Bromus GRAMINEAE Vulyia 



(D, A); weed in sandy ground, Rehoboth (S), A. S. Hitchcock, 19 

 June 1905 (A). June, July. Introd. from Europe. 



B. secalinus L. Cheat. 



Weed in grain fields. June. Introd. from Europe. 



B. japonicus Thunb. Japanese Chess. 



Rare weed in fields: 2}^ mi. s. x w. of Unionville (Ta), Earle, 

 3906, 18 June 1944 (P). Adv. from Europe. 



B. commutatus Schrad. Hairy Chess. 



Common weed throughout, on roadsides and in waste places. 

 May, June. Adv. from Europe. 



B. mollis L. {B. hordeaceus of Gray's Man., ed. 7.) Soft Chess. 



Rare weed in cultivated ground: Centreville (NC), Commons, 

 14 June 1877 (A); Millsboro (S), Commons, 8 July 1884 (A); near 

 Bloomfield (Ta), Earle, 4056, 16 June 1945 (P, A). June, July. 

 Introd. from Europe. 



B. racemosus L. 



Rare weed in fields and waste places: near Rising Sun (Ce), 

 True, 5507, 16 July 1938 (P). Adv. from Europe. 



B. sterilis L. 



Weed in waste places. June, July. Nat. from Europe. 



Y^'x/B. tectorum L. Downy Chess. 



Weed in fields and waste places. June. Nat. from Europe. 



Vulpia (Gmel.) Reichenb. 



V. octoflora (Walt.) Rydb. var. tenella (Willd.) Fern. (Festuca 

 octoflora Walt. var. tenella (Willd.) Fern. Rhodora 47, 

 107-108. 1945.) 



Common in dry soil, Piedmont and Coastal Plain, chiefly 

 inland. Mid-May to mid-June. 



V. EUiottea (Raf.) Fern. {Festuca myuros L. Rhodora 47, 106. 

 1945.) Mouse-tail Grass. 



Frequent in sandy soil of the Coastal Plain. May, mid-June. 

 Nat. from Europe. 



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