GRASS FAMILY 179 



Locs. Hupa Valley, Davy 5690; Norman, Davy 4293; Yosemite Valley, HitchcocJc; Ojai 

 Valley, Hubby 52; Inglewood, Abrams 1183; Pasadena, Hitchcock 2555; San Bernardino, 

 Canby 675; The Needles, Jones; San Diego, Brandegee 135. 



Kefs. LOLIUM TEMULENTUM L. Sp. PI. 83. 1753; Thurb. in Wats. Bot. Cal. 2: 323. 1880; 

 Daw in Jepson, Fl. W. Mid. Cal. 75: 1901; Abrams, Fl. Los Ang. 58. 1904. Var. ARVENSE 

 Bab. Man. Brit. Bot. 377. 1843. L. arvense With. Arr. Brit. PI. ed. 3. 2: 168. 1796. 



4. L. subulatmn Vis. Annual ; culms bushy-branched at base, stiffly spread- 

 ing or prostrate ; sheaths and blades smooth ; spike stout, rigid, often curved ; 

 spikelets partially sunken in the excavations of the rachis and partially hidden 

 by the appressed obtuse, strongly nerved glumes; lemmas 2% lines long. 



Introduced from Europe; rare. West Berkeley, Pendleton 449. 



Ret'. LOLIUM SUBULATUM Vis. Fl. Dalm. 1: 90. 1842. 



64. MONERMA Beauv. 



Spikelets 1-flowered, solitary, imbedded in the joints of an articulated rachis, 

 forming a slender cylindrical spike, and placed with the floret dorsi-ventral to 

 the rachis as in Lolium. Glume of lateral spikelets solitary, coriaceous, gradu- 

 ally acuminate, longer than the lemma, the terminal spikelet with two glumes. 

 Lemma membranaceous. Low cespitose annuals. Species 3, of the Old World, 

 1 introduced in California. (Greek monos, single, and erma, support, on 

 account of the single glume.) 



1. M. cylindrica Coss. & Dur. Culms bushy-branched, spreading or pros- 

 trate. 4 to 12 inches long; spike cylindrical, curved, narrowed upward; glume 

 3 lines long, acuminate; lemmas 2 1 /o lines long, pointed, scarious. 



Salt marshes. San Francisco Bay south to San Diego; introduced from 

 Europe. 



Locs. Pinole Creek Valley, Davy 6653; Ballona River, Abrams 2567; Oeeanside, Parish 

 4446 ; San Diego, Orcutt. 



Refs. MONERMA CYLINDRICA Coss. & Dur. Expl. Alger. 2: 214. 1867. Lepturus cylindricus 

 Trin. Fund. Agrost. 123. 1820; Davy in Jepson, Fl. W. Mid. Cal. 73. 1901; Abrams, Fl. Los 

 Aug. 58. 1904. Eottboellia cylindrica Wilkl. Sp. PI. 1: 464. 1797. 



65. LEPTURUS R. Br. 



Spikelets 1 or 2-flowered, solitary at the nodes, embedded in the articulated 

 rachis. Glumes 2. placed in front of the spikelet and enclosing it, coriaceous, 

 .~>-nerved, acute, unsymmetrical, appearing like halves of a single split glume. 

 Lemmas much smaller than the glumes, hyaline, keeled. Low annuals with 

 slender spikes. Species 5 or 6. eastern hemisphere. 1 introduced in California. 

 (Greek leptos, slender, and oura, tail.) 



1. L. incurvatus Trin. Culms tufted, decumbent at base, 4 to 8 inches high ; 

 blades short and narrow ; spike 3 to 4 inches long, cylindrical, curved ; spike- 

 lets 3 1 /-) lines long, pointed. 



Mudflats and salt marshes. Marin Co. to San Diego ; also adventive on bal- 

 last on the Atlantic Coast. Introduced from Europe. 



Locs. Pt. Eeyes, Davy 6774; Martinez, Davy 6674; Santa Barbara, Hitchcock 2560; Ven- 

 tura, Chase 5588; Santa Catalina Island, Brandegee 54; Old Town, Abrams 3544.' 



Refs. LEPTURUS INCURVATUS Trin. Fund. Agrost. 123. 1820; Davy in Jepson, Fl. W. Mid. 

 Cal. 73. 1901; Abrams, Fl. Los Ang. 58. 1904. 



66. SCRIBNERIA Hack. 



Spikelets 1-flowered, solitary or in pairs, sessile, placed with the floret lateral 

 to the continuous rachis, forming slender spikes. Glumes 2, narrow, rigid, 

 acute, slightly unequal, strongly keeled. Rachilla prolonged behind the floret 

 as a very short stipe. Lemma shorter than the glumes, membranaceous, keeled, 



