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423. Glyceria nervata Trin. Ribbed Manna-grass. Wet places, E. K.; 

 common. June. (ASU) 



424. Glyceria Americana (Torr.) Great Manna-grass. Wet lands, E^ 

 K. ; frequent. June. (ASU) 



425. Glyceria fluitans R. Br. Floating Manna-grass. Water or wet 

 places, E. K. ; occasional. July. (ASU) 



426. Puccinellia distans Parlatore. Spreading Goose-grass. Salt mead- 

 ows, C. K. ; occasional. July. 



427. Puccinellia airoides Wats. & Coult. Slender Goose-grass. Saline 

 soil, C. K. ; occasional. July. (S) 



428. Festuca octoflora Walt. {F. tenella Pursh.) Slender Fescue-grass. 

 Dry sandy and sterile soil, western part of the state; frequent. June. (ASU) 



429. Festuca ovina L. Sheep Fescue. Limy soils in fields and waste 

 places, E. K.; infrequent. June. (ASU) 



430. Festuca duriuscula L. Hard Fescue. Waste places, E. K. ; rather 

 frequent. June. (ASU) 



431. Festuca pratensis Hudson. Meadow Fescue; "Randall Grass." 

 Heavy clay and gumbo soils, E. K. ; raised as a crop. It is on record that 

 the territory from Johnson west to Butler and from Marshall south to Wil- 

 son county raises 75 per cent of all the fescue-grass seed and hay in the- 

 United States. 



432. Festuca elatior L. Tall Fescue. Raised in the same territory and 

 is a more profitable crop always, as the grass is said to be rust-free. 



433. Festuca shortii Kth. Woodland Fescue. Thickets, N. E. K. ; fre- 

 quent. July. 



434. Festuca nutans Willd. Nodding Fescue. Rocky woods, N. E. K. ; 

 not common. June. (AS) 



435. Bromus inermis Leyss. Smooth Brome-grass; Hungarian Brome, 

 Introduced first on government farm at Garden City and farms generally 

 over the state; does best in eastern part. Not yet a pest and may not be- 

 come so. 



436. Bramus secalinus L. Chess. Escapes from wheat fields for a year 

 or so; neither common nor troublesome. June. 



437. Bromus ciliatus L. Fringed Brome-grass; Wood Chess. Woods and 

 thickets, E. K. ; as far west as Great Bend and Smith Center. July. (ASU) 



438. Bromus rubens L. Reddish Brome-grass. Introduced into America 

 from Mediterranean coast, and reported by Professor Beal as being found 

 in Kansas. 



439. Bromus purgans L. Cathartic Chess. Thickets, E. K. ; frequent. 

 •July. (S) 



440. Bromus incanus Hitchc. Hoary Chess. Wooded hills, E. K.; rare. 



441. Bromus porteri Nash. Silky Chess. Norton county, north and 

 west; not common. July. (S) 



442. Bromus hordeaceus L. Soft Chess. Waste places, E. K., not 

 often seen. July. 



443. Bromus racemosus L. Upright Chess. Waste places, E. K. ; intro- 

 duced. June. 



444. Bromus japonicua Thunberg. Japanese Chess. Introduced in 

 fescue-grass seed and has become established along hedge rows and in 

 fence corners, etc. 



