GRASSES. 387 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Lee County, Auburn (Baker $ Earle). Annual. 

 Type locality: " Hillsides, Napa Valley [California]." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Festuca sciurea Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 5 : 147. 1837. 



Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 547. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Western Texas and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: Mountain to Central Prairie region. Dry sandy exposed ground. Lee 

 County, Auburn (Baker J- Earle). Montgomery County, Chestnut Hill. April ; infre- 

 quent and local. Perennial. 



Type locality not ascertained. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



BROMUS L. Sp. PL 1 : 76. 1753. 



About 150 species. North temperate zone. North America, 45 indigenous species 

 and varieties. 1 



Bromus ciliatus L. Sp. PL 1 : 76. 1753. WOOD CHESS. 



Bromus canadensis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 219. 1803. 



B. pubescens Muhl. Gram. 169. 1817. 



Ell. Sk. 1:173. Gray, Man.ed. 6, 670. Chap. Fl. ed. 3,610. Coulter, Contr. Nat. 

 Herb. 2 : 548. Scribner, Grass. Tenn. 2 : 118, t. 42, f. 168. Britt. & Brown, 111. Fl. 

 1:219. 



Alleghenian, Carolinian, and Louisianian areas. Newfoundland, Manitoba, and 

 British Columbia, south to Florida and Texas. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Lower hills. Shady banks along streams and damp 

 borders of woods. Cullman, Madison, St. Clair, and Bibb counties. June; frequent. 

 Annual. 



The hairy form known as var.purgam alone observed. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Canada; ex semme. D. Kalm." 

 ' Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Bromus racemosus L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 1 : 114. 1762. ERECT CHESS. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 670. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 610. Scribner, Grass. Tenn. 2 : 120, t. 43, f. 172. 



EUROPE, ASIA. 



Throughout temperate eastern North America and on the Pacific coast. Natu- 

 ralized. 



ALABAMA : Over the State. Fields and waste places, more or less frequent. May, 

 June. Annual. 



Type locality : tl Hab. in Anglia." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Bromus secalinus L. Sp. PL 1 : 76. 1753. CHEAT OR CHESS. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 172. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 670. Chap. Fl. 566. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 548. Scribner, Grass. Teiin. 2 : 119, 1. 143, f. 170. 



EUROPE. 



Naturalized all over temperate North America, wherever grain is cultivated. 



ALABAMA : Over the State. A common weed ; annual. 

 Type locality : " Hab. in Europae agris secalinis arenosis." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv . Herb. Mohr. 



Bromus unioloides (Willd.) H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. 1 : 151. 1815. 



RESCUE GRASS. AUSTRALIAN OATS. 

 Festuca unioloides Willd. Hort. Berol. 1 : 3. 1806. 

 Bromus schraderi Kunth, Enuin. 1 : 416. 1833. 



Ell. Sk. 1:171. Chap. Fl. 565. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 548. 

 WARMER PARTS OF AMERICA TO CHILE. 

 Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida and Texas. 



ALABAMA: Central Prairie belt to Coast plain. In rich soil. Montgomery, 

 Dallas, and Mobile counties. May, June; not rare. Annual. 

 Type locality : " Hab. in Carolina. " 



Economic uses : Important for hay and for pasture ; not rarely cultivated. 

 >. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Herb. 



'According to C. L. Shear, Revision of the North American Species of Bromus 

 occurring north of Mexico, Bull. 23, U. S. Dept. Agr. Div. Agrost. 1900. 



