GRASSES. 387 



Alabama: Mountain region. Lee County, Auburn (J5aA:er .J .BarZe). Annual. 

 Type locality : "Hillsides, Napa Valley [California]." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Festuca sciurea Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 5 : 147. 1837. 



Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : .547. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Western Texas and Arkansas. 



Alabama: Mountain to Central Prairie region. Dry sandy exposed ground. Lee 

 County, Auburn (Z>aAer<i- Earle). Montgomery County, Chestnut Hill. April ; infre- 

 quent and local. Perennial. 



Type locality not ascertained. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



BROMUS L. Sp. PI. 1 : 76. 1753. 



About 150 sptcies. North temperate zone. North America, 45 indigenous species 

 and varieties." 



Bromus ciliatus L. Sp. PI. 1:76. 1753. Wood Chess. 



Bromus canadensis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 219. 1803. 



£. imhescens Muhl. Gram. 169. 1817. 



Ell. Sk. 1:173. Grav, Man.ed.6, 670. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 610. Coulter, Contr. Nat. 

 Herb. 2:548. Scribner, Grass. Tenn. 2:118, t. 42, f. 16S. Britt. & Brown, 111. Fl. 

 1 : 219. 



Alleghenian, Carolinian, and Louisianian areas. Newfoundland, Manitol)a, and 

 British Columbia, south to Florida and Texas. 



Alabama: Mountain region. Lower hills. Shady banks along streams and damp 

 borders of woods. Cullman, Madison, St. Clair, and Bibb counties. June; frequent. 

 Annual. 



The hairy form known as xixv.imrgans alone observed. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Canada; ex semine. D.Kalm.'' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Bromus racemosus L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 1 : 114. 1762. Erect Chess. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 670. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 610. Scribner, Grass. Tenn. 2 : 120, t. 43, f. 173. 



Europe, Asia. 



Throughout temperate eastern North America and on the Pacific coast. Natu- 

 ralized. 



Alabama : Over the State. Fields and waste places, more or less frequent. May, 

 June. Annual. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Anglia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Bromus secalinus L. 8p. PI. 1 : 76. 1753. Cheat or Chess. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 172. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 670. Chap. Fl. 566. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 548. Scribner, Grass. Tenn. 2 : 119, 1. 143, f. 170. 



Europe. 



Naturalized all over temperate North America, wherever grain is cultivated. 



Alabama : Over the State. A common weed ; annual. 

 Type locality : " Hab. in Europae agris secalinis arenosis." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Bromus unioloides ( Willd. ) H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. 1 : 151. 1815. 



Rescue Grass. Australian Oats. 

 Festuca unioloides Willd. Hort. Berol. 1 : 3. 1806. 

 Bromvs schraderi Kuuth, Enum. 1 : 416. 1833. 

 Ell. Sk. 1 : 171. Chap. Fl. 565. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 548. 



Warmer parts of America to Chile. 



Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida and Texas. 



Alabama: Central Prairie belt to Coast plain. In rich soil. Montgomery, 

 Dallas, and Mobile counties. May, June; not rare. Annual. 

 Type locality : " Hab. in Carolina.'' 



Economic uses: Important for hay and for pasture; not r;irfly fultivated. 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



'According to C. L. Shear, Revision of the North American Species of Bromus 

 occurring north of Mexico, Bull. 23, U. S. Dept, Agr, Div, Agrost. 1900. 



