So CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [BuU. 



HORDEUM L. Barley. 

 Hordeum jubatum L. (maned). 

 Squirrel-tail Grass. 



Rare or local. Salt marshes where it is apparently native : 

 Branford (Andrews & Bissell), New Haven and jMilford 

 (Harger), Fairfield (Eames). Introduced in waste grounds: 

 Norwich (Mrs. E. E. Rogers), Berlin (J. N. Bishop), Hart- 

 ford (Bissell), Bridgeport (Eames), Waterbury and Nauga- 

 tuck (A. E. Blewitt), Salisbury (Mrs. C. S. Phelps). June — 

 Sept. 



This grass is very injurious in hay, the beards of the heads 

 sticking in the nose and mouth of stock, even penetrating the 

 flesh and causing death. 



Hordeum vulgare L. (common). 



Common Barley. 



Frequent as a weed in oat fields, rarely escaping to road- 

 sides and waste places, as at Southington (Andrews), Oxford 

 (Harger). July. Fugitive from Europe. 



The grain is one of the important cereals, especially in 

 northern countries. Malt is made very largely from barley. 



ELYMUS L. Lyme Grass. Wild Rye. 



Elymus virginicus L. 



Wild Rye. Terrell Grass. 



Frequent along the coast, and in low grounds, mostly near 

 streams, inland ; rare elsewhere. July — Aug. 



The var. hirsutiglumis (Scribn.) Hitchc. (with hairy 

 scales), Elymus hirsutiglumis Scribn., occurs at East Haven 

 (Harger), New Haven (Bissell), Stratford (Eames), Bridge- 

 port (C. K. Averill), and is occasional in the valleys of the 

 larger rivers. 



Elymus australis Scribn. & Ball (southern). 



Rare. Dry rocky hills near New Haven (O. D. Allen). 

 Aug. 



Elymus canadensis L. 



Lyme Grass. Wild Rye. Nodding Wild Rye. 



Occasional, local or frequent. Moist thickets and banks 

 of streams. July — Sept. 



