Whetler : CATALOG OF MINNESOTA GRASSES. 103 



Herb.: Rosendahl, Spring Grove; Wheeler, Hennepin 

 county; Skinner, Heron lake. 



Pestuca shortii KUNTH. ; Wood, Class-book, 794. 1861 . Short's 

 fescue-grass. 



Rare southeast, not previously reported from Minnesota. 



Herb. : Sandberg 43, Goodhue county. 



Festuca nutans WILLD. Enum. i : 116. 1809. Nodding 

 fescue-grass. 



In woods throughout. 



Herb. : Many collections. 



Bromus inermis LEYSS. Fl. Ital. 16. 1761. Hungarian brome- 

 grass. 



Recently introduced into the state as a forage plant and has 

 escaped from cultivation in some places. 

 Bromus ciliatus L. Sp. PL 76. 1753. Fringed brome-grass. 



In woods throughout. 



Herb. : Numerous collections. 

 Bromus purgans L. Sp. PI. 176. 1753. Wood chess. 



In woods throughout. 



Herb. : Numerous collections. 



Bromus purgans latiglumis (SCRIBN.) SHEAR, U. S. Dept. 

 Agric., Div. Agrost. Bull. 23: 40. 1900. Broad- 

 glumed wood chess. 



With the species. 



Herb. : Ballard 1161, Goodhue county. (Determined by C. 

 L. Shear.) 

 Bromus kalmii A. GRAY, Man. 600. 1848. Hairy chess. 



Common throughout. 



Herb. : Numerous collections. 

 Bromus secalinus L. Sp. PI. 76. 1753. Chess, Cheat. 



Fields and waste places. A common weed in grain fields 

 south. 



Herb.: Lyon 184, Houston county; Frost 218, Willmar; 

 Holzinger 44, Winona ; Ballard 221, Scott county; Sheldon 

 661, Waseca. 



Bromus racemosus L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 114. 1762. Upright 

 chess. 



Previously reported by Upham and may occur here. It may 

 however have been confused with Bromtis secalinus L., from 

 which it is with difficulty distinguished. 



