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2. Bromus subvelutinus Shear. 

 Narrow-leaved Brome-grass. Fig. 531. 



Bromus subvelutinus Shear, U. S. Dept. Agr. Div. Agrost. Bull. 

 23: 52. /. 32. 1900. 



Perennial; culms 30-60 cm. tall; sheaths canescent; 

 blades narrow, rather rigid, becoming involute, canes- 

 cent and also pilose ; panicle 5-10 cm. long, narrow, 

 erect, tlie branches short, erect; spikelets 2.5 cm. long; 

 glumes puberulent, the tirst 3-5-nerved, 8-10 mm. long; 

 the second 7-ner\cd, 10-12 mm. long; lemmas appressed- 

 puberulent, 12-14 mm. long; awn 3-4 mm. long. 



Dry wooded hills and meadows, in the Transition Zone; 

 eastern Washington to California and Wyoming. May-July. 

 Type locality: Reno, Xevada. 



3. Bromus maritimus ( Piper i Hitchc. 

 Seaside Brome-grass. Fig. S32. 



Bromus marginatus maritimus Piper, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 



18: 148. 1905. 

 Bromus maritimus Hitchc. in Jepson, Fl. Calif. 1: 177. 1912. 



Perennial ; culms robust, mostly not over 60 cm. 

 tall, more or less geniculate at base and with numer- 

 ous leafy basal shoots ; sheaths smooth or minutely 

 scaberulous ; ligule 2-3 nun. long ; blades 12-30 cm. 

 long, mostly 6-8 mm. wide, scabrous ; panicles most- 

 ly 10-20 cm. long, strict, the branches short and 

 erect ; spikelets 3-4 cm. long. 



Near the coast, from Sonoma County to Monterey County, 

 California. May-July. Type locality: Point Reyes. 



4. Bromus sitchensis Trin. 

 Alaska Brome-grass. Fig. 533. 



Bromus sitchensis Trin. in Bong. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. 

 VI. Math. Phys. Nat. 2: 173. 1832. 



Perennial; culms smooth, stout, 120-180 cm. tall; 

 sheaths smooth ; ligule 3-5 mm. long ; blades smooth 

 beneath, sparsely short-pilose above, 20-40 cm. long. 

 7-12 mm. wide ; panicle large, lax, drooping. 25-35 

 cm. long, the lower branches 2-4, long, spreading 

 or drooping, bearing usually 1-3 spikelets on long 

 slender pedicels ; spikelets 2.5-3 cm. long, 6-8 mm. 

 wide, strongly compressed; first glume 3-nerved, 

 8-9 mm. long, the second 5-7-nerved, 10-12 mm. 

 long; lemmas 7-nerved, smooth or scabrous, 12-14 

 mm. long, the straight awn 6-9 mm. long. 



Woods and banks, in the Hinnid Transition Zone: near 

 ihe coast, Alaska to Washington. July-Aug. Tvpe locality: 

 Sitka. 



