GRASSES OF IOWA. 



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Fig. 218. Lolium -perennr—a, spikelet; b, 

 flowering glume; c, palet (Div. Agros. U. S. 

 Dept. Agrl. ) 



d\ we 



Fig. 219. Lolium Italicum—a,, spikelet; b, c, 

 flowering glume; d, e, palea. (Div. Agros. U. 8 

 Dept. Agrl. ) 



Carolina, west to Ohio, Tennessee, Missouri (Eggert), Texas 

 ( Nealley), California and Arizona. 



General. Great Britain, Germany, Scandinavia, southern Lapland 

 to northern Africa, western Asia, Falkland Islands. 



2. LOLIUM ITALICUM. 



Lolium Italicum A. Br. Flora. 17: 259. 1834. Scribner. Grasses of 

 Term. Bull. Univ. Tenn. Agrl. Exp. Sta. 7: 122. f. 176. 1894. Scribner. 

 Bull. U. S. Dept. Agrl. Div. Agros. 7: 302. f. 296. 1900. (3 ed.) 



Lolium multiflorum Lam. Beal. Grasses of N. A. 2: 629. 1896. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Italian Rye Grass. A biennial or perennial grass, 2 to 3 feet (6- 

 9 dm.) high, with slender, usually somewhat nodding, terminal spikes, 

 and short awned spikelets. Sheaths nearly smooth ; ligule very short, 



