Wheeler: catalog of Minnesota grasses. 103 



Herb. : Rosendahl, Spring Grove ; Wheeler, Hennepin 

 county ; Skinner, Heron lake. 



Festuca shortii Kunth. ; Wood, Class-book, 794. 1861. Short's 

 fescue-grass. 



Rare southeast, not previously reported from Minnesota. 



Herb. : Sandberg 43, Goodhue county. 

 Festuca nutans Willd. Enum. 1 : 116. 1809. Nodding 

 fescue-grass. 



In woods throughout. 



Herb. : Many collections. 

 Bromus inermis Leyss. Fl. Ital. 16. 1761. Hungarian brome- 

 grass. 



Recently introduced into the state as a forage plant and has 

 escaped from cultivation in some places. 

 Bromus ciliatus L. Sp. PI. 76. 1753. Fringed brome-grass. 



In woods throughout. 



Herb. : Numerous collections. 

 Bromus purgans L. Sp. PI. 176. 1753. Wood chess. 



In woods throughout. 



Herb. : Numerous collections. 

 Bromus purgans latiglumis (Scribn.) Shear, U. S. Dept. 

 Agric, Div. Agrost. Bull. 23: 40. 1900. Broad- 

 glumed wood chess. 



With the species. 



Herb. : Ballard 1161, Goodhue county. (Determined by C. 

 L. Shear.) 

 Bromus kalmii A. Gray, Man. 600. 1848. Hairy chess. 



Common throughout. 



Herb. : Numerous collections. 

 Bromus secalinus L. Sp. PL 76. 1753. Chess, Cheat. 



Fields and waste places. A common weed in grain fields 

 south. 



Herb.: Lyon 184, Houston county; Frost 218, Willmar ; 

 Holzinger 44, Winona; Ballard 221, Scott county; Sheldon 

 661, Waseca. 



Bromus racemosus L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 114. 1762. Upright 

 chess. 



Previously reported by Upham and may occur here. It may 

 however have been confused with Bi-omns secalinus L., from 

 which it is with difficulty distinguished. 



