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minutely scabrous, the awns which terminate the prolongation of the rachilla 
3 to 4 lines long, somewhat dilated below, and € ciliate along the margins, 
scabrous above. “Found by Dr. Palmer in a deep cut in the mountains near 
Acapulco, Mexico, growing in loose, gravelly soil, October, 1894. “A fine grass, 
which is eaten with avidity by sheep and goats” (Nos. 41 and 43). The three 
2 outer glumes appear to originate upon the same plane, forming a whorl (see 
3). The 
may represent a single glume 
E divided to its base, or one of 
them may represent ascale-like 
prolongation of the partial 
axissupporting the spikelet, or 
it may even stand for a second 
spikelet of a group of two. 
ndinella martinicensis Trin. 
upper surface; —— ve 1 
below, geniculate and diver- 
gent above. 
Aristida jorullensis Kth. (Strep- 
: Fra. 2.—Fou exicana, female plant: a, terminal 
— ees). abbit grass. poruo of rachis gam two spielen b, a spikelet; 45$ 
r 
better feed is scarce. Low bot- of ‘the: seco nite ikelet, or it may 
tom lands; alsoin the moun- represent a second spikelet of a cluster of two); 7 bow. 
tains, and common along road- 
ag October, 1894 ( e. 9. pala. 4 he left of a is a 3-awned prolongation of 
boha d FA K th the cse pee pistil is shown in the upper left-hand _ 
Sp "o gensis E corner. 
Found on adry rocky slope ov 
ooking the ocean. Eaten 1 85 young by all kinds of stock. a 1894 (74.) 
Eleusine indica Ga ertn. On low bottom lands. al 1894 (120 
Dactyloctenium Willd. Low bottom lands. November, 1894 (1 121). 
Bouteloua repens (HBK.). . Found on the sig idos and down their stony — 
slopes to the water's edge. Eaten by all grass-eating melo November, 1894 
(113). 1 
Opizia z t y if i Pr E (Fig. 4). € cal 42 p 4 ut g " rar 
5 
3 4 i E MUT c 11 3 e avan aver the 
po It is diff eaa find seeds or good s} ns, s, owing to the 
