52 Festuceae 



2. F. microstachys Grayi. Spikelets or a1 least the flower- 

 ing glumes more or less densely pubescent. Otherwise a> in the 

 type. | /•'. microstachys ciliata Gray.) 



Cuyamaca Mountains. Not known within our limits, bul intermediate 

 forms have bei d near San Bernardino. 



3. F. Myuros L. Annual; culms slender, smooth, mostly 

 erect, 2-5 <lm. high; sheaths smooth, longer than the internodes; 

 culm-leaves 3-5, erect, slender. 5-10 cm. long; panicle narrow, 

 7-25 cm. 1 < ► 1 1 ;_r ; branches scabrous, erect, appressed; spikelets 5-8- 

 flowered, s -io nun. long; empty glumes scabrous, the first 2 mm. 

 long or less, second involute, 4-6 nun. long; awn 5-8 mm. long; 

 palea lanceolate, scabrous on the keels, nearly equaling its glume, 

 with 2 short awns. 



sional in grassy places thai have been pastured. Capistrano. Na- 

 • : Europe. 



4. F. Myuros ciliata Ooss. Empty glumes slightly more un- 

 equal; flowering glumes, at least the uppermost, conspicuously 

 ciliate above the middle. 



Common on mesas and grassy hillsides, and along streets and waste 

 places. Native of southern Europe. 



5. F. octoflora Walt. Annual; culms usually tufted, 15-30 

 cm. high; sheaths shorter than the internodes, smooth; culm- 

 leaves 2-5, erect, slender, 3-6 cm. long; panicle simple erect, 5-10 

 cm. long, rather narrow; spikelets oval, 6-10 mm. long, 7-13- 

 flowered ; empty glumes involute, first :; nun. long, second 4 nun. 

 long; flowering glume involute, acuminate, scabrous 3-4 nun. 

 long; awn 1-7 mm. long; palea lanceolate, scarcely as long as 

 t be glume ; stamens 2. 



Frequent throughout the chaparral belt of all the hills and mounts 



36. BROMUS L. Brome-grass. 



Annual or perennial grasses, with rial leaves and ter- 

 minal panicles thickened at the summit. Spikelets few- 

 many-flowered. The 2 lower glumes empty, unequal, 

 acute; flowering 'jinnies rounded on the back or some- 

 times compressed and keeled below the summit. Palea 

 Bhorter than the glume, 2-keeled. Stamens generally •">. 

 Stigmas sessile, inserted below a hairy cushion at the 

 top of the ova ry. < > ra in ad herenl to the pa lea. 



