Family POACEA 39 
Inflorescence not drooping, scales awnless or nearly so; 
leaves with a mark like an inverted W on the blade. 
10. B. inermis. 
Awns longer than the flowering scales. 11. B. tectorum. 
1. Bromus breviaristatus (Hook.) Buckl. 
Bordeaux; Belmont; Elmwood; Newcastle. 
2. Bromus brizeformis Fisch & Mey. 
Ruderal in the sand-hills. Lincoln. 
3. Bromus secalinus L. Cheat; Chess. 
Introduced in various places in the state as a weed. Crawford; 
Lincoln; Minden; Newcastle; Talmage; Wabash. 
4. Bromus racemosus L. 
Lincoln. 
5. Bromus squarrosus L. ' 
Introduced in a few places but not common. Alliance; Long Pine; 
St. Paul. 
6. Bromus kalmii A. Gray. 
In the foot-hill region. Hat Creek basin; War Bonnet canyon. 
7. Bromus hordeaceus L. Soft Chess. 
Introduced but not very common. Long Pine; O’Neill. 
8. Bromus porteri (Coulter) Nash. 
Common in the western parts of the state. Belmont; Franklin; 
Valentine. 
9. Bromus ciliatus L. Wood Chess. 
Common throughout the state. Arapahoe; Belmont; Burwell; Cherry 
county; Halsey; Lincoln; Norfolk; Scotia; Thedford; Turkey creek 
in Holt county. 
10. Bromus inermis Leyss. Smooth Brome Grass. 
Commonly cultivated and often escapes. Callaway. 
11. Bromus tectorum L. Downy Brome Grass. 
Introduced and becoming a common weed in various places in the 
state. Boelus; Brunswick; Lincoln; Minden; Sargent; Wisner. 
2. Festuca. 145. 
Empty scales firm, the second 3-5-nerved. 
Leaves narrow, usually involute, less than 4 mm. wide. 
Spikelets 6—-13-flowered; annuals; stamens 2. 1. F. octoflora. 
Spikelets 3-5-flowered; perennials; stamens 3. 2. F. ovina. 
Leaves 4 mm. wide or more, flat. 
Flowering scales over 5 mm. long; spikelets 5—9-flowered. 
3. F. elatior. 
Flowering scales 4 mm., or less, long; spikelets 3-5 flowered. 
4. F. nutans. 
Empty scales thin, more or less scarious, second scale 1-nerved or 
sometimes 3-nerved at the base. 
Inflorescence open, its branches spreading. 5. F. seabrella. 
Inflorescence narrow and spikelike. 6. F. confinis. 
1. Festuca octoflora Walt. Slender Fescue-grass. 
In dry sandy soil all over the state. Alliance; Ashland; Box Butte 
county: Broken Bow; Callaway; Kearney; Halsey; Lincoln; Thed- 
ford; Valentine. 
