Fic. 587. LOLIUM TEMULENTUM Linn: Sp. p. 83. 1758. DARNEL 
, erect, and 2dm a high, with flat 
eo tiim and erect spikes 10-30 em. (4-17) long. Cul b 
E long, the spike; sheaths scabrous; ligule short; „ 0-25 em. (4-100 
* Kao Pen. qe de, smooth beneath, rous e. yea 4 to 8. 
Ted, 10-18 mm. (57 ong; the empty glume (a) strongly uerb as mee 
à ing the spikelet; lowering gl - nerv 
! 8 ned or awnless. Waste places and cultivated grounds, New Brunswick to 
] And Georgia; abundant on the Pacific coast. Introduced from 
Pl. 2: 79. 1891, from California, has 
the culm Kuntaa, Rey. Gen. 
Ins ` smooth below the spikes 
> sections this is a troublesome weed. The grain has a nar 
mals. 
* effect upon man and flesh-eating 
met 
