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Fig. 586. Bromus tectorum Linn. Sp. PL 77. 1753. Downy 

 Brome-gkass. A slender, erect, leafy annual, 1.5 to 6 dm. li'gh, 

 with narrow, softly pubescent leaves and open, nodding panicles 

 6 to 15 cm. long. Spikelets 5- to 8-flowered, with unequal, acumi- 

 nate-pointed, hirsute empty glumes, and rough or hirsute flowering 

 glumes 8 to 12 mm. long. Awns 12 to 1(5 mm. long. AVaste places, 

 New England to Virginia and Ohio; also California to Washing- 

 ton. A weed, introduced from Europe. 



