GRASSES OF IOWA. 



299 



acute, 5^ to 7 lines (n-14 mm.) Long, mostly seven-nerved, with two 



\eryshort,hyaline, subacute teeth at the apex, and a rather stout, straight 

 awn, 2 to 34- lines (4-7 mm.) long; palea ciliate-pectinate on the keels, 

 almost or quite equalling its glume. July to August. 



Short awned chess is a valuable forage grass. It has been intro- 

 duced locally in a tew places. The species merits a wider distribution 

 for cultivation. * 



Fig. 210. Bromus marginatus latior — a, spikelet; b, flowering 

 glume; c, palet. (Charlotte M. King.) 



DISTRIBUTION. 



Iowa. Ames (2 ami 148 Ball, Craig, Carver, Stewart, Pammel) ; 

 Dysart (Miss Sirrine). 



