WILD FLOWERS OF CALIFORNIA 143 



1926. Jones' Muhlen- Muhlenbergia Jonesii x 



bergia 

 Known only from northeastern California on dry soils; Shasta, Warner 

 Valley; Placer County, etc. 



1927. Muhlenbergia Lemmoni 



A perennial grass of the deserts of southern California. 



1928. Small-seeded Muhl- Muhlenbergia microsperma 



enbergia 

 An annual; often purple-colored, having two sorts of spikelets, Cleistoga- 

 must spikelets being formed at base of the sheath, which have no glumes, and 

 the seed is larger than that of the terminal spikelets. It occurs in open 

 ground from middle and southern California to Arizona, limited distribution 

 and of small importance from forage standpoint. 



1929. Porter's Muhl- Muhlenbergia Porteri 



enbergia ; Mosqui- 

 to Grass ; Black 

 Grama 

 A much branched, tufted perennial with slender, weak culms, occurring 



under shrubs on dry mesas and foothills. Very good forage, but not abundant, 



so of minor importance because of over-grazing. 



1930. Red Muhlenbergia Muhlenbergia repens 



A perennial from a woody creeping base, occurring on dry deserts or in 

 moist places. Inyo County. 



1931. Dwarf Muhlenber- Muhlenbergia squarrosa 



gia 

 A small perennial from numerous hard creeping rootstocks, occurring 

 on dry ground in mountains of south, Lake Tahoe region to San Jacinto 

 mountains, also northward. 



CRYPSIS 



1932. Crypsis aculeata 



Prostrate grass, a few inches to a foot in diameter, occurring on over- 

 flowed land or Interior Valley, Stockton and Colusa Counties. 



PHLEUM 



1933. Alpine Timothy Phleum alpinum 



A widely distributed grass, found in the mountains throughout the Pacific 

 Coast, in marshes and moist meadows. Also found in the Coast Ranges as 

 far south as Mendocino County. A good feed for all classes of stock. 



1934. Timothy Phleum pratense 



Found in California as an escape from cultivation. 



1935. Short-Awned Fox- Alopecurus aristulatus 



tail 

 A grass of wet places in the mountains of California, common in the 

 cooler places of the United States. Culms dark brown at points, bent at base. 



1936. California Foxtail Alopecurus Californicus 



A perennial grass, differing from preceding in the inflated sheaths with 

 longer spikelets. Meadows and wet places. 



1937. Water Foxtail Alopecurus geniculatus 



Rare in California. A rather low, sprawling grass, culms bent, often 

 rooting at the nodes. Found in wet places, commonly banks of streams, etc. 

 San Diego County. 



