APPENDIX. 



[Vol. III. 



[Vol. i: p. 217.] 4b. Festuca capillata 

 Lam. Filiform Fescue-grass. (Fig. 500b.) 



Festuca capillata Lam. Fl. Franc. 3: 598. 1778. 



Densely tufted. Culms erect with a decumbent 

 base, 6 / -i5 / tall, slender, smooth and glaucous, shin- 

 ing; sheaths smooth, longer than the internodes, 

 confined to the base of the culm; ligule a short 

 membranous ring; leaves filiform , smooth or rough, 

 the basal ones from one-third to one-half as long as 

 the culm, the culm leaves i'-i^' long; panicle 

 contracted, %'-2, f long, its branches erect, %.' or 

 less long; spikelets 2 // -2^ // long, \-5-fl0wered ; 

 outer scales empty, unequal, the first acuminate, 

 the second acute; flowering scales about i%" long, 

 unowned, acute. 



Fields and roadsides, Maine and New York. Intro- 

 duced from Europe. June-July. 



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i: p. 220.] 4a. Bromus Madriten- 

 L. Compact Chess. (Fig. 509a.) 



Bromus Madritensis L,. Amoen. Acad. 4: 265. 1755- 

 Culms i-2 tall, tufted, smooth and glabrous. 

 Sheaths smooth, glabrous.or the lower ones pubes- 

 cent, usually shorter than the internodes; ligule 

 scarious, lacerated, i // -2 // long; leaves 2^-8' 

 long, i^ // -3 // wide, rough above, often pubescent 

 on both surfaces; panicle dense, 3 / -6 / long, its 

 rough branches erect or ascending, the longer 2'- 

 3' long; spikelets numerous, i^ / -2 / long, includ- 

 ing the awns, the scales acuminate, scarious on the 

 margins, the first scale i-nerved, the second 3- 

 nerved; flowering scales, exclusive of the awn, 

 6 // -7 // long, sparsely and minutely appressed-pu- 

 descent, the apex acuminately 2-toothed, 5 -nerved, 

 bearing an erect or divergent awn 6 // -g/ / long. 



Waste places, Michigan and Virginia; also in Cali- 

 fornia. Locally adventive from Europe. Summer. 



[Vol. I: p. 222.] 



10a. Bromus arvensis L,. 

 (Fig. 515a.) 



Field Chess or Brome. 



Bromus ari'ensis L. Sp. PI. 77. 1753- 



Culms erect, i-3 tall, smooth and shining, 

 glabrous except at or near the brown nodes. 

 Sheaths shorter than the internodes, softly and 

 densely pubescent with short reflexed hairs ; ligule 

 scarious, yi"~\y?." long; leaves erect or ascending, 

 more or less hirsute on both surfaces, 3'-6' long, 

 2 // -3 // wide; panicle ample, 5 '-9/ long, its rough 

 branches erect or ascending, rarely spreading, 

 branching and spikelet-beariug above the middle, 

 the longer 3 / -6 / long; spikelets, including the awns, 

 9 // -i2 // long, lanceolate, somewhat shining, the 

 scales membranous, scarious on the margins, mi- 

 nutely and sparsely appressed-pubescent toward 

 the acute apex, papillose along the nerves, the first 

 scale 3-nerved, the second 5-nerved ; flowering scales 

 broadest at the middle, 5-nerved, zYz"-A" lon g 

 bearing an erect awn of about the same length. 



Fields and waste places, New York, New Jersey and 

 Michigan. Locall}' adventive from Europe. Summer. 



