, extensively spread over the great plains from Mexico 

 to liritish America. 



1. B. dactyloides (Xutt.) Rafiu. Kiintze, Rev. Gen. PI. 2:76;j 

 (1891). BuFFALO-GUASS. Hcshria dactyloides Nutt. Gen. 1: 65 

 (1818). Anthephora^Antephora) axiUrfiomHteud. Syn. PL Gram. 

 HI (1855). Buchlo'c dactyloides Eugelni. '".''rans. St. Louis Acad. 

 1:43-^ (1859). 



Densely tufted, extensively spreading by stolons. Culms of the 

 male plant 9-20 cm. high, those of the pistillate plant 4-7 cm. 



Fig. 80. — Bulhilis dactyloides. A, Stnniinate spikelct; B, pistillate spikelet. 



(After Engl.) 



high. Blades 5-10 cm. long, 2 mm. wide, nearly smooth or slightly- 

 hairy, bearded at the ligule. 



Texas, Hall TTO, Drunmnnd 359, 378; Xcw ^Fexico, WriyM 

 517, 785, 2079; Colorado, Pavry 369; Mexico, Schaffncr 1004, 

 1021, Parry tf- Palmer 922. 



This famous grass disappears rapidly with close feeding of live 

 stock. 



95. (195). Opizia J. & C. Presl, Rel. Ilamk. 1:293, t. 41, /. 

 1 to 11 (1830). Casiostega Rupr. Galcotti, in Bull. Acad. Brux. 

 9: Part 2, 232 (1842). 



Spikelets monwcious or dioecious, 1-flowered, the staminate in 

 slender 1-sided spikes. Empty glumes entire, 1-nerved, the lower the 



