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Fig. 293. BROMTJS TINIOLOIDES (Willd.) H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. PL 1: 

 151. 1815. {FestucaiuiioIoidesWmcl.UoTt.Bero]. l:3.pl.3. 1806.) RESCUE- 

 GRASS.— An erect, usually annual grass, 3-12 dm. {l°-4°) high, with more or 

 less pubescent, flat leaf-blades, and usually nodding, loose panicles of rather 

 large, strongly flattened .spikelets. Sheaths and leaves scabrous; ligule rather 

 1 jng, obtuse. Spikelets oblong-lanceolate, 16-32 mm. (8"-16") long, 6 to 10 

 flowered; empty glumes (a) unequal; flowering glumes (&) about 12 mm. (6") 

 long, keeled. The palea is shown by c— Prairies and dry, sandy flelds, Indian 

 Territory and Texas to Arizona; naturalized in Alabama. (Mexico and South 

 America.) March to July. 



This species is a valuable forage grass in the South, and in many sections 

 where it has been most cultivated it has come to be regarded as one of the best 

 winter grasses, as it makes its chief growth during the cooler part of the year. 



