86 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 
Agropyrum violaceum (Horn.) LANGE, ex. Richt. Pl. Eur. 
I, 128 (1890). 
Triticum violaceum Horn. FI]. Dan. 2044 (1827?), 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 672; Mac., Fl. Can. II, 243; Coult., 
Fl. Colo., 426; Wats., Fl. Calif. II, 324; Upham, Fl. Minn. 169; Richt., Pl. 
Eur, I, 1238. 
N. Scandinavia. 
North America; Q., Man., Assiniboia to Rockies, N. 
W. T. and Grinnell Land—81° 44! N. lat.; Greenland; S. to N. 
Eng. and mts. of N. Y.; W. to Lake Superior region, Minn. and 
Dak. 
Minn. valley: Throughout; forest openings and rail- 
way embankments; infrequent. 
HERB.: Sheldon 979, Sleepy Eye; MacM. and Sheld. 2, 
Brainerd; Bailey 494 Agate Bay. 
Agropyrum glaucum (Desr.) R. and S. var. occidentale 
Vas. and SCRIB. 
A. repens AUCT. in part. 
Triticum repens var. glaucum VAS. Cat. (1885). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 671; Britt., Fl. N. J. 298; Webb., 
Fl. Neb. 100; Coult., Fl. Colo. 425; Wats., Fl. Calif. II, 323; Vas., Ag. 
Grasses U. 8. 75; Mac., Fl. Can. 1], 242; Upham, Fl. Minn. 169; Engl. 
Hackel, Nat. Pflanz. IT, 2,79; Richt., Pl. Eur. I, 123 (spec.); Hook., Fl. 
Gt. Brit. 504 (spec.); Led., Fl. Ross. IV, 340 (spec.); Trautv., Fl. Sib. 133 
(spec.). 
Species in Europe and Asia. 
North America: N. 8S., Q., Ont. to Man., Brit. Col. 
and Arctic sea?; S. to N. J. and Va.; W. to Cal., Oregon and 
Utah. 
Minn. valley: Throughout; fields and sterile places. 
Hers.: Ballard 816, Belle Plaine; Sheldon 1377, Lake 
Benton; Sheldon 463, Madison Lake, Blue Earth Co.; AfacM. 
aud Sheld. 17, Brainerd; Bailey 511, Agate Bay; Sandberg 587, 
Red Wing; 588, Red Wing. 
HORDEUM Linn. Gen. 45 (1787). 
Critho E. Mery. Ind. Hort. Regiom. (1848). 
Zeocriton BEAvUY. Agrostogr. 114 (1812). 
Critesion Rar. Journ. Phys. LXXXIN, 103 (1819). 
Crithopsis Jaubs. et Spacu, Ill. Or. IV, 30 (1855). 
Cuviera KoEL. Gram, Gall. et Germ. 328 (1802). 
Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. III, 1206; Durand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 480; 
Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 2, II, 86 (Hackel). 
Living species: 16; temperate Asia, Europe, N. Africa, 
N. and 8. America. Europe, 10; N. America, 5; Canada 3; 
California, 3; E. Sts., 2; Rocky mts., 2; S. Sts., 1; Pl. King, 3; 
Pl. Wheel., 2. 
