PLlANTS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. 245 



Bromus purgans L. Wood Chess. 



Bromus purgans Untixus, Sp. PI. 76. 1753 [Canada]. 

 Bromus ciliatus Knieskern 39. — Britton 297. 



Woods of the northern counties, casually entering the upper 

 pait of Monmouth Co., according to Knieskern, and discovered 

 by Mr. Benjamin Heritage at Wildwood in the lower coast dis- 

 trict. 



Coast Strip.— \NMwoo6. (H). 



ELYMUS U. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Glumes awl-shaped, spike nodding. £. striatus, p. 245 



aa. Glumes lanceolate. 



b. Glumes indurated below, spikes erect. 



c. Plant seldom over 6 dm. high, leaves narrow. B. halophilus, p. 245 



cc. Plant 9-12 dm. high, leaves broad. E. virginicus, p. 245 



66. Glumes not indurated below, spike nodding. B. canadensis, p. 246 



Eiymus striatus WiUd. Slender Wild Rye. 



PI. XL, Fig. 4. 

 Eiymus striatus Willdenow, Sp. PI. I. 470. 1797 [North America] .—Knies- 

 kern 39. — Britton 299.— Keller and Brown 56. 



Northern counties, south locally in the Middle district and 

 along the coastal strip; banks of streams. 

 Fl. — 'Late June to late July. 



Middle District. — Swedesboro, Westville. 



Coast Strip. — Atlantic City, Anglesea, Cape May. 



Eiymus virginicus L. Virginia Wild Rye. 



PI. XL, Fig. 6. 



Eiymus virginicus Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 84. 1753 [Virginia]. — Knieskern 39. — 

 Beck's Botany 415. 1833. — Britton 298. 



Northern and Middle districts, casual along the coast and in 

 the Cape May peninsula; banks of streams. 

 Fl. — Late July to early Septemiber. 



Middle District— New Egypt, Pemberton Jnc. (S)y Medford (S), Wash- 

 ington Park, Jumbo, Swedesboro. 

 Coast Strip. — ^Avon, Anglesea, Court House, Cold Spring. 



Eiymus halophilus Bicknell. Coast Wild Rye. 



Eiymus halophilus Bicknell, Torr. Bull. 35. Apr., 1908, p. 201 [Nantucket]. 



