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Eatonia obtusata (Michx.) A. Gray. 
Nebraska: Valley, a form with purplish panicles (var. purpurascens Vasey in U. $. 
Natl. Herb.), common on low ground, June 18 (252, 2523, 2002); Kearney, in low 
land, probably of some value as pasturage, June 20 (271 
Montana: Townsend, common in wet meadows, a fair hay grass, July 15 (390, 2150) 
a large form (var. robusta Vasey); Melrose, common in moist sandy soil, August 1 
(540); Manhattan, rare, on the shady river banks, July 9 (439). 
Eatonia pennsylvanica (D. C.) A. Gray. 
Montana: Manhattan, in moist thickets and wet meadows, but not common, July 17 
(428, 442, 2174); Logan, a good hay grass, in meadows near the river, July 27 
(517, 2268) 
Eatonia pennsylvanica major Torr. 
Colorado: Idaho Springs, scarce, on the moist mountain 1 ap 29 (742). 
Montana: Townsend, sand b n the Missouri River, July 15 (2160); Bozeman, 
scarce, in wet meadows, a good hay grass, July 22 
(458) ; A rare, August 1 (538). 
Eragrostis major Host. 
ins Central City, common along roadsides, June 
265); N Karih Platte, prairies, September (2520). 
Pdo: Golden, common in waste ground, August 30 
(757). 
Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Steud. 
8 Meadow Park, only a few plants seen along 
old road, August 15 (2365). 
Catabrosa aquatica (Linn.) Beauv. 
Montana: Bozeman, common in ditches, July 22 (462); 
Townsend, rather scarce, in shady meadows, July 
16 (401). 
daho: Beaver Canyon, common in wet places, perhaps 
of some economic value, June 27 (295, 2052). 
Melica aristata Bolander. 
Montana: Bozeman, on moist mountain sides about 
Mystic Lake, July 25 (491,2246, 2250); in the 
canyon below Baldy Peak, July 23 (2232). 
Melica bulbosa Geyer. (fig. 22). 
A and few-flowered form=304 S. Watson from 
Neva: 
Montana: A frequent in the mountains, July 23 
Fia. 22.—Thick-rooted Bunch- (470); Lima, moist shady mountain sides, August 
grass (Melica bulbosa). 6 (557). 
lica parviflora (Porter) Scribn. (M. porteri Scribn.). 
Colorado: Idaho Springs, in shady situations, not common, August 28 (732, 2486). 
Melica spectabilis Scribn. 
Idaho: Beaver Canyon, shady mountain sides, rare, June 27 (307). 
Montana: Bozeman, common on the hillsides around Mystic Lake, July 25 (496, 2248). 
Distichlis spicata stricta (Thurb.) Scribn. (Brizopyrum maritimum strictum Thurb.). 
Nebraska: North Platte, abundant in alkaline soil and salt meadows, June 21 (276, 
2019). Cattle seem to avoid this grass as long as it is possible to obtain any thing 
else. 
Montana: Melrose, common in alkaline soil, July 6 (344), 
