GRASSES. 887 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Lee County, Auburn (Baker § Karle). Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hillsides, Napa Valley [California].” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Festuca sciurea Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 5:147. 1837. 
Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 547. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas, Western Texas and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Mountain to Central Prairie region. Dry sandy exposed ground. Lee 
County, Auburn (Baker j: Karle), Montgomery County, Chestnut Hill. April; infre- 
quent and local. Perennial. 
Type locality not ascertained. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
BROMUS L. Sp. Pl. 1:76. 1753. 
About 150 species. North temperate zone. North America, 45 indigenous species 
and varieties.! 
Bromus ciliatus L. Sp. Pl.1:76. 1753. Woop Cusss. 
Bromus canadensis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am.1:219. 1803. 
B. pubescens Muhl. Gram. 169. 1817. 
El. Sk. 1:173. Gray, Man. ed.6, 670. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 610. Coulter, Contr. Nat. 
Herb. 2:548. Scribner, Grass. Tenn. 2:118, ¢. 42, f. 168. Britt. & Brown, Il. Fl. 
1: 219. 
Alleghenian, Carolinian, and Louisianian areas. Newfoundland, Manitoba, and 
British Columbia, south to Florida and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Lower hills. Shady banks along streams and damp 
borders of woods. Cullman, Madison, St. Clair, and Bibb counties. June; frequent. 
Annual, 
The hairy form known as var. purgans alone observed. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab.in Canada; ex semine. D. Kalm,” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Bromus racemosus L. Sp. Pl. ed.2, 1:114. 1762. ERECT CHEss, 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,670. Chap. Fl. ed.3, 610. Scribner, Grass. Tenn. 2 : 120, ¢. 43, f. 172. 
Europe, Asia. 
Throughout temperate eastern North America and on the Pacific coast. Natu- 
ralized. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Fields and waste places, more or less frequent. May, 
June. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Anglia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Bromus secalinus L. Sp. Pl. 1:76. 1753. CHEAT OR CHESS. 
Ell. Sk. 1:172. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 670. Chap. F1.566. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:548. Scribner, Grass, Tenn. 2: 119, ¢. 143, f. 170. 
EUROPE. 
Naturalized all over temperate North America, wherever grain is cultivated. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. A common weed; annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Europae agris secalinis arenosis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Bromus unioloides (Willd.) H. B. k. Nov. Gen. et Sp.1:151. 1815. 
RESCUE GRASS. AUSTRALIAN OATS, 
Festuca unioloides Willd. Hort. Berol. 1:3. 1806. 
Bromus schraderi Kunth, Enum. 1: 416. 1833. 
Ell. Sk.1:171. Chap. F1.565. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 548. 
WARMER PARTS OF AMERICA TO CHILE. 
Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida and Texas. 
AvaBAMA: Central Prairie belt to Coast plain. In rich soil. Montgomery, 
Dallas, and Mobile counties. May, June; notrare. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘ Hab. in Carolina.” 
Economic uses: Important for hay and for pasture; not rarely cultivated. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
‘According to C. L. Shear, Revision of the North American Species of Bromus 
occurring north of Mexico, Bull. 23, U.S. Dept. Agr. Div. Agrost. 1900. 
