46 Tennessee Flora. 



F. rubra L. var. glaucescens Haeck. Rocky banks of Cum- 

 berland River, near Nashville. June, July. 



F. Myuros L. Nashville, near lunatic asylum, introduced. 

 Knoxville. Scribn. 



F. ovina L. Sparingly occurring ; introduced. Knoxville. 

 F. L. Scribner. 



F. elatior L. Tall Fescue grass; naturalized. The var. 

 arundinarea Schreb. is found scatteringly in the vicinity of 

 Nashville, the old Akin place. June, July. 



F. Shortii Kunth. Collected in the barrens near Tullaho- 

 ma. It greatly resembles F. elatior. 



BROMUS L. 



Bromus ciliatus L. B. purgans L. Woods and thickets. 

 O. S. July, August. -The variety purgans Gray differs but 

 little in pubescence. 



B. sterilis L. Old field on Granny White Pike, near Nash- 

 ville. June. 



B. hordaceus L. B. mollis L. Soft chess. In fields and 

 waste places. O. S. June. 



B. secalinus L. Cheat, chess. A weed in grain fields.' O. 

 S. June-August. 



B. racemosus L. Fields and -pastures. O. S. June, July. 



B. unioloides H. B. K. Recently introduced in this State 

 in cultivation, and a plot of it was planted in the Centennial 

 grounds. July. 



HORDEACE^. 

 LOLIUM L. 



L. temulentum L. Darnel. Waste grounds. O. S. June- 

 August. 



L. Italicum A. Br. Introduced and sparingly cultivated. 

 A plot of it was cultivated at Centennial grounds. 



AGROPYRUM J. Gaertner. 



Agropyrum repens (L.) Beauv. Couch grass. . An ex- 

 tremely troublesome weed in fields and gardens, but not fre- 

 quent in this latitude. Introduced. June-September. M. 



A. caninum L. Occasionally introduced with field and gar- 

 den seeds. July, August. 



SECALE L. 



Secale cereale L. Rye. This State is in the southern limit 

 of profitable culture of this c6real. Still found spontaneously 

 growing' in Southern Russia, its original home is apparently 



