APPENDIX. 



[Vol.. III. 



[\'ol. I: p. 217.] 4b. Festuca capillata 

 Lara. Filiform Fescue-grass. (Fig. 500b.) 



Fesluca capillata Lam. Kl, Franc. 3: 598. 1778. 



Densely tufted. Culms erect with a decumbent 

 base, 6'-i5' tall, slender, smooth and glaucous, shin- 

 ing; sheaths smooth, longer than the internodes, 

 confined to the base of the culm; ligule a short 

 membranous ring; leai'es filiform, smooth or rough, 

 the basal ones from one-third to one-half as long as 

 the culm, the culm leaves I'-i^j' long; panicle 

 contracted, Yi'-z' long, its branches erect, y^' or 

 less long; spikelets 2"-2>^" long, \-i-flowered; 

 outer scales empty, unequal, the first acuminate, 

 the second acute; flowering scales aifw/ 1J4" long, 

 u>!azu?ted, acute. 



Fields and roadsides, Maine and New York. Intro- 

 duced from Europe. June-July. 



[Vol. I: p. 220.] 4a. Bromus Madriten- 

 sis L. Compact Chess. (Fig. 509a.) 



Bromus Madrilensis L. Amoen. Acad. 4: 265. 1755. 



Culms l°-2° tall, tufted, smooth and glabrous. 

 Sheaths smooth, glabrous, or the lower ones pubes- 

 cent, usually shorter than the internodes; ligule 

 scarious, lacerated, l"-2" long; leaves a^j'-S' 

 long, I j^'^-s" wide, rough above, often pubescent 

 on both surfaces; panicle dense, 3'-6' long, its 

 rough branches erect or ascending, the longer 2'- 

 3' long; spikelets nwiierons, lyi'-i' long, includ- 

 ing the awns, the scales acuminate, scarious on the 

 margins, the first scale inerved, the second 3- 

 nerved; flowering scales, exclusive of the awn, 

 6"-7" long, sparsely and minutely apprcssed-pu- 

 bescent, the apex acuminately 2-tootlied, 5-nervcd, 

 bearing an erect or divergent awn 6"-9" long. 



Waste places, Michigan ,ind Virginia; also in Cali- 

 fornia. Locally adventive from Europe. Summer. 



[Vol. I: p. 222.] loa. 



Field Chess or Broine. 



Bromus arvensis 



(Fig. 515a.) 



Bronuis arvensis L. Sp. PI. 77. 1753. 



Culms erect, i°-3° tall, smooth and shining, 

 glabrous except at or near the brown nodes. 

 Sheaths shorter than the internodes, softly and 

 densely pubescent with short reflcxed hairs ; ligule 

 scarious, ^"-i^^" long; leaves erect or ascending, 

 more or less hirsute on both surfaces, 3'-6' long, 

 2"-3" wide; panicle ample, s'-g' long, its rough 

 branches erect or ascending, rarely spreading, 

 branching and spikelet-bearing above the middle, 

 the longer 3'-6' long; spikelets, including the awns, 

 9"-i2" long, lanceolate, somewhat shining, the 

 scales membranous, scarious on the margins, mi- 

 nutely and sparsely appressed-pubescent toward 

 the acute apex, papillose along the nerves, the first 

 scale 3-nerved, the seconds-nerved; flowering scales 

 broadest at the middle, 5-nerved, 3K"-4" long, 

 bearing an erect awn of about the same length. 



Fields and waste places, New York, New Jersej' and 

 ;\Iiclugan. Locally adventive from Europe. Summer. 



