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1277. A. violaceum, Lange. 
Triticum violaceum, Hornemann. 
Sandy, open woods, south of Whiting, Ind., near Lake George; rare. 
July, 1881, Hill ! (B. P.) 
Glumes 5 to 7 nerved. A northern or mountain species, seemingly 
quite out of its range. In August, 1888, 1 found the same species 
at Ha! Ha! Bay on the Sagueney river, Canada. It is credited to 
the mountains of Pennsylvania to the White Mountains, and 
according to Lapham, Wisconsin and northward, Hill. 
1278. A. caninum, Roem. & Schultes. Wheat-Grass. 
Triticum caninum, L. 
Introduced with grass seed into a lawn at 711 Warren Ave., Chicago. 
Liable to be found in cultivated grounds. 
Spontaneous on prairie near Garfield Park. (B.) 
HORDEUM, Tourn. 
1279. H. jubatum, L. Squirrel-tail Grass. 
Moist prairies and fields; common near the lake shore. June — July. 
ELYMUS, L. Wild Rye. 
1280 . E. virginicus, L. 
Banks of the Desplaines and Calumet rivers; frequent. July — 
August. 
1281. E. canadensis, L. Nodding Wild Rye. 
Banks of streams and lakes ; frequent, probably more common than 
the last. 
1282 . E. canadensis, L., var. glaucifolius, Gray. 
Banks of the Desplaines river and other streams; frequent. August. 
(BO 
1283. E. striatus, Willd. 
Woods at Riverside, Babcock. 
ASPRELLA, Willd. 
1284. A. hystrix, Willd. Bottle-Brush Grass. 
G-ymnostichum hystrix , Schreb. 
Moist and rich woods and shaded banks; common. July — August. 
