Wheeler: catalog of Minnesota grasses. 91 



Reported from Minnesota but not represented by specimens. 

 Probably does not occur here. 



Muhlenbergia mexicana(L.) Trin. Unifl. 189. 1824. Meadow 

 muhlenbergia. 

 Common throughout. 

 Herb. : Numerous specimens. 

 Muhlenbergia racemosa (Michx.) B.S.P. Prel. Cat. N. Y. 

 67. 1888. Wild timothy. 

 Muhlenbergia glomerata Trin. Unifl. 191. 1824. 

 Common throughout. 

 Herb. : Numerous specimens. 

 Muhlenbergia sylvatica Torr. Fl. U. S. i : 87. 1824. Wood 

 muhlenbergia. 

 Rare along eastern border. 

 Herb. : Sandberg, Hennepin county. 

 Muhlenbergia ambigua Torr. Nicollet's Rep. 164. 1843. 

 Minnesota muhlenbergia. 

 Herb. : Type from Lake Okaman in Columbia University. 

 Not examined for this report. 



Muhlenbergia tenuiflora (Willd.) B.S.P. Prel. Cat. N. Y. 67. 

 1888. Slender muhlenbergia. 

 Muhlenbergia ivilldenovii Trin. Unifl. 188. 1824. 

 Reported from southern Minnesota in Upham's catalog. No 

 Minnesota specimens in the University herbarium. 

 Muhlenbergia diffusa Schreb. Beschr. Gras. 2: 143.^/. 5/. 

 1772-1779. 

 A collection of John Leiberg from Blue Earth county and 

 one by E. P. Sheldon from Otter Tail county, reported in the 

 Metaspermae of the Minnesota Valley and Minnesota Botanical 

 Studies as Muhlenbergia diffusa Shreb., are not this species, but 

 are very slender forms of Muhlenbergia mexicana (L.) Trin. 

 There are no authentic collections known from Minnesota. 

 Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreb.) Beauv. Agrost. 39. 181 2. 

 Bearded short-husk. 

 Brachyelytrum aristatum R. &. S. Syst. 2: 413. 1817. 

 Infrequent in moist places. 



Herb.: Sandberg, Aiton, Hennepin county; Ballard 397, 

 Scott county ; Bailey 397, Mud Lake ; Sandberg, Aitkin county. 

 Phleum pratense L. Sp. PI. 59. 1753. Timothy. 

 Escaped from cultivation throughout. 

 Herb. : Numerous collections. 



