Wheeler: catalog of Minnesota grasses. 101 



Poa alpina L. Sp. PL 67. 1753. Alpine spear-grass. 

 North shore of Lake Superior. 

 Herb. : Sandberg, Two Harbors? 



Poa compressa L. Sp. PI. 69. 1753. Flat-stemmed meadow- 

 grass. 

 Waste and cultivated grounds throughout. 

 Herb. : Many specimens. 



Scolochloa festucacea (Willd.) Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 137. 

 1827. Fescue scolochloa. 



No previous report based on authentic Minnesota collection. 

 The report in Upham's catalog is based entirely on Cratty's 

 Iowa collection. 



Herb.: Sheldon 448, Blue Earth county; Ballard 937, 

 Nicollet count} 7 ; MacMillan and Sheldon 1452, Sandy 

 Beach. 



Graphephorum melicoideum (Michx.) Beauv. Agrost. 164. -pi. 

 I 5-f- 8. 1812. Graphephorum. 



No authentic collection known from Minnesota. 



MacMillan and Sheldon's collection number 1452 from 

 Sandy Beach, Lake of the Woods, reported in the Minnesota 

 Botanical Studies, 1 : 964 and 975, as this species is Scolochloa 

 festucacea (Willd.) Link. 



Panioularia canadensis (Michx.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PL 783. 

 1891. Rattle-snake grass. 

 Glyceria canadensis Trin. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. (VI.) 

 1 : 366. 1831. 

 Common in wet places north, less frequent south. 

 Herb. : Many collections. 



Panicularia torreyana (Spreng.) Merrill, Rhodora, 4 : 146. 

 1902. 

 Glyceria elongata Trin. Gram. Suppl. 58 : 1836. 

 The report in Upham's catalog on this species is doubtful. 

 There are no known specimens from Minnesota. 



Panicularia nervata (Willd.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PL 783. 

 1891. Nerved manna-grass. 

 Glyceria nervata Trin. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. (VI.) 1 : 

 365- 1831. 

 In wet places throughout. 

 Herb. : Numerous specimens. 



