WASTE PLACES, ETC. 



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B. mollis. The piiniclc is obloiiff, blunt, erect, 

 rig'id. The spikelets arc more or less conipound, 

 in dense, interrupted clusters. The upper p.ilea is 

 split to the b.ise. Tiic pl.int is ;-4 It. hii;li, llower- 

 inj; in June and July, and is a herbaceous annual 

 or biennial. 



Rye Grass (£o/»KW perenne, L.). — The habitat of 

 this grass is pastures, waste place.s. The plant is 

 dark-gfreen. There are leafy, b.irren shoots. The 

 root is fibrous. The steins are bent below, ascend- 

 ing-, hairless, flattened. The leaves are flat, the 

 edges of the young leaves simply folded. The 



edges and upper surface are rough. The sheaths 

 are smooth, flattened. There is a short ligule. 

 The spike is simple (b-i i flowered), rigid, stout or 

 slender, and 3-4 flowered. The rachis is smooth, 

 channelled one side. The spikelets are smooth, 

 shining. The empty glumes are shorter tli.in the 

 spikelet, ribbed, linear-lanceolate. The flowering 

 glumes are linear to oblong, round, blunt (or 

 awned), ribbed. The glume equals the lowest 

 flower. The lower pale.i is awnless. The plant 

 is 1-2 ft. high, flowering from June to October, 

 .md is a pereiuiial. 



