GRASSES OF IOWA. 



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scarious; leaf-blades 4 to 8 inches (10-20 cm.) long, 2 to 3 lines (4-0 

 mm.) wide. Spikelets 5} to 7} lines (10-15 mm.) long, six to fifteen- 

 flowered ; flowering glumes scabrous near the summit, awned ; awn 

 slender, about the length of the glume. Introduced here and there 

 through cultivation. May to Jul}*. 



Lolium Italicum has been introduced as a cultivated plant in vari- 

 ous sections of this state, but it seldom persists more than two years. An 

 excellent forage plant, but not adaped to Iowa. 



Fn;. 221. Lolium temulentum-n., spikeletjb, empty 

 glume. (Div. Agros. U. S. Dept. Agrl. ) 



DISTRIBUTION. 



Iowa. Ames (Crozier, Hitchcock, 160 Ball). 



North America. Introduced here and there through cultivation, 

 especially on the Pacific Coast. District of Columbia (Vasey). 



