. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 44 Poa wheeleri Vasey (Wyoming Bluk-grass, fig. 17).—Sleuder stemmed; 10 to 24 inches high; basal leaves numerous; panicles close or looser m age. This buuch grass is valuable as jiasture, but, like the i)rt'ceding, would be more so if it oftener descended into the lov\-er altitudes of the foot hills or the plains. Cen- tennial Valley, .July 2 (3290); Battle Lake, August 17 (4049). Graphephorum muticum Scribn. (?).—A handsome grass, with broad green leaves; rather large stems, 2 to 3 feet high; head a close, nearly cylindr
. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 44 Poa wheeleri Vasey (Wyoming Bluk-grass, fig. 17).—Sleuder stemmed; 10 to 24 inches high; basal leaves numerous; panicles close or looser m age. This buuch grass is valuable as jiasture, but, like the i)rt'ceding, would be more so if it oftener descended into the lov\-er altitudes of the foot hills or the plains. Cen- tennial Valley, .July 2 (3290); Battle Lake, August 17 (4049). Graphephorum muticum Scribn. (?).—A handsome grass, with broad green leaves; rather large stems, 2 to 3 feet high; head a close, nearly cylindrical panicle, 3 to 6 inches long. Probably very rare; secured but once. Battle Lake, August 16 (4012 and 4013). Panicularia americana MacM. (Keed Meadow-grass; Tall Manna-grass).—Stems stout, 2 to 4 feet high; leaves large and abundant; the panicle ample, loose, and sjireading, 6 to 12 inches long. This very hand- some grass thrives on wet bot- tom lands and in the shallow sloughs that border our streams. Its forage value is much under- estimated, for not only can im- mense crops of it be produced, but the quality of the hay is far above the average ordinarily secured from wet lands. Evans- ton, .July 24 (3871); Woods Land- ing, August 7 (3907). Panicularia borealis Nash (North- ern Meadow-c;kass). — Stem weak, moderately leafy, 2 to several feet in length, some- times rooting at the nodes in the mud at the bottoms of the ponds in which it grows; pani- cle very long and open, soon naked through the early disin- tegration of its spikelets. Of no economic importance, for it occurs, so far as my observation goes, only as scattering speci- mens in deep, clear, fresh-water ponds. Johnson's ranch, August 8 (3936); Grand Encampment, August 13 (3986). Panicularia nervata Knntze (Nerved , fig. 18).—Soft, succulent leaves and stems, rather weak, 2 to 3 feet high ; usually as a scattering growth in partly shaded bottom lands, but sometimes in considerable abundance i
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