72 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 
Zumbrota; Leiberg 93, Blue Earth Co.; Sandberg 566, Cannon 
Falls. 
Bouteloua oligostachya (NuTT.) Torr. Gray’s Man. ed. v. 
621 (1868). 
Atheropogon oligostachyum Nutt. Gen. I, 78 (1818). 
Chondrosium oligostachyum Torr. Marcy’s Rap. 300 (1853). 
Hutriania oligustachyum Kuntu, Enum. I, (1833), 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 656; Upham, Fl. Minn. 164; Webb., 
Fl. Neb. 103; Mac., Fl. Can. II, 216; Coult., Fl. Colo. 416; Wats., Fl. Calif. 
II, 291; Vas., Ag. Grasses U.S, 57; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 32, 288; Cov., Fl. 
Ark, 236. 
North America: Man.. saskatchewan, Assiniboia and 
Rocky mts.; 8. to Tex. and Mex.; W. to S. Calif.; E. to Wisc. 
and Iowa. 
Minn. valley: §S. central district and S. W.; plains and 
high meadows. 
HerRsB.: Leiberg 92, Blue Earth Co. 
BECKMANNIA Host. Gram. Austr. ITI, 5 (1805). 
Bruchmannia Nutt. Gen. I, 48 (1818). 
Joachimea TEN. ex Kunth, Enum. I (1833). 
Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. III, 1099; Durand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 474; 
Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 2, II, 60 'Hackel). 
Living species: 1; E. and 8. E. Europe; temperate 
Asia and N. America. 
Beckmannia erucaeformis (Linn.) Host. Gram. ITI, 5 (1805). 
Phalaris erucaeformis LINN. Spec. 55 (1753). 
Cynosurus erucaeformis AIT. Hort. Kew. I, 105 (1789). 
Paspalum aristatum MOENCH, Meth. 196 (1794). 
Beckmannia erucoides BEAUY. Agr. 13 (1812). 
Bruchmannia erucaeformis Nutr. Gen. I, 48 (1818). 
? Beckmannia erucaeformis var. uniflora SCRIBN. 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 628; Webb., Fl. Neb. 107; Upham, 
Fl. Minn. 171; Mac., Fl. Can. II, 176; Wats., Fl. Calif. II, 264; Coult., Fl. 
Colo. 403; Vas., Agr. Grasses U. S. 24; Engl. Hackel, Nat. Pflanz. II, 2, 60; 
Led., Fl. Ross. IT, 453; Richt., Pl. Eur. I, 67; Trauty., Fl. Sib. 144; Wats., 
King Exp. 393; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 295. 
S. Europe and the Orient to Caucasus, Siberia and 
Dahuria. 
North America: Iowa, Minn., Neb., Dak. to Calif., 
Oregon, Wash., Brit. Col.; N. to L. Misstassini, Man. 
Minn. valley: S. W. and W. districts; near edges of 
ponds; local or rare. 
HeErRB.: Sheldon 1260, Lake Benton; AacJf. and Sheld. 
8, Brainerd; Letherg 102, Pipestone quarry; MacM. 21, Morton. 
