Index to Grass Names. 



Beard-grass, Woolly. — Erianthus sac- 



charoides. 

 Bearded Darnel. — Lolium temulentum. 

 . Bearded Wheat-grass. — Agropyrum 



caninum. 

 Beckmannia erucseformis, Host. — 

 Slough - grass ( Montana) , Wild 

 Timothy (in Nevada). 

 Bengal-grass. — Setaria Italica. 

 Bent-grass, or simply Bent. — Generic 

 name for species of Agrostis ; ap- 

 plied oftentimes to A. alba and 

 A. vulgaris. 

 Bent, Blue. — Andropogon provincialis. 

 Bent, Brown. — Agrostis canina. 

 Bent, Creeping. — Agrostis stolonifera. 

 Bent, Dog's. — Agrostis canina. 

 Bent, English. — Agrostis alba. 

 Bent, Fine. — Agrostis vulgaris. 

 Bent, Marsh. — Agrostis alba. 

 Bent-grass, Panic. — Panicum agro- 



stoides. 

 Bent, Purple. — Calamagrostis brevi- 



pilis. 

 Bent, Reed. — Calamagrostis Cana- 

 densis. 

 Bent, Rhode Island. — Agrostis vulgaris 



and A. canina. 

 Bent, Rough. — Agrostis scabra. 

 Bent, Southern. — Agrostis data. 

 Bent, Spider. — Agrostis arachnoides. 

 Bent, White. — Agrostis alba, Andropo- 

 gon scoparius. 

 Bent, Woolly. — Calamagrostis longifo- 

 lia, which is the same as Ammo- 

 phila longifolia, Vasey. 

 Bermuda-grass. — Cynodon Dactylon. 

 Big Bine-stem. — Andropogon provin- 

 cialis. 

 Bitter Panic-grass. — Panicum ama- 



rum. 

 Black Bent. — Panicum virgatum. 

 Black Bunch-grass. — Hilaria Jamesii. 

 Black-fruited Mountain Rice. — Ory- 



zopsis melanocarpa. 

 Black Grama. — Bouteloua oligosiachya, 



Muhlenbergia pungens. 

 Black Oat-grass. — iStipa avenacea. 

 Blerpharidachne ( Eremochloe ) . — 



Desert -grass. 

 Blowout-grass. — Redfiddia flexuosa. 

 Bine Bent (of R. I.). — Andropogon 



provincialis. 



Blue Grama. — Bouteloua oligostachya. 



Blue-grass. — Poa pratensis, Poa com- 



pressa, Andropogon provincialis, 



Agropyrum glaucum. 



Blue-grass, English. — Poa pratensis, 



Festuca elatior- 

 Blue-grass, Kentucky. — Poa pratensis. 

 Blue-grass, Smaller. — Poa compressa. 

 Blue-grass, Texas. — Poa arachnifera. 

 Blue joint-grass. — Calamagrostis Can- 



densis, Agropyrum glaucum, An- 

 dropogon provincialis. 

 Blue-stem. — Agropyrum glaucum, An- 

 dropogon provincialis. 

 Blue-stem, Big. — Andropogon provin- 

 cialis. 

 Blue-stem, Bushy. — Andropogon nu- 

 tans. 

 Blue - stem, Colorado. — Agropyrum 



glaucum. 

 Blue-stem, Little. — Andropogon scopa- 

 rius. 

 Bonnet-grass. — Agrostis alba. 

 Borden's grass. — Agrostis vulgaris. 

 Bottle-grass. — Setaria glauca and Seta- 

 ria viridis. 

 Bottle-Brush grass. — xlsprella Hystrix. 

 Bottom-grass. — Panicum Texanum. 

 Bouteloua curtipendula.— The same 



as B. racemosa, Lag., q. v. 

 Bouteloua eriopoda, Torr. — Woolly- 

 jointed Grama. 

 Bouteloua hirsuta, Lag. — Black Gra- 

 ma ( Texas ), Bristly Mesquit, 

 Muskit or Meskit grass, Tall 

 Grama. 

 Bouteloua oligostachya, Tor r. — 

 Blue Grama (Texas), Mesquit- 

 grass, Muskit grass, Grama, Black 

 Grama (New Mexico), Mosquit 

 grass, Buffalo grass (in Montana), 

 White Grama. 

 Bouteloua polystachya,Torr. — Low 



Grama, Six-weeks' grass. 

 Bouteloua racemosa, Lag. — Tall 

 Grama, Hairy Mesquit, Muskit- 

 grass. (B. curtipendula.). 

 Bouteloua Texana, Watson. — Texan 



Mesquit, Mesquit. 

 Branching Fox-tail. — Trichloris verti- 



cillata. 

 Branching Spear-grass. — ■ Eragrostis 



tenuis. 

 Bristly Foxtail. — Setaria Germanics 



and S. verticillata. 

 Bristly Muskit or Mesquit. — Boute- 

 loua hirsuta. 

 Briza media, Linn. — Quaking-gra^s. 

 Brome-grass. — Generic name for spe- 

 cies of Bromus. 

 Brome-grass, Californian. — Bromus 



carinatus. 

 Brome-grass, Fringed. — Bromus cilia- 



tus. 

 Brome-grass, Smooth. — Bromus race- 



mosus. 

 Brome-grass, Soft. — Bromus mollis. 

 Brome-grass, Willard's. — Bromus seca- 



linus. 

 Bromus carinatus, Hook. — Califor- 

 nia Brome-grass. 

 Bromus ciliatus, Linn. — Swamp 

 Chess, Fringed Brome-grass. 



