

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



DIVISION OF BOTANY. 



BULLETIN ISTo. 12. 



GRASSES OF THE SOUTHWEST. 



PLATES AND DESCRIPTIONS 



OF THK 



GRASSES OF THE DESERT REGION OF WESTERN TEXAS, NEW MEXICO, 

 ARIZONA. AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 



Part II. 



By Dr. GEO. VASEY, 



BOTANIST, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 

 ISSUED DECEMBER, 1891. 



PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OP THE SECRETARY OP AGRICULTURE. 



WASHINGTON : 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 



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