Wheeler: catalog of Minnesota grasses. 105 



Agropyron dasystachyum (Hook.) Vasey, Spec. Rep. U. S. 

 Dept. Agric. 63: 45. 1883. Hairy-glumed wheat- 

 grass. 

 Reported from Minnesota. No authentic collections known. 

 Agropyron pseudorepens Scribn. and Sm. U. S. Dept. Agric, 

 Div. Agrost. Bull. 4: 34. 1897. False quack-grass. 

 Throughout. 



Herb. : Rosendahl 628, Spring Grove; Moyer, Montevideo; 

 Sheldon 2505,'Mille Lacs Reservation; Bailey 511, Agate 

 Bay; Skinner 105, Heron lake. 



Agropyron repens (L.) Beauv. Agrost. 146. 1812. Quack- 

 grass. 

 Commonly adventive east. 



Herb.: Rosendahl 446, Spring Grove; Sheldon 2837, 

 Kanabec county; Ramaley 217, Ramsey county; Sandberg 

 37, Hennepin county; Bailey 42, Vermilion lake. 

 Hordeum nodosum L. Sp. PL Ed. 2, 126. 1762. Meadow 

 barle}r. 

 All reports of this species probably refer to the next. 

 Hordeum pusillum Nutt. Gen. 1: 87. 1818. Little barley. 

 Dry soil south. 

 Herb. : Menzel, Pipestone. 

 Hordeum jubatum L. Sp. PI. 85. 1753. Squirrel-tail grass. 

 Common in dry soil throughout. 

 Herb. : Numerous collections. 

 Sitanion elymoides Raf. Journ. Phys. 89: 103. 1819. Long- 

 bristled wild rye. 

 Elymus sitanion Schultes, Mant. 2 : 426. 1824. 

 Reported from southwestern Minnesota. No specimens 

 known to verify report. 



Elymus striatus Willd. Sp. PL 1 : 470. 1797. Slender wild 

 rye. 

 Common throughout. 



Herb.: Wheeler 1067, Luverne ; Aiton, Hennepin county; 



Ballard 1005, Nicollet county; Campbell 129, Stearns county. 



Elymus arkansanus Scribn. & Ball, U. S. Dept. Agric, Div. 



Agrost. Bull. 24: 45. 1900. Arkansas wild rye. 



Dry soil south. Previously confused with Elymus striatus. 



Willd. 



Herb. : Sheldon 842, 9763^. Sleepy eye. 



