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GRASSES OF IOWA. 



Fig. 205 Bromus tectorum—a, sterile or outer 

 glumes; b, spikelet. < Div. Agros. U. S. Dept. Agr.) 



Fig. 206. Bromus Kalmii— spikelet, ir florescence, 

 leaves and roots. (Div. Agros. U. S. Dept. Agrl.) 



eight-flowered, with unequal, acuminate pointed, hirsute empty glumes, 

 and rough or hirsute flowering glumes. 4 to lines (8-12 mm.) long. 

 Awns to 8 lines (12-16 mm.) long. Waste places. July-August. 



Introduced from Europe. A worthless, weedy grass. It has been 

 found a few times near Ames. 



DISTRIBUTION. 



I ona. Ames (Weaver). 



North America. Waste places New England, New Jersey (Hal- 

 sted 93), to Virginia and Ohio; Colorado (Ft. Collins, Crandall, Pam- 



