No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. "JJ 



Bromus hordeaceus L. (like Hordeum, the Barley). 

 Bromus mollis L. 

 Soft Chess. 



Rare. Waste places: New London (Graves), Hartford 

 (Bissell), Southington (Andrews). June. Adventive from 

 Europe. 



Bromus squarrosus L. (with spreading scales). 



Rare. Naugatuck, in waste ground (A. E. Blewitt). June. 

 Fugitive from Europe. 



Bromus racemosus L. (racemed). 



Waste places and roadsides. Occasional in southwestern 

 Connecticut (Eames). Rare elsewhere: New London 

 (Graves), Norwich (Miss Hakes), New Haven (O. D. 

 Allen). June. Adventive from Europe. 



Bromus commutatus Schrad. (variable). 



Rare. Roadsides and waste ground: Cromwell (Andrews 

 & Bissell), Middletown and Southington (Bissell). June — 

 July. Adventive from Europe. 



Bromus brizaeformis Fisch. & ]\Iey. (like Briza, the Quaking 

 Grass). 



Rare. Waste ground: New Haven (R. W. Woodward). 

 July — Aug. Adventive, probably from Europe, 



Bromus tectorum L. (of dwellings). 



Sandy or sterile waste places. Frequent or common in or 

 near cities and along railroads, rare elsewhere. May — July. 

 Naturalized from Europe. 



Bromus ciliatus L. (fringed). 



Wood Chess. Hairy Brome Grass. 



Dry soil of rocky woods or railroad banks. Rare near 

 the coast, becoming occasional northward. July — Aug. 



Bromus purgans L. (purging). 



Bromus ciliatus L., var. purgans Gray. 



Frequent. Rocky woods and copses. July — Aug. 



Bromus altissimus Pursh (tallest). 



Rocky woods and shaded alluvial ground. Occasional or 

 local throughout the northern part of the state, extending 



