42 Order POALES 
Curtis; Grand Island; Hardy; Kennedy; Lincoln; Minden; North 
Platte; Sioux county; Whitman. 
9. Korycarpus (Diarrhena). 134. 
1. Korycarpus arundinaceus Zea. 
In deep woods in the southeastern part of the state. Weeping Water. 
10. Melica. 133. 
Culms over 8 dm. high, sheaths glabrous. 1. M. nitens. 
Culms less than 8 dm. high, sheaths scabrous. 2. M. porteri. 
1. Melica nitens Nutt. Melic-grass. 
Weeping Water. 
2. Melica porteri Scribn. 
Nebraska, according to Rydberg’s Flora of Colorado. 
11. Catabrosa. 133. 
1. Catabrosa aquatica (L.) Beauv. Water-grass. 
In water or wet places mostly in the western part of the state. 
Cherry county; Dismal River; Long Pine; Sidney; Thedford. 
12. Koeleria. 132. 
1. Koeleria cristata (L.) Pers. Prairie June-grass. 
Common in prairies all over the state. Belmont; Broken Bow; Hal- 
sey; Hastings; Lincoln; Minden; Ponca; Saunders county; Sioux 
county; Valentine. 
13. Sphenopholis (Eatonia). 132. 
Second empty scales much wider than the flowering scales, rounded 
or truncate at the apex. 1. S. obtusata. 
Second empty scale not much wider than the flowering scales, obtuse 
or acute. 2. S. pallens. 
1. Sphenopholis obtusata (Michx.) Scribn. 
Common on prairies throughout the state. Belmont; Broken Bow; 
Crawford; Cherry county; Halsey; Hat Creek basin; Kearney; Lin- 
coln; Long Pine; Mullen; Plummer Ford; Thedford; Valley. 
2. Sphenopholis pallens (Spreng.) Scribn. 
Wooded bluffs, mostly in the eastern part of the state. Belmont; 
Fort Niobrara; Nemaha; Valentine; Valley of the Bow in Cedar 
county. 
14. Eragrostis. 129. 
Stems not creeping. 
Annuals. 
Spikelets 2-5-flowered, 2-3 mm. long. 1. E. capillaris. 
Spikelets 5-many-flowered, 3-16 mm. wide. 
Spikelets about 1 mm. wide. 2. E. pilosa. 
Spikelets over 1 mm. wide. 
Spikelets 1.5 mm. wide. 3. E. purshii. 
Spikelets 2.5 mm. or wider. 4, E. major. 
Perennials. 
Flowering scales less than 2 mm. long. 5. E. pectinacea. 
Flowering scales, at least the lower, over 2 mm. long. 
6. E. trichodes. 
Stems creeping. 
Flowering scales 2 mm. long, glabrous. 7. E. hypnoides. 
Flowering scales 3-4 mm. long, pubescent. 8. E. weigeltiana. 
