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neutral) or rudimentary flowers. Glumes convex 

 keeled, the lower ones shorter. Perfect flower, with 

 the 3-nerved lower palet 3-toothed or cleft at the 

 apex, the 2-nerved upper palet 2-toothed ; the teeth, 

 at least of the forme, pointed or subulate awneid j 

 Stamens 3 ; anthers orane;e-colored or red. Rudi- 

 mentary flowers mostly 1 to ^3 awned. Spikes soli- 

 tary, racemed or spiked ; the rhachis somewhat 

 extended beyond the .spikelets. 



Named for Claudius Boutelou, a Spanish writer on 

 floriculture and agriculture. 



1. B. Oligostachya (Muskit or Mosquit G-rass).. 

 -Westward. This grass is very nutritious. On the 

 plains and slopes of the Rocky mouhtains, it cure& 



. in the late summer into a natural hay, and is muck 

 valued. 



2. B. Hirsuta (Bristly Murkit). Grows in tufts. 

 Sandy plains Wisconsin, Illinois, and southward. 



3. B. Curtipendula (Hairy Muskit). This grass is 

 cultivated in many parts of the Southern States. 

 Flowers from July to September. 



20. GYMNOPOGOISr— Beauv. Naked Beaed 

 Grass. 



genekic character. 



Spikelets of one perfect flower, and the rudiment 

 of a second (consisting of an awn-like pedicil mostly 

 bearing a naked bristle), sessile and remotely alter- 

 nate on long or filiform rays or spikes, which form a 



