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Fig. 163. Woodland Chess, (Bromus ciliatus). Quite widely distributed In timber, and 

 of considerable value as a forage plant. (Charlotte M. King). 



The Bromus racemosus, L., allied to B. secalinus, is sometimes 

 cultivated in the south. This is an introduced annual, one to 

 three feet high, with a more or less spreading panicle with 

 smooth spikelets. A very common grass in cultivated fields 

 and waste places. It has been recommended for some sections 

 of our country, but like the other two species is of very little 

 value. 



