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Triplasis on 
in a few places at the Sand Hills. - 
Di es pes 
Common along the creeks. . In some places on the creek bottoms , 
it was found snsities very luxuriantly. 
Diplachne Rlsties si 
S sev ir points along the Rio Graude, and on-some of the 
per It is somewhat partial to alkaline soil. 
Scler opogon Ka) 
This was seen often: in small patches scattered over the prairie 
region near Marfa and Fort Davis, and near Toyah Creek. 
Munroa squarros 
This scoaiae grass, with its contracted stems and leaves, was 
seen at several places on the prairie about Marfa—common at 
the Sand Hills. 
Arundo donax. 
At various points on the Rio Grande. <A few specimens seen at 
Presidio. 
Phragmites communis. 
Common along the Rio Grande. 
Eragrostis Purshit. 
Common on the creck bottoms. In some places the principal 
grass growt 
Eragrostis powoides. 
Vith the preceding, but less common. 
Eragrostis lugens. 
Frequent in the Linen region on the craggy slopes. 
Eragrostis Neo-Mexicana. 
ith the preceding. 
Eragrostis oxylepis. 
Frequent at the sand-hills. 
Hragrostis hs anlecrete 
A few plants seen a the sand-hills. 
Lragrostis aoe . 
xen only at one point at Limpia caiion on a grassy slope. 
Ul 
Distichlis maritima. 
This common grass of saline and alkaline soils [ found in one 
place by ap Creek. 
Bromus ciliatus, v 
Seen only at on Davis, near the summit of one of the cliffs, 
t. C, NEALLEY. 
re Guo. Vasry, 
Bot toxist, Department of Agriculture. 
