POACEAE I45 



2. F. Myuros L. In waste places and fields: N. H. to N. J. and 



Ohio. Naturalized from Europe. 

 Local as a weed. 



3. F. rubra L. In fields, etc. : Lab. to Alaska, south to Va. Also 



in Europe and Asia. 



Scattered as a weed in most parts of our range, especially maritime 



N.J. 



4. F. ovina L. In fields and waste places: N. H. to N. Dak., 



N. J., Ky. and Iowa. Native of Asia. 

 Locally abundant as a weed. 



5. F. capillata Lam. In fields and along roadsides: Newf. to 



N. J. and Mich. Introduced from Europe. 

 Not uncommon, as a weed. 



6. F. elatior L. In fields and waste places: throughout the U. S. 



Naturalized from Europe. 

 Common as a weed. 



7. F. nutans Willd. In rocky woods: N. S. to Minn., south to 



Fla. and Tex. 



Conn. Throughout. 



N. Y. On L. I. south of the moraine, perhaps north of it, and on 



S. I. increasing and common northward. 

 N. J. Rare in Gloucester, Camden and Burlington coundes, west 



of the pine-barrens, thence increasing northward. 

 Pa. Throughout. 



Tertiary, 0: Cretaceous, rare: Older Formations, common north- 

 ward. 117-207 days. Sea Ievel-3,980 ft. 



8. F. gigantea (L.) Vill. In waste places: Me. to southern N. Y. 



Adventive from Europe. 



Rare as a weed, often wanting. 

 Festuca bromoides L. has been recently collected at Hewlett, L. I. 



72. Bromus L. 



Lower empty scale i-nerved, the upper 3-nerved. 



Awns longer than the flowering scales; low annuals 5 dm. 

 tall or less. 

 Flowering scales strigose, 8-12 mm. long. I. B. tectorum. 



Flowering scales sparsely hispidulous, 12 mm. long or 



more. 2. B. sterilis. 



