98 GRAMINEAE 



glumes 31/2 to 4 lines long, oblong but widened above, smooth or sparsely vil- 

 lous, the keel prominently winged above, the wing entire or somewhat sinuous, 

 the keel on each side at base of the white wing marked by a green stripe, the 

 lateral nerves approaching the margin ; fertile lemma elliptical, acute, densely 

 short-villous, 2'/2 to 3 lines long; sterile lemmas about V2 as long as fertile. 



A native of the Mediterranean region, introduced occasionally in America. 

 Rare in California: Yreka, Butler 488; Pasadena, Grant 2648. 



Refg.— Phalaris canariensis L. Sp. PI. 54. 1753; Thurb. in Wats. Bot. Cal. 2: 264. 1880; 

 Davy in Jep.son, Fl. W. Mid. Cal. 34. 1901. 



7. p. lemmoni Vasey. Annual ; culms erect, 1 to 3 feet high ; panicle dense, 

 2 to 4 inches long; glumes about 21 o lines long, narrow, acuminate, the lateral 

 nerves about midway between margin and keel ; fertile lemma ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, dark-colored at maturity, villous except the acuminate tip. 1% 

 lines long; sterile lemmas less than % as long. 



Central and southern California, mostly near the coast. 



Locs. — Nelson, Heller 5447; Chinese Camp. Bioletti 5; Newark, Davy 1093; Oakland, 

 Bolander 1530 in part; Saratoga, Pendleton 1500; Santa Cruz, Anderson; Tulare Lake, Davy 

 3123; Los Angeles, Grant 3839; Inglewood. Jhramt: 3234; San Diego, Baker 3425; Santa 

 Catalina Island, Trask. 



Refs. — Phalakis lemmoni Yasey, Contr. Nat. Herb. 3 : 42. 1892, type from Santa Cruz, 

 "Lemmmi 403 ; U. S. Dept. Agr. Div. Bot. Bull. 13' : pi. 5. 1892 ; Davy in Jepson, Fl. W. Mid. 

 Cal. 35. 1901; Abrams, Fl. Los Ang. 27. 1904. 



8. P. caroliniana Walt. Annual ; culms erect, 1 to 2 feet high ; panicle 

 oblong, 1 to 2 inches lony'; glumes 2i.j to 3 lines long, oblong, rather abruptly 

 narrowed to an acute apex, the keel scabrous and narrowly winged above from 

 below the middle, the lateral nerves about midway between keel and margin; 

 fertile lemma ovate, acute, densely villous, about 2 lines long, the close- 

 appressed sterile lemmas about I/3 as long. 



A native of the Southeastern States. Apparently introduced in California 

 where it is rare: Comptche. McMurphii 478; Ojai Valley, TIuhbySd-A. 51; San 

 Clemente. Santa Catalina and San Nicholas islands, Trask. 



Refs. — Phalaris carolixiaxa Walt. Fl. Carol. 74. 1788 ; Davy in Jepson, Fl. W. Mid. 

 Cal. 34. 1901. 



9. P. angusta Nees. Annual; 3 to 5 feet high, smooth; blades flat, 3 to 4 

 lines wide; panicle dense, linear-olilong. 2 to 5 inches long, about 4 lines thick; 

 glumes about 2 lines long, narrow, rounded at apex to a mucronate tip, scabrous 

 on keel, nerves, and more or less on the back, especially near the apex, lateral 

 nerves near the margin ; fertile lemma ovate-lanceolate, acute, villous, li/> lines 

 long; sterile lemmas al>out lo as long. 



California to Louisiana. 



Locs. — Oakland, Bolander 1530 in part; San Francisco, Bolander 22S7; Santa Cruz, An- 

 derson: Mt. Brewer, Brewer 2801; Visalia. Corille tV' Funston 1282; San Luis Obispo, Lemmon 

 4669; San Bernardino, Parish 2165, 4729; Fallbrook, Abrams 3344. 



Refs. — Phalaris angusta Nees, Agrost. Bras. 391. 1829. P. intermedia Bosc var. angusta 

 Chapm. Fl. South. U. S. 568. 1868; Thurb. in Wats. Bot. Cal. 2: 265. 1880. 



11. ANTHOXANTHUM L. 



Spikelets with 1 perfect flower. Glumes unequal. Sterile lemmas 2, 2-lobed, 

 dorsally awned, longer tlian the fertile floret and falling with it. Fertile lemma 

 truncate, awnless, enclosing a faintly 1-nerved palea. Aromatic grasses with 

 narrow spike-like panicles. — Species 4. European. (Greek anthos, flower, and 

 xanthos, yellow.) 



1. A. odoratum L. Perennial ; culms slender, erect, 8 inches to 2 feet high ; 



