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"used by the magicians in stuffing their ap[areils]
or bucke saddles, hence the name given it by R. Brown.
D. utilis var? plant much stouter, panicle less open,
slimmer 2/3 the length of palea & acute. lower palea
very acute. chops of leaves manifestly ciliate inside.
Cooks Spring, New Mexico, Dr Bigelow, No 1983 Wright.
+ 746 (col 1849) also Nos 905 Frendles New Mexican
Collection.
(82 Murive Cooks Shig Big)
[See R. Foreys Rep where he has some little stalk
Mis - a different species?]
Dige[s] cunulo[a] B.D.B.R., var. Ser. 1. p. 137, t. 682; Trin.
Agrostid. 1. p. 83,
Sporobolus annulosis Reinth. Drum. 1. p. 215 & Suppl. p. 172.
Agrosta[c]t? [illegible]
Mule Spring, Bigelow & Casp[er] Harris, Thurber
No 1069 - Wright 1982 (+ 788 + 789 col of 1849)
No 986. Frendles New Mexican Collection.
Variance in the degree of [illegible]
of the
Sporobolus
[compare with figure in B.D.B.R.]
Dige[s] undeterm[ined]
No 1973 Wright. (84 Murive glend)