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No. 55. Bromus pumpellianus Scrihn. Western Brome-grass. 



A native of tlu^ Northwestern States in the Rocky Mouutaiu region, extending into 

 Canada. In habit of growth it closely resembles Hungarian, or Smooth Brome- 

 grass (B. inermis), and is doubtless equally valuable. Prof. .Jame.s Fletcher, who 

 has cultivated this grass at the experiment station at Ottawa, Canada, says, 

 "This is a very valuable grass, producing an abundance of leaves, continuing in 

 flower for a long time, and giving a heavy aftermath." 



No. 56. Bromus racemosus Linn. Upright Chess. 



An introduced annual, 1 to 3 feet high, with more or less spreading and nodding 

 panicles and smooth sjiikelets. This is a very common grass in cultivated lields 

 and waste places, and is often mistaken for Chess, from which it differs chiefly 

 in its narrower pauides and .straight awns, which are nearly as long as the 



Fio. 21.— Chess {Bromiu seealinui). 



Fig. 22.— Rescue-grass (Bromux xmioloides) . 



flowering glumes. This grass has become very common in certain .sections, par- 

 ticularly in the South. A lield of it presents an attractive appearance, and the 

 hay produced is of good quality. 



No. 57. Bromus secaliuus Linn. Chess; Cheat. (Fig. 21.) 



A well-known, weedy, annual grass, introduced into this country many years ago, 

 and now common in grain fields and waste lauds. The panicle is spreading and 

 more or les.s drooping, and the awns of the flowering glumes are usually much 

 shorter than the glumes themselves and more or less fltjxuose. The idea that 

 Cheat or Chess is degenerated wheat has no foundation whatever in fact. Only 

 Cheat seeds will produce Cheat, and it is certain that wherever these plants 

 appear they were preceded by ( "heat seeds, which may have been introduced with 

 the grain sown, or brouglit by birds or animals from other lields. Cheat and 

 wheat are only remotely related; they belong to quite distinct tribes in the grass 



