Fie. 85. Bulbilis d: ag Bech geo he Raf. (Buchloé dactyloides Engelm.). BUF- 
FALO-GRASS.—a, A female or fruiting plant; a’, the pistillate or ‘lemale infio- 
rescence; b,a ci es oputence plant; b’, the staminate or male inflorescence; 
¢,& staminate spikelet 
85. ROLBILES Rat. a _— Hee * 4: — 1819. (Buchtot Engelmann, 
1859.) 
ante pete Empty glu umes obtuse, unequal; speed iigarvatoried syed 
ttle shorter than its glume, 2-nerved. Stamens 3. Pistils n Pistil- 
sf spk oe 1-flowere d, in a _nearly capitate, one-sided spikes, gence: are 
Empty glum 
28 2, 
the Ist sometimes wanting, the seed one large, concave at the base, or in the 
lowest spikelet connate with the nearly equal Ist glume, indurated, apex 
tooth ‘ume 
q 
Fs 
FE 
h 
the d empty 
niferous perennial, with narrow, flat leaves, and 
Species 1, western North America. 
