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Fig. 583. Bromus ciliatus Linn. Sp. I'l. 77. 17.">3. Swa.mi- 

 CiiKS.s. A stout, erect, leafy ]>erL'unial, (J to 12 dm. higli, with Hat 

 leave.s and opeu, nodding jjaniclos KJ to 25 rm. long. Spiktlots 5- to 

 8-flowered, 10 to 20 mm. long, with acuto outtT glumes, the fust 

 1-nerved, the second 3-nerved, and Hhort-.a\vned llowering glumes, 

 which are ciliatc'-pubesccut near thi' margins and 8 to 10 mm. 

 long. Open woodlands and IiokUms of thicket, Canada, Ihitish 

 Columbia, and southward to llorida and Texas. June-Se])tember. 



A widely distributed nati\e grass ol little agricultural \ahic. 



