388 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



LOLIUM L. Sp. PI. 83. 1753. 



Six species temperate Europe, Western Asia, North Africa. 

 Lolium perenne L. Sp. PI. 1 : 83. 1753. PERENNIAL RAY GRASS. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 671. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 618. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 549. Scrib- 

 ner, Grass. Tenn. 2 : 121, t. 44, f. 174. 



Sparingly escaped in Canada and the eastern United States. 



ALABAMA: Mobile and Cullman counties. May, June; perennial. 



Type locality: " Hab. in Europa ad agrorum versuras solo fertili." 



Economic uses: Valuable for pasture and lawn. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Lolium temulentum L. Sp. PL 1 : 83. 1753. Poisox DAKNKL. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 671. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 618. Wats. Bot. Calif. 2 : 323. 



EUROPE, WESTERN ASIA, NORTH AFRICA. 



Introduced with grain and sparingly naturalized in Canada. British Columbia, 

 Oregon, California, and Eastern United States. 



ALABAMA: Collected once in an oat field, Mobile County. The unawncd form. 

 July; annual. 



Type locality: "Hah. in Europae agris inter Hordeuni, Linum." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



HORDETJM L. Sp. PI. 1:84, 1753. BARLEY. 



Twelve species of cooler temperate regions,mostly of the Old World. 

 Hordeum pusillum Nutt. Gen. 1 : 87. 1818. DWARF BARLKY. 



Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 550. Scribner, Grass. Tenn. 2 : 125, t. 46, f. 181. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Tennessee and North Carolina to Florida, wost 

 to Mississippi, Texas, and Arkansas. Reported from Vancouver Island. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Waste places, roadsides. May; not frequent. 



Type locality : "On the arid and saline plains of the Missouri." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Hordeum murinum L. Sp. PI. 1 : 85. 1753. 



ALABAMA: A fugitive from Europe on ballast heaps. Mobile, observed only once. 

 Annual. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Europae locis ruderatis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



ELYMUS L. Sp. PI. 1 : 83. 1753. LY..IE GRASS. 



About 30 species, widely distributed over the temperate regions. Northern Hemi- 

 sphere. North America, 10 species. 



Elymus virginicus L. Sp. PI. 1 : 84. 1753. TERRELL GRASS. 



Elymus carolinianus Walt. Fl. Car. 82. 1788. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 180. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 673. Chap. Fl. 567. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 :550. Scribner, Grass. Tenn. 2 : 126, t. 46, f. 182. 



Canadian zone to Louisianiau area. Nova Scotia, Ontario, New England, west to 

 Minnesota, Nebraska, and south to Texas and Florida. 



ALABAMA : All over the State. Banks of streams. Most frequent north of the Cen- 

 tral Pine belt. Cullman Couuty. Blount County, Blount Springs. Lee and Mobile 

 counties. June; rare. Perennial. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Elymus striatus Willd.Sp. PI. 1:470. 1797. WILD RYE. SLENDER LYME GRASS. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 180. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 673. Chap. Fl. 567. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 550. Scribner, Grass. Tenn. 2 : 127, t. 46, f. 184. 



Alleghenian to Lonisianian area. Ontario and New England, west to Nebraska, 

 and south to Florida and Texas. 



ALABAMA : Over the State. Open copses, borders of woods. Lee County, Auburn 

 (liaker $ Earle, 594). Montgomery and Mobile counties. May to June ; not common . 

 Perennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. in America boreali." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Elymus striatus villosus (Muhl.) Gray, Man. (H) .. 1848. 



SOFT-HAIRY WILD RYE. 

 Elymus villosus Muhl. Gram. 175. 1817. 

 Gray, Man. ed. 6, 673. 



