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glabrous or scabrous, 13-16 mm. g—- 
Waste- "places, roadsides, and prairies, vari- 
ous provinces, Fla. to Tex., Calif., and 
—(Mez., C. A. 8. A. )— Cult. as [emm 
GRASS. 
nermis Leyss. Perennial with 
creeping rootstock: b. linear, each: 
the lemmas awnless or nearly so, gla abrous.— 
( BROME-GRASS. ) — Cult. and rarely found in 
waste-plaees within our P Nat of Eu. 
It differs from B. inermis in Ge no root- 
stocks; also N. Y. to Wash. and Me. 
15-20 em. long: spikelets, TE 5. 2 cm. long: 
lemmas ina l a zs ong, the awn about half as lon ng. [B.c ciliatus loevigtumis 
. C. to N. 
. B. rgans L. Stem 70-140 em. tall: leaf-sheaths sparsely retrorsely 
pilose: blades as much as 1.5 em. wide: paniele 15—25 em. long, the Vin 
bearing a few spikelets near de nds: spike let s 2—2.5 em. long, 7— i flowered: 
lemmas 10-12 mm. long, densely db ent all. over, the awn 4-6 m T 
and Vt. 
Dry woods, various provinces, Fla. to Tex., Mont., 
4a. Bromus ciliatus L. has been found in Tenn. It differs from B. purgan 
in the e EEan at margin, glabrous on back; also W. Va., o Cal 
and northw 
5. B. secalinus L. Stem 40-100 em. tall: dris open, eae em. long, the 
branches drooping: spikelet 5—15-flowered, glabrou : Jemm s 8-11 mm. long, 
plump at maturity, the margins inrolled, the awn bes less des o mm. “in ng.— 
(CHESS. CHEAT. 2 S000 and waste- -places, nearly throughout U. S. and S 
Nat. of E 
6. B..commutatus Schrad. Similar to B. secalinus, but is leaf- dremi pubes- 
he 
cent: lemmas pee cud 2 duod less plump, argins not inrolled. 
[B. racemosus k.]—Waste-places, from us C, Tenn., and Tex 
northward, cea throughout "V. S. and S Can. Na t. 
= Bromus japoni Thunb. has been found in N. C. and K It differs 
cus Ky. 
m B. commutatus in the slender flexuous ue of the paniele and the 
d awn; also Vt. to Calif. and Wash.—(Eurasia.) 
7. B. m L. Stem d em. tall: leaves ad I panicle 
rather due ; droopin ng, 6-15 em. long: spikelets 13-20 . long, nodding.— 
Waste-pla ces, various provinces, "Miss. and Tenn. to Wash. and Me.; Pacific 
Coast. Nat. of Eu. 
B. sterilis L. Leaves minutely puberulent: panicle 10-20 em. long, broad, 
Er Pe the slender branchlets usually bearin g one spikelet: spikelets 
2.5-3.5 em. long, drooping.—Waste-places, various provinces, Ñ. C. to A , Il., 
and Mags. "Nae of Eu.—(W. I.) 
C 96. LOLIUM L. Annuals or pressis with flat blades and simple ter- 
minal flat spikes. ikelets several- flowered, solitary, sessile, placed edgewise 
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except on the terminal spikelet), the second outward, strongly 3—5-nerved: 
