FKSTITCK.K. 617 



Tfixas to Arizona. 



Tliis lias been cultivated for fodjler to ii limited extent, l»ut 

 doubtless almost every re<,Mon wliicli can <iro\v tliis can livow sonie- 

 thin}X b(!ttev. At one time it was extensively advertised under ono 

 or both of the al)ovo eumnion names. 



l.>. 15. nuizjiroioiis Fisch. & Mey. Ind. Sem. llort. Potrop. 

 3::J0 (18:50). 



A soft nodding annual or biennial, 20-50 cm. liigli. Leaves 5 

 to 7, s()ft-pu])e.scent, ligule about '.' mm. long; blades ilat, 7-10 cm. 

 long, .'5 mm. wide. I'anicle at leiigtb nodding, 10-1") nim. long, 

 riiys in tbrees to fives, the longest 5-7 cm. long, usually bearing 

 single spikelets. Spikelets nodding, ovate-oblong, compressed, 

 lO-lo-llowered. 2-2.5 cm. long, joint of raeliilla \.'> mm. long; 

 first glume ovate-oblong, almost acute, ;}-r)-nerved, '>-() mm. long, 

 second broadly oval, acute or obtuse, 7-nerved, 7-8 mm. long; fioral 

 glume compressed, broadly oval or rliombic-obovate when s])read, 

 9-nerved, awn seldom 1 mm. long; i)alca obtuse, i)ectiuate-ciliato 

 on tbe keels, about G mm. long. 



Vermont, Pritif/Ie; Nevada, Tracy. 



Introduced into cultivation as an ornamental grass from south- 

 eastern J^^uropo. It lias considerably tbe api)earance of Briza 

 maxinM. 



\A. B. SQUAUROSUS L. 8p. PI. 70 (1753). />'. hii-Kiihis Scbrank, 

 Denkscbr. Bot. Ges. Regensb. IGl (ISIS). 



A soft slender erect grass, 30-40 cm. bigb. Slieatlis ])ubescent, 

 shorter than the internodes; ligule short; blades 3 in number, fiat, 

 pubescent or scabrid, 5-10 cm. long, 2 mm. wide. I'anicle simple, 

 6-10 cm. long, rays in twos, threes, or fours, filiform, llexuose, the 

 longest 4-5 cm. long, bearing a single spikelet. Si)ikelets fiat. sca1)rid, 

 linear or ovate, elliptical, 8-10-fiowered, joint of raeliilla l.f) mm. 

 long; first empty glume ovate, acute, 5-nerved, 5 mm. long, second 

 acute, 7-uerved, 7 mm. long; fioral glume oval-obovate. 0-nervcd, 

 10 mm. long, apex entire or notched, hardly acute, awns of lower 

 fiorets 5 mm. long, straight, those above 10 mm. long, bent 

 and slightly twisted; palea oblanceolate, 8 mm. long, pectinate 

 ciliate. 



