G38 



DOWNY CHESS 



Bro'mus tecto'rum 1 



Flower head (panicle) up to 6 in. long, 

 narrow at first, soon open and wedge- 

 shaped, its branches somewhat 1 -sided, 

 drooping 



Individual flower groups (spikelets) 

 numerous, 5- to 8-nowered, on slender, 

 drooping stalks 



Leaves and sheaths covered with fine 

 down; leaf blades flat, 2 to 4 in. long; 

 sheaths closed, usually longer than 

 spaces between joints on stems 



Stalks (clums) slender, erect, tufted, 

 smooth 



Boots fibrous 



1 Includes the variety B. tecto'rum nu'dus, 



Outer flower bract (lemma) conspic- 

 uously downy, 7-yeined, narrow, grad- 

 ually tapering, with a straight beard 

 (awn) up to % in. long from between 

 the 2 teeth at the tip 



Lowest (2) spikelet bracts (glumes) 

 hairy, unequal in size; 1st, 1 -nerved, 

 shorter than the 3-nerved 2d glume 



