ii(»in)K.K, 



045 



INFontana, Srribner 4'^*0, 430. 



Sliuued borders, lloiuul Cret'k, und by si)ring3 iioiir tlio liciid of 

 Jim ('oulic or Ti<,'er J^attle, An;,'. 3, 1883. Nimihcr 430 lias tlio 

 shorter iiwiis, and tlio llorul gliimt'S st-abrid; number 4^!) has tho 

 lon<,'t!r awns and tlio floral glunica pnborulont. 



3. H. pratense Iliids. Fl, Anj;l, I'M. '.',50 (\7i>2). II. mdosinn. 

 L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, l-.'G (17(1'^). H. .svfaliniim Sclirel). Siiioil. Fl. 

 Lips. 148 (1771). JI. pusiUuin Niitt. Gon. 1: 87 (1818). 



Culms 20-70 cm. liigli. often ^fonioulato below, lieaf-blados 

 Hat or involute, usually nearly smooth, 10-13 cm. long. Spiko 

 exsertod, 3-7 cm. long, about 7 mm. 

 wide, readily se|)arating when ma- 

 ture, each joint of rachis 1.3-2 mm. 

 long. Empty glumes all very nar- 

 row, subulate from tho base and 

 slightly scabrous ; lateral spikelets 

 borne on stipes 0..5-().7 mm. long, 

 lanceolate, awn-pointed ; central 

 floret cylindrical, about 8 mm. long 

 with a sbort awn. Cirain elliptical. 



Col. W. ]\[unro in Proc. Lin. 

 Soc. p. 50, 1802, says in reference 



to tho grasses of Linna3us' llerbari- Fm. m. — irordenm pratense. 

 ° Two views ot !i spikelet. (Scnb- 



um: " //. noilusnm 2d Edit. Sj). PI. uaw) 



p. 120, is certainly II. pratense Iluds., of which there are also two 



other specimens without any name, and the species does not seem 



to have been taken up by Linna3us." 



low a, Hit, I'lcork; Illinois, Patterson for U. S. I)ei)t. Agricul. 

 778. Canl)ij, lleht) for Dr. Clark 29GG; Missouri, Hvl>t,; Montana, 

 W Uliams h'$)\\ houmiina, Lanfftois; Wyoming, iy////"?<w C 42; Ari- 

 zona, Tourney 763, 773; Vancouver Island, Macounj Washington, 

 Lake, Suksdurf; California, Jones 2522. 



Found in western States and Territories, usually in alkaline 

 soils. 



4. II. MAKiTisirM With. Bot. Arr. 1: 172 (177G). Ska-uahley. 

 H. chilenscW. & S. Syst. 2:7i)G (1817). I/, [/cnictdat inn AW. Fl. 



