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Fig. 585. Bromus hordeaceus Linn. Sp. PI. 77. 1753. (B. mollis 

 Linn. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 112. 1762.) Soft Chess.— An erect, usually 

 slender, pubescent annual, 2 to 6 dm. high, with flat leaves and 

 contracted panicles 2 to 6 cm. long. Spikelets 3-to 8-flowered, 

 1.5 to 2 cm. long, with pubescent glumes, the flowering ones 7 to 

 9 mm. long, obtuse and awned. Awns 6 to 8 mm. long. — In fields 

 and waste places throughout. [Adventive from Europe.] May- 

 August. 



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