. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 48 wide 3 or rarely 5 nerved; flowering glume smooth or minutely scabrous, borne on a short stipe, 11 to 13 nnn. long, 5-nerved, the nerves next the keel often shortly excurrent, tipped with a straight or sometimes divergent scabrous awn 2 to 4 cm. in length. Palea about 10 nun. long, narrow, tapering to a narrow, truncate, or minutely bidentate point, scabrous on the keels. Closely allied to E. canaden-va L., but easily distinguished by its smaller size and the scabrous but not hirsute flowering glumes. General bistkibuti
. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 48 wide 3 or rarely 5 nerved; flowering glume smooth or minutely scabrous, borne on a short stipe, 11 to 13 nnn. long, 5-nerved, the nerves next the keel often shortly excurrent, tipped with a straight or sometimes divergent scabrous awn 2 to 4 cm. in length. Palea about 10 nun. long, narrow, tapering to a narrow, truncate, or minutely bidentate point, scabrous on the keels. Closely allied to E. canaden-va L., but easily distinguished by its smaller size and the scabrous but not hirsute flowering glumes. General bistkibutiox.—3Ioist, open or somewhat shaded ground, from Michigan and South Dakota south to Tex- as, New Mexico, and into Mexico. Type specimen collected by Dr. Ed- ward Palmer, No. 420, " in the Indian Territory, chiefly on the False Washita, between Fort Cobb and Fort Arbuckle, ; Specimens examined. — Michigan: "Southern Michigan," 1409 O. A. Farwell, August, 1893. Iowa: Several specimens in Herb. Iowa State College from west- ern and northern Iowa. South Dakota: Hot Springs, 1173,1174 P. A. Rydberg, August, 1892. Colorado: Colorado Springs, 734 C. L. Shear, July, 1896; "Walsenburg, Huerfano County, 778 C. L. Shear, July, 1896; Chase, Park County, 1101 C. L. Shear,September, 1896; "along Burl, and Mo. P. Ry.," L. H. Pammel, July, 1896. Kansas: Manhattan, W. A. Kellerman, July, 1888; Osborne, 709 C. L. Shear, June, 1896; Syracuse, 135 C. H. Thompson, July, 1893. Texas: Austin, 34 E. N. Plank, July, 1892; Kerrville, J. G. Smith, June, 1897; no locality, 571 F. Lindheimer, 1846. Neir : 2075 C. Wright, 1851-52. ^: Sal- tillo, Coahuila, 260 Dr. E. Palmer, June, 1898. EliYMUS DIVER SI GLUM IS sp. nov. (Fig. 22.) A rather stout, erect perennial, 9 to 12 dm. high, with a slender, flexuous spike 1 to cm. long, and the empty glumes reduced or nearly wanting. Culms terete, glabrous; nodes glabrous; sheaths glabrous, striate, nearly
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